For All Mankind
What we’re watching this weekend.


What we’re watching this weekend.


Brian Murnion is a filmmaker, creative director, poet, and self-proclaimed intellectual scrub from Billings, Montana. He spends an unreasonable amount of time obsessing over the connective tissue between music, film, literature, and whatever else seems culturally or aesthetically significant at any given moment. His curation process is equal parts curiosity, fixation, and blind luck, driven by the irrational hope that brilliance is hiding in plain sight somewhere in the chaos.
Birth follows a woman who is preparing to move on with her life after her husband’s death, when a ten-year-old boy appears and calmly insists that he is her husband reincarnated. I first saw this film in 2004, alone, late at night, at the Lagoon Theater in Uptown, Minneapolis. I remember wondering what sort of…
Here’s a rolling selection of modern films that I’m working through. Several of these titles are available to rent or buy online and some have yet to be released. I’ll update as I come across more titles. FILMS I WANT TO WATCH: Beyond the Hills (2013) Dir. Cristian MungiuRomania Museum Hours (2013) Dir. Jem CohenAustria, USA Upstream Color (2013)Dir. Shane…
Watch the trailer for Asghar Farhadi‘s latest film, “The Past“. If you haven’t already, you should watch his Academy Award-winning film, “A Separation” (Iran, 2011). Also, check this out. Magnum Photographer Abbas spent some time on the set, shooting behind the scenes still images, and they’re beautiful. Click the photo to see the gallery.
I love this time of year—when Cannes is in full swing, and a slate of new films are competing for the coveted Palme d’Or! There are many promising films this year to keep your eye out for (just to name a few):
120 Beats per Minute (France) dir. Robin Campillo
The Beguiled (USA) dir. Sofia Coppola
Happy End (France, Germany, Austria) dir. Michael Haneke
Redoubtable (France) dir. Michel Hazanavicius
L’amant double (France) dir. Francois Ozon
The Killing of a Sacred Deer (UK, Ireland) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
The Dust Bowl, a film by Ken Burns, is as heartbreaking as it is intriguing. A documentary about one of the worst man-made disasters in American history. I’m researching and writing a few treatments for documentaries I want to produce in 2014, and of all the docs I’ve seen recently, The Dust Bowl is a…