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What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Music Section
GALLERY: PHOENIX AND PORCHES 9/13/22
- Meg Taylor
CASUALLY INTRODUCING MINGKO: A REMINDER OF JUST HOW GOOD INDIE CAN BE
“Born and raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, Zachko’s career has included touring with the pop artist Mura Masa, playing in the self-proclaimed “trad-jazz post-punk Americana new wave psychedelic funky junky jam band” Ski Club, as well as the group Chunk Child (new single “FU2” releasing September 17th), and now “Mingko,” a fusion of their middle name, Ming, and last name, Zachko.”
- Ryan Wheless
What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Film Section
INTERVIEW: FILMMAKER MARK COUSINS ON ‘THE STORY OF FILM: A NEW GENERATION’
“I’ve written in this space before of my fondness for Mark Cousins’ The Story of Film: An Odyssey, a mammoth, 15-hour miniseries which manages to be both endlessly informative and eminently watchable. The only problem, of course, is that it was completed in 2011, meaning that there has now been a full decade of cinema which could not make the cut. Fortunately, Cousins hasn’t stopped watching. His new documentary, The Story of Film: A New Generation, brings us up to speed through the innovations and achievements in the form over the past ten years, covering everything from Black Panther to Aleksey German’s Hard to Be a God. In anticipation of the film’s digital release (following a week-long theatrical run at the Brattle), I spoke to Cousins about the challenges of revisiting this epic work, the pleasures and pitfalls of nostalgia, and his ideal 2010s double feature. (This conversation has been edited lightly for flow and clarity.)”
- Oscar Goff
REVIEW: THE WOMAN KING (2022) DIR. GINA PRINCE-BYTHEWOOD
“We all know the story: an Italian woodcarver makes a puppet of a young boy, a puppet that is brought to life by the Blue Fairy. The puppet yearns to become a real boy and faces terrifying situations like a cruel puppeteer and a giant whale on his journey with a talking bug by his side. Though Pinocchio’s tale was first published in 1883, the best known version is of course 1940’s Pinocchio, the second animated feature from noted antisemite and cartoonist Walt Disney. Pinocchio is an unbelievable achievement from the early days of animation, seemingly effortless in propelling the medium towards legitimacy after Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opened the door. Robert Zemeckis’ latest, also titled Pinocchio, is essentially a one-to-one remake of this interpretation, but less memorable and worse. This is of course the case for most if not all of the Disney live-action remake spawn, but it needs to be said again and again. Pinocchio (2022) feels particularly egregious, as it is going straight to Disney+. If these remakes don’t exist to make a cool baseline of $400 million worldwide, what is the point? You can watch the original on Disney+ just as easily!”
- Kyle Amato
What’s New on Bostonhassle.com: From the Arts & Culture Section
FOLLOWING THE LIGHT WITH JAINA CIPRIANO
“Jaina Cipriano is a wearer of many hats: A filmmaker and set designer, photographer and installation artist, seeker of light and explorer of shadows. Her work can be seen as whimsical and optimistic or eerie and tortured depending on how you approach it, which she says is a feature, not a bug. The Lowell-based artist is currently showing a collection of photographs along with three interactive installations suffused with the symbols of childhood–birthday candles, playhouses, primary colors–at Boston University’s 808 Gallery. Viewers are encouraged to step into the role of photographer or model as they inhabit the spaces that comprise her Dreamscapes.”
- Steve Schroeder
THE UNNATURAL / DIRTY CRYING JOHN
- Eddy Jellyfish