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‘Memoria’ Trailer: Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Beautiful Drama Will Only Ever Be Seen In Theaters Starting In April

March 10, 2022 1:48 pm

Apichatpong Weerasethakul doesn’t create blockbuster films. He doesn’t even really create what you might consider typical narrative features. His films are challenging, beautiful pieces of art. They are cinema...

‘Memoria’: Apichatpong Weerasethakul & Tilda Swinton Discuss Their Dreamy New Film [Interview]

Charles Bramesco

December 22, 2021 12:34 pm

Features, Interviews, News

Few performers boast a resume of such wide breadth as the intrepid, versatile Tilda Swinton, whose eclectic array of roles and collaborators run the full gamut of what acting can be. As confident popping into ...

NEON Will Keep ‘Memoria’ In Theaters Forever As Film Will Never Get A VOD, Streaming Or Physical Release

Charles Barfield

October 6, 2021 12:06 pm

Box Office, News

If you’ve been following the box office news and the film industry over the past couple of years, you know the big discussion surrounds the idea of an exclusive theatrical window for films. It’s important for ...

‘Memoria’: Apichatpong Weerasethakul Meditates on Ecology & Time With Tilda Swinton In A Slow Burn Dream [Cannes Review]

Caroline Tsai

July 16, 2021 8:12 am

Features, Festivals, News, Reviews

In one scene of Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s “Memoria,” Jessica (Tilda Swinton) and a friend browse refrigerated cabinets designed to preserve flowers. “In here, time stops,” the saleswoman says proudly, gestur...

‘Year Of The Everlasting Storm’: Neon’s Anthology Film Features Auteurs Jafar Panahi, Laura Poitras, David Lowery & More [Cannes Review]

Charles Bramesco

July 15, 2021 9:24 am

Festivals, News, Reviews

The Robert Bresson quote that opens the anthology film “Year of the Everlasting Storm” — “you don’t create by adding, but by taking away” — makes a tidy adage of the time-honored idea that deprivation breeds i...

‘Memoria’ Trailer: Tilda Swinton Stars In Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Surreal New Cannes Provocation

Edward Davis

July 12, 2021 11:11 am

News, Trailers

"As a kid, I was drawn to jungles, animals, and mountains," Palme D’or winning director Apichatpong Weerasethakul says in the press notes to his surreal new Cannes Film Festival provocation, "Memoria." A film ...

‘The Year Of The Everlasting Storm’ Trailer: Cannes-Bound Anthology Features 7 Stories Told By Jafar Panahi, David Lowery, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More

Edward Davis

June 3, 2021 2:09 pm

News, Trailers

Another Cannes Film Festival line-up announcement, another new round of trailers. Now, we've got the first look at Neon's "The Year of the Everlasting Storm," an anthology feature featuring seven stories told ...

David Lowery, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Directing Segments Of NEON’s Upcoming Pandemic-Inspired Film

Charles Barfield

May 21, 2021 2:03 pm

News

There have been a surprising number of pandemic films that have been released over the last year. In a world where people were on lockdown with very little to do outside of their homes, it seems as if some fil...

Cannes Paul Thomas Anderson Sean Penn Jane Campion

Cannes 2021: New Films From Paul Thomas Anderson, Paul Schrader, Jane Campion, Sean Penn & More Could Premiere

Charles Barfield

April 26, 2021 10:51 am

Festivals, News

With the lack of a Cannes (and a regular film festival circuit) in 2020 due to the pandemic, there were multiple reports that a lot of filmmakers were going to hold their work back until there could be a semi-...

Filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul Imagines The Post-Quarantine Future Of Cinema In Powerful Essay

Rafael Motamayor

May 2, 2020 4:18 pm

Essays

With movie theaters across the globe closed, many of us are missing the theatrical moviegoing experience. Not all of us express our emotions through heartfelt essays, however, as Thai slow cinema luminary Apic...

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