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With Laurent Binet, Jenny Erpenbeck and Anna Kim. This is an online event hosted on the British Library platform. Bookers will be sent a link in advance giving access and will be able to watch at any time for 48 hours after the start time. Writing the World for European Literature Night will explore civilisations, boundaries, and the drivers behind cultural exchange. Laurent Binet lives and works in France. His first novel, HHhH, won the Prix Goncourt du premier roman. The 7th Function of La...

Bill Morrison Breathes New Life into a Decaying Silent Film with let me come in TCM viewers get to experience a haunting, yet romantic opera pieced together from presumed-lost film footage. For many old film lovers, nitrate degradation of a rare film is a nightmare scenario. For filmmaker Bill Morrison, it’s an opportunity for new art. Morrison has been reusing found footage of antique film stock beyond the point of restoration for years, including in Dawson City: Frozen Time and the first...

LA Operas Digital Short LET ME COME IN Premieres April 30 LA Operas latest Digital Short, "let me come in," will premiere online on April 30. Produced and directed by filmmaker Bill Morrison, "let me come in" features a new song by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang performed by soprano Angel Blue, one of operas brightest stars. The short film incorporates rediscovered (and heavily damaged) footage from the lost 1928 silent film Pawns of Passion to astonishing effect. David Lang wrote ...

Our 100 Most-Anticipated Films of 2021 January 8, 2021 After highlighting 40 films we can guarantee are worth seeing this year and films we hope will get U.S. distribution, it’s time we venture into the unknown. Due to all the pandemic-related delays, our most-anticipated list this year may ring familiar to those who follow our coverage, but there’s still plenty of currently under-the-radar movies that will hopefully make a mark in 2021. While the majority might not have a set release–...