<![CDATA[Matthew Jacobs - Blog]]>Sat, 19 May 2012 09:08:13 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Maurice Sendak]]>Tue, 08 May 2012 09:31:39 -0800http://www.mjbjacobs.com/1/post/2012/05/maurice-sendak.htmlIt is so sad that Maurice Sendak died today. I worked quite closely with him in the 90s trying to get his first book, Kenny's Window, up on the screen for Sony Pictures. He was a gentle, very witty, man and we spent most of our time laughing and coming up with totally inappropriate ideas. He had a great life, had an impact on so many of us, and best of all ... he was a wild soul.
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]]><![CDATA[Jonathan Lethem]]>Thu, 03 May 2012 22:00:11 -0800http://www.mjbjacobs.com/1/post/2012/05/jonathan-lethem.htmlBest selling novelist Jonathan Lethem (Fortress Of Solitude, Gun With Occasional Music and As She Climbed Across The Table) screened Your Good Friend and has kindly written an advance praise blurb for the EPK and poster etc. 
"Your Good Friend is so warm and so sly, and what an unusual combination those two virtues make!  I was thrilled by the way the film crew subtly edged into the frame by the end, making a literal analogue to the way the viewer has been edged from his complicity and identification with Jules into something a bit more uneasy while never unsympathetic ... Masterful."
]]><![CDATA[Wuthering Heights]]>Thu, 03 May 2012 21:18:06 -0800http://www.mjbjacobs.com/1/post/2012/05/wuthering-heights.htmlAfter a morning of writing romance I went to the SFIFF and saw Andrea Arnold's "Wuthering Heights" The movie is a demanding, unique adaptation, bravely spoken in the voice of the filmmaker. I was blown away, deeply impressed, and totally immersed in a world which had little to do with the language of Bronte but everything to do with the novel's spirit. Not since the Polanski Macbeth have I seen such a truly cinematic adaptation of a classic. For anyone who loves Terrence Malik or Ken Loach this is a must.
]]><![CDATA[Your Sister's Sister]]>Sun, 29 Apr 2012 01:56:44 -0800http://www.mjbjacobs.com/1/post/2012/04/your-sisters-sister.htmlSaw this tonight at the SFIFF. It was the centerpiece film. Major crowd-pleaser. Beautifully improvised performances. Look out for this one, it's cleaning up at all the festivals! I really enjoyed it.
]]><![CDATA[Justin and the Knights of Valour]]>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:42:21 -0800http://www.mjbjacobs.com/1/post/2012/04/justin-and-the-knights-of-valour1.htmlNew "Justin and the Knights of Valour" picture just released across the net. 
Fingers crossed for its 2013 release ...
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]]><![CDATA[Monsieur Lazhar]]>Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:01:09 -0800http://www.mjbjacobs.com/1/post/2012/04/monsieur-lazhar.htmlA touching wonderful film, that has all the strength of a great stage play enhanced by a truly cinematic adaptation. Wonderful performances all around, especially from the children. It just opened here, if it's playing where you are, take the time to see it, and give us your thoughts.
]]><![CDATA[Rineke Dijkstra]]>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 20:11:19 -0800http://www.mjbjacobs.com/1/post/2012/04/rineke-dijkstra.html
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I just had my mind blown at the San Francisco MOMA by an incredibly powerful exhibition ... Here's what they write about her.  "In works of classical simplicity and remarkable psychological depth, Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra presents a contemporary take on the genre of portraiture. Whether adolescents, soldiers, or new mothers, Dijkstra is fascinated by people in states of significant transition. Her sensitive pictures generate a monumental sense of presence, not only in how they record the details of an individual's physical appearance, but also in how they illuminate subtly shifting inner states. The scale and ambition of Dijkstra's photographs connects them to a Dutch tradition of portraiture stretching back to Rembrandt and Frans Hals. Bringing together 70 large-scale color photographs and five video installations, this is the artist's first major retrospective in the United States."  Go here to find out more.
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]]><![CDATA[Never Give Up]]>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 18:47:43 -0800http://www.mjbjacobs.com/1/post/2012/04/never-give-up.htmlLOVERS IN A DANGEROUS TIME opening April 6th-13th. Showtimes AMC Yonge & Dundas Toronto 
My friends May Charters and Mark Hug have finally had their wonderful micro film, "Lovers In A Dangerous Time" picked up for small theatrical release in Toronto. If it's not playing near you, you can see it here on Netflix ... 

It's a true gem. Made over a couple of years ago it stands testament to the phrase, "never give up."
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Lovers In A Dangerous Time
]]><![CDATA[Eric's work]]>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:30:02 -0800http://www.mjbjacobs.com/1/post/2012/03/erics-work.htmlI'm sure there's more out there, but here is a link to his work at the National Portrait Gallery ...
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Madonna, fresh off the boat from New York, touring Britain for the first time.
]]><![CDATA[Eric Watson]]>Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:12:19 -0800http://www.mjbjacobs.com/1/post/2012/03/eric-watson.htmlI was looking through The Guardian website today when I came across an old friends obituary. What a shock and how painful to realize how easily you can lose touch with people who mean so much to you. Eric Watson was very much a man of the 80s pop scene and justly deserves to be remembered as a great portrait photographer ... 
We lived in the same house in Wood Green for a while before I went to university and stayed in touch through the early eighties, then I moved to the states and we drifted apart. He was amazingly talented, fiercely inspiring and for a while there, a great friend. 56 is way too young to say goodbye. He took this picture of himself after he graduated Art School. I miss this man.
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For The Guardian piece about Eric Watson click here.
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