Photos de Cinéma

“Photos de Cinéma: Images of the French New Wave by Raymond Cauchetier,” which includes production photographs from “Breathless,” is the first exhibition outside of Europe to showcase Cauchetier’s motion picture work.  On view will be 125 newly made, black-and-white prints from Cauchetier’s own 35mm negatives. The printing was personally overseen by Cauchetier, now in his 90s, at his preferred lab in Paris.  Other films represented in the exhibition include “Adieu Philippine,” “Baisers volés” (“Stolen Kisses”), “Jules et Jim,” “Lola” and “La peau douce” (“The Soft Skin”). “Photos de Cinéma” is open to the public through June 24 in the Academy of Motion Picture's Grand Lobby Gallery in Beverly Hills.

On To The Next One

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London based artist, filmmaker, and photographer Danny Sangra presents his newest short film - entitled On To The Next One –  a "bite-size" thriller that is a bit on the darkside. Sangra has a particular love for French new wave cinema and Samuri films and has collaborated with the likes of Marc Jacobs and Louis Vuitton. See the film after the jump.

The Kings Collection

Very cool London label Fanny & Jessy just released their fashion film, directed by Danny Sangra,  which premiered at the Canon Cinema as a part of London Fashion Week at Somerset House. "Fanny and Jessy is a womenswear brand that has an underlying sense of androgyny that is more sexed-up than feminine. The brand reflects the duo’s intrinsic rural Somerset upbringing united with London’s experimental and confident youth culture."

Allegoria Sacra

The Art Gallery presents the Australian premiere of Allegoria Sacra by the internationally celebrated artist collective AES+F. This spectacular video work is, in essence, a digital painting which seduces and overwhelms the viewer through its visual and aural splendor. Allegoria Sacra is inspired and named after a painting by the Renaissance master Giovanni Bellini, which is believed to represent purgatory. In purgatory all souls wait for the Last Judgment. For AES+F, the modern international airport, as a place where people are suspended in time and place, is the contemporary allegory for purgatory. Allegoria Sacra (see trailer after the jump) is now on view until June 3, 2012 at The Art Gallery of South Australia.

This Is Not a Fashion Film

Fashion film for London based David David's AW 2012/13 collection which premiered at Canon Cinema in Somerset House during London Fashion week. Direction, script and production by Adam and Tree Carr from the East London film/radio/event factory Today is Boring in collaboration with the British Fashion Council.  David Saunders, the designer behind David David was originally an artist and switched to fashion 7 years ago - he was once artist Tracey Emin's assistant. The film tells the tale of two strangers who spend the night together  – the girl awakens first in the dude's apartment – either he has the weirdest roommate ever or she is completely losing her mind....

Fando y Lis

Fando y Lis, Alejandro Jodorowsky's first feature film, tells the tale of Fando and his paraplegic girlfriend Lis through a barren, post-apocalyptic wasteland in search of the mythical city of Tar, where legend has it all wishes come true. Purchase the complete film of Jodorowsky here.

Nymphomaniac

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Lars Von Trier announces a new film entitled Nymphomaniac, to star Charlotte Gainsbourg, "the light and poetic story of a woman’s erotic journey from birth to the age of 50 as told by the main character, the self-diagnosed nymphomaniac, Joe." The film will be in 8 chapters. Filming will begin this summer and there will be a softcore and hardcore version of the film.

FAM IRVOLL Fashion film

Fresh from Oslo Fashion Week, a fashion film, directed by Marie Kristiansen, for Oslo based designer Fam Irvolla, who hit the runway yesterday with a new collection. Fam Irvolla, who graduated from Central St. Martins in 2008 and has worked with the likes of Vivienne Westwood and Gareth Pugh, is "very much inspired by Alice in Wonderland, cartoons, toys, food, cakes and candy."

Lips of Blood: The Cinema of Jean Rollin

Revered by enthusiasts of fantasy and horror films, but largely overlooked by the critical mainstream, French filmmaker Jean Rollin (1938-2010) is finally being given the recognition he deserves. His surreal, dreamlike films are grounded in traditional gothic imagery but are flavored with 1970s-era eroticism, resulting in a body of work that is as eerie as it is outrageous. Though constrained by low budgets, Rollin managed to drench his films in atmosphere and used them as unvarnished expressions of his own personal fears and desires. As Tim Lucas of Video Watchdog has written, Rollin’s films represent “the very heart and soul of ‘le fantastique’—its flamboyance, its melodrama, its sense of the impossible made possible. They do not scare us; they were designed to delight us, to arouse our imagination, to move us.” For the first time, the films have been carefully mastered in HD from the original 35mm negatives and will be released with an array of special features, including interviews with Rollin and his collaborators, documentaries, and trailers. Available here.

Barrel of a Gun

Diane Pernet's A Shaded View on Fashion Film (ASVOFF) Barcelona comes to a close today and the winners have been announced. Barrel of a Gun, by Jason Last, has won the Mobile Fashion Film prize. The film features models Mikhael Ayoub, Christoph Ribbe, & Mikey Wydra in Comme des Garçons.