Author: pnea
chronicler, explorer of nature, anthroposophist
2011 – The French Dispatch (2021)
spacetime coordinates: 20th-century (~50’s – 60’s) French city Ennui-sur-Blasé
The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun is a 2021 American anthology comedy film written, directed, and produced by Wes Anderson from a story he conceived with Roman Coppola, Hugo Guinness, and Jason Schwartzman. The film features a large ensemble cast, and follows three different storylines as the French foreign bureau of the fictional Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun newspaper creates its final issue.
The first segment, “The Concrete Masterpiece”, follows an incarcerated and unstable artist, and stars Benicio del Toro, Adrien Brody, Tilda Swinton, and Léa Seydoux. The second, “Revisions to a Manifesto”, is inspired by the May 68 student protests, and stars Frances McDormand, Timothée Chalamet, and Lyna Khoudri. “The Private Dining Room of the Police Commissioner” features Jeffrey Wright, Mathieu Amalric, and Stephen Park, and follows the kidnapping of a police commisioner’s son. Bill Murray also stars as Arthur Howitzer Jr., the paper’s editor, while Owen Wilson appears in a short segment that introduces the film’s fictional setting of Ennui-sur-Blasé. (wiki)
During the ending credits some covers of The French Dispatch through its history are shown. They were created by Spanish illustrator Javi Aznarez and were loosely inspired in The New Yorker’s covers.
2010 – Antlers (2021)
spacetime coordinates: 2018 small town in central Oregon
Antlers is a 2021 US-Mexican supernatural horror film directed by Scott Cooper, and stars Keri Russell, Jesse Plemons and Jeremy T. Thomas,. The screenplay, written by C. Henry Chaisson, Nick Antosca, and Cooper, was adapted from Antosca’s short story “The Quiet Boy,” originally published in Guernica magazine in January 2019. (wiki)
2009 – Beforeigners (TV Series 2019– )
spacetime coordinates: season 1 takes place in 2019 Oslo, where sudden flashes of light appear in the bay in Bjørvika. People from different time periods—the Stone Age