‘Tis the season, right? The holidays are a time of tradition, and so many local folks are revisiting their annual tradition of seeing the British Television Advertising Awards (Today is the final day!) here at the Walker. As the year ends, we start to see everyone and their uncle posting top ten lists and the likes around the end of the year. Instead of going in that direction, I asked some of my…

As you indulge in our annual dosing of British culture at the 2008 installment of the British Television Advertising Awards (There are still some tickets available, but they are going FAST!), it seems a propos to mention yet another British invasion that will be gracing our doorsteps in the coming months. The Walker launches a four-part series UK Performance Now! bringing the latest in British talent…

Like an old friend that came for an extended visit, but left too soon, the In the Realm of Oshima series has moved on to the Harvard Film Archive (and several other North American stops), leaving us happy for having had the films here, but sad that they’re gone. We couldn’t have been more pleased with the series. Some of the prints were nothing short of sublime, the audiences were incredibly dedicated…

Times of monumental change, such as the world observed last week, are enough to excuse anyone who hasn’t yet made it to the Walker for its retrospective of films by Japanese director Nagisa Oshima – himself no stranger to history in the making. Impressionably teenaged at the end of World War II and passionately engaged in student activism during the 1950s, the Japanese New Waver behind Cruel Story…

I had seen a couple of these before, but our old pal Paul over at Eyeteeth, pointed me toward the source of some incredible t-shirts that meld the names of some of our favorite filmmakers (Even some Regis Honorees) with some of the most iconic rock, punk, and metal logos.

An Evening with Greil Marcus featuring a screening of I’m Not There “[Greil Marcus’] kind of creative imagination, and the way he’s converted his own medium into something you can’t even categorize, is something I do feel inspired by, and something I hope I can do as a filmmaker.”-Todd Haynes Renowned music writer Greil Marcus will introduce a screening of I’m Not There, Todd Haynes’ film inspired by the…

Some incredible and unique things happen in the twin cities, and the annual Sound Unseen film festival is among my favorites. A film festival dedicated to music movies (not to be confused with musicals) is right up my alley. The 9th iteration of the festival got underway last night with a pair of screenings at the Riverview Theater. Tonight, the festival moves over to the St. Anthony Main theater, and…

Enjoy some sneak peeks of the upcoming retrospective, In the Realm of Oshima: The Films of Japanese Master Nagisa Oshima In the Realm of the Senses (Ai no corrida)[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RGxCEh8lwA[/youtube]

Like Mike Leigh, it seems that Lance Hammer and his directorial debut Ballast are getting coverage an praise from all directions.