"I wish" ("Kiseki") - another exquisite masterpiece by Hirokazu Kore Eda!
http://kiseki.gaga.ne.jp/
http://www.nipponcinema.com/trailers/kiseki-trailer
http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/gaga-blessed-by-koreeda-miracle
http://www.sansebastianfestival.com/2011/asifue_in/foto.php?id=13490

now playing & 2012-06-30 BluRay projection at Antwerp's Cinema Zuid

"Now when you enter America, you have to put all of your fingers in ink, it’s like entering a big jail. Do you know that you cannot smoke anymore in Central Park? New York is not like it was in the 1970s, everything was happening then, now it’s much more about money. France is terrible, you feel no energy at all. In America you still have energy, but mostly for bling."

= Chantal Akerman interviewed by Elisabeth Lebovici for Mousse Magazine #31, Milan 2011-11 … as discovered via the press file (see below) for the "Too far, too close" expo in Antwerp (until 2012-06-10). Source:
http://moussemagazine.it/articolo.mm?id=763
http://www.muhka.be/press_files/PERS_AKERMAN_ENG.pdf
http://muhka.be/press_files/PERS_AKERMAN_FR.pdf
http://muhka.be/press_files/PERS_AKERMAN_NL.pdf

And lo and behold: http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_detained_at_border/
and http://www.salon.com/2012/04/10/filmmakers_respond_to_greenwald_article/ via http://www.groene.nl/commentaar/2012-04-21/land-of-the-free-behalve-voor-lastige-mensen

Michel Gondry is currently / has almost finished shooting (part of) Boris Vian's "L'écume des jours" in Brussels ... English (working) titel: "Mood indigo" (not "Froth on the daydream"). Here's to magic Michel finally delivering that ultimate, flawless masterpiece! Image sources: Damien (first five) + (kh) of BDW (last three). And see also:
http://www.screendaily.com/5040058.article
http://www.rtbf.be/purefm/article_title?id=7745984
http://www.facebook.com/events/333845359970744/
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89cume_des_jours
http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/2012/04/12/michel-gondry-ecume-des-jours-film-charlotte-lebon-gad-elmaleh-aissa-maiga_n_1420511.html
http://www.artinfo.com/news/story/798092/french-froth-alert-michel-gondry-starts-filming-l%C3%A9cume-des-jours-with-audrey-tautou-and-romain-duris

So I saw Werner Herzog's "Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle" again yesterday ... and I was once again all smiles - and utterly moved by its beauty in every aspect of the art of filmmaking ... but with a special mention for Bruno S' acting of course (IM Bruno Schleinstein, 1932-06-02 > 2010-11-08). Apart from that, the actual historical figure of Kaspar Hauser is fascinating as well - see the links below for an introduction!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enigma_of_Kaspar_Hauser
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeder_f%C3%BCr_sich_und_Gott_gegen_alle
http://www.pajiba.com/pajiba_blockbusters/the-enigma-of-kaspar-hauser.php
http://filmsufi.blogspot.com/2010/11/enigma-of-kaspar-hauser-werner-herzog.html
http://jayveeaitch.wordpress.com/2011/08/10/herzogs-cave-of-forgotten-dreams-1/
http://internationalcinemareview.blogspot.com/2011/11/werner-herzog-jeder-fur-sich-und-gott.html
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071117/REVIEWS08/71117001/1023
http://thethoughtexperiment.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/rip-bruno-schleinstein-bruno-s/
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/15/arts/music/15bruno.html
http://mubi.com/films/the-enigma-of-kaspar-hauser
http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/1999/oct/28/3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaspar_Hauser

I.M. Tonino Guerra (1920-03-16 > 2012-03-21), auteur extraordinaire … poet in literature and in movie scripts (curious for "Destinazione Venu" btw) … Indeed, outside of Italy, Guerra is most famous for his work with Antonioni, Fellini, Petri, Rosi, Angelopoulos & Tarkovsky … but do check his writings in his own right too …
http://www.toninoguerra.org/
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0346096/
http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonino_Guerra
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonino_Guerra
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonino_Guerra
http://www.filmkrant.nl/av/org/filmkran/archief/fk189/guerra.html
http://video.corriere.it/donne-fellini-/6bdb5a54-7345-11e1-85e3-e872b0baf870

