As the art film revolution of the late 1950s and 1960s gave way to more populist manifestations of its stylistic inventions, so too did the “foreign language drama” become a codified form. As Bergman, Antonioni, Kurosawa, Fellini, and other renowned directors of that earlier time aged out of their peak years of financial viability, a new class found a framework in which to ground their career. They didn’t always have the training in commercial art that their forerunners had worked in and helped develop before eventually resisting, subverting, or overthrowing, but they had the stamina and the work ethic to invest in the trappings that made earlier more revolutionary works so galvanizing.
Ermanno Olmi made his start in documentary shorts, making more than two dozen from 1953-1959, before making his feature narrative debut with Time Stood Still (1959), an avalanche drama about a generational divide. He gained considerably more acclaim for 1961’s Il Posto,...
Ermanno Olmi made his start in documentary shorts, making more than two dozen from 1953-1959, before making his feature narrative debut with Time Stood Still (1959), an avalanche drama about a generational divide. He gained considerably more acclaim for 1961’s Il Posto,...
- 2/14/2017
- by Scott Nye
- CriterionCast
There is a black hole in all of our lives today. Justin Bieber is no longer on Instagram. When the singer deleted his account early this morning, the world immediately felt a void. Time stood still for a second, making us wonder if a natural disaster was on our hands. Instead, what we're faced with now is a disaster of a wholly different kind. Where will we go to see a flood of selfies to our feed? What will we do without his cryptic captions or his random obsessions? How will we know which girl he's throwing in Hailey Baldwin and Selena Gomez's faces? And that's to think nothing of the Beliebers; they need his Instagram the way a young baby needs to be swaddled. It provides comfort...
- 8/16/2016
- E! Online
It’s a big day for Armin Van Buuren fans today, as the trance legend has two big announcements for us.
The first comes in the form of the expected but still very pleasing Armin Only Embrace world tour, which is set to get underway in 2016. Dates and stops haven’t been announced just yet, but as you can see in the video above, the more people use the hashtag #Aoembrace, the more Armin will reveal. According to the official press release, every 5,000 uses of the hashtag will unlock a new clue, so start Tweeting!
In the second piece of Armin news, the producer has announced that pre-orders are now available for the highly anticipated A State of Trance Year Mix, which will drop on December 18th. Boasting some of trance music’s heaviest hitters, like Cosmic Gate, Andrew Rayel, Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz and more, the release is sure to be a big one,...
The first comes in the form of the expected but still very pleasing Armin Only Embrace world tour, which is set to get underway in 2016. Dates and stops haven’t been announced just yet, but as you can see in the video above, the more people use the hashtag #Aoembrace, the more Armin will reveal. According to the official press release, every 5,000 uses of the hashtag will unlock a new clue, so start Tweeting!
In the second piece of Armin news, the producer has announced that pre-orders are now available for the highly anticipated A State of Trance Year Mix, which will drop on December 18th. Boasting some of trance music’s heaviest hitters, like Cosmic Gate, Andrew Rayel, Above & Beyond, Markus Schulz and more, the release is sure to be a big one,...
- 12/4/2015
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
On March 27th, trance god Armin van Buuren will release his A State of Trance 2015 compilation, which will contain “26 exclusive and unreleased tracks, including never-before-heard songs from Armada Music artists, Protoculture, Alexander Popov, and Orjan Nilsen, plus two new Gaia songs.”
Spread over two discs, the “seamlessly and continuously mixed” compilation has already been nominated for an International Dance Music Award at the 2015 Winter Music Conference, and is expected to be a huge hit upon its release. Armin has been releasing these compilations since 2004, and each year he impresses with a strong mix of some of the genre’s most exciting tracks.
2015 looks to be no different, as judging by the tracklist below, we’re in for another treat from the Dutch DJ. There’s a ton of tracks to look forward to here and a great collection of artists included on the disc. If you’re a fan of Armin,...
Spread over two discs, the “seamlessly and continuously mixed” compilation has already been nominated for an International Dance Music Award at the 2015 Winter Music Conference, and is expected to be a huge hit upon its release. Armin has been releasing these compilations since 2004, and each year he impresses with a strong mix of some of the genre’s most exciting tracks.
2015 looks to be no different, as judging by the tracklist below, we’re in for another treat from the Dutch DJ. There’s a ton of tracks to look forward to here and a great collection of artists included on the disc. If you’re a fan of Armin,...
- 2/23/2015
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
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