The Politics of Culture: The Mexican Cinema Series (2/7)

“When it was suggested to Churchill that he should close the museums and stop the funds for every cultural project because the country needed money for the war, his response was that if we sell this and close that, then what are we fighting for?”

The Revenant’s Beautiful New Poster

One who has returned, as if from the dead. The Revenant is the new film from Oscar winning director Alejandro González Iñárritu, starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy in a tale of revenge and survival. As the film’s release draws ever nearer (with a limited launch coming on Christmas Day), it’s gotten itself a new poster for us all…

The Revenant Is Coming…

“I ain’t afraid to die anymore, I done it already.” Director Alejandro González Iñárritu is a picky sort of guy. For his new western thriller, The Revenant, not only did he shoot entirely on location, in sequence, using natural light, but he also chose to shoot his follow-up to Birdman in snowy, -25 degrees conditions. Why?…