Ian Emes: "The beard" (1978). More on Emes via http://uzine.posterous.com/ian-emes-oriental-nightfish-and-the-pink-floy

Edward Gorey, an original artist and illustrator who's clearly been an inspiration to artists as diverse as Glen Baxter, Tim Burton or David Shrigley ... and to many of today's up & coming draughtsmen and illustratrices too ... I'm very curious for that brand new biography by Alexander Theroux (Fantagraphics 2011, ISBN 9781606993842) - as previewed below (source via the last link).
http://www.edwardgorey.com/
http://www.goreybooks.com/
http://takalak.narod.ru/gorey/
http://goreyana.blogspot.com/
http://www.goreyography.com/
http://www.lunaea.com/words/gorey/
http://www.kevinmcdermott.com/eh.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Gorey
http://www.bostonathenaeum.org/node/150
http://www.pomegranate.com/edgorgal.html
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/mystery/gorey.html
http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79-71184
http://leighgillam.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/edward-gorey/
http://thecultoforiginalsin.com/remembering-the-gorey-details
http://www.edwardgorey.net/  +  http://myspace.com/100122418
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2000/apr/20/guardianobituaries.books
http://rookiemag.com/2011/10/secret-style-icon-edward-gorey-characters/
http://ryankamstra.blogspot.com/2010/09/edward-gorey-poems-online.html
http://beyondtheblackgate.blogspot.com/2011/07/lazy-blog-post-edward-gorey.html
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/09/15/floating-world-edward-gorey-letters/
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/20/133869853/the-life-of-edward-gorey-told-by-an-old-friend
http://www.nytimes.com/2000/04/16/nyregion/edward-gorey-eerie-illustrator-and-writer-75.html
http://www.fantagraphics.com/browse-shop/the-strange-case-of-edward-gorey-expanded-hardcover-edition-4.html

"Go go tales!" heh heh, same old Abel Ferrara it seems ... can't wait to see if Schoolly D is once again back on the soundtrack! (Those Brussels' Galeries are really making the most of their launch, inviting actors and directors!)
http://www.abelzgogotales.com/
http://camerainthesun.com/?p=4216
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go_Go_Tales
http://www.galeries.be/cinema/go-go-tales-de-abel-ferrara/
http://www.filmannex.com/movie/abel-ferrara-talks-to-francis-kuipers/24704

"Paso doble" (2006) by Miquel Barceló & Josef Nadj ... just one of many wonderful works of art to be discovered via "Agnès de ci de là Varda" (Arte 2011) ...
http://www.franceinter.fr/emission-eclectik-agnes-varda
http://www.arteboutique.com/detailProduct.action?product.id=453804
http://www.arte.tv/fr/Agnes-de-ci-de-la-Varda--une-serie-documentaire-realisee-et-commentee-par-Agnes-Varda/4265808.html
http://www.arte.tv/fr/Le-documentaire-vu-par-Varda--Wiseman/3218142.html
http://www.arte.tv/fr/Fiers-d_E2_80_99etre-setois/4289552.html
http://www.festival-avignon.com/fr/Archive/Spectacle/2006/2771
http://www.arte.tv/fr/1274564,CmC=1274572.html
http://snaporaz.posterous.com/tag/vardaagnès

2012-01-18: Mathieu Demy and "Americano" open Brussels' new Galeries cinema … previously the Arenberg.
http://www.galeries.be/  [in English, French and Dutch]
http://www.galeries.be/magazine/ouverture-de-galeries-le-18-janvier-2012/
http://www.galeries.be/news/mathieu-demy-%C3%A0-galeries-pour-pr%C3%A9senter-son-film-americano/
http://kinexposure.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/famous-progenys-directorial-coming-out-party-mathieu-demys-americano/
http://blogs.mediapart.fr/blog/laura-tuffery/230112/entretien-avec-mathieu-demy-autour-de-son-premier-film-americano
http://cinemart-online.co.uk/2012/01/10/watch-two-clips-from-mathieu-demys-brilliant-americano/
http://www.imaginefilm.be/index.php?fuseaction=catalogue.fiche&id=4ea583f783b3c
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americano_(2011_film)
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/01/16/wikipedia_joins_sopa_blackout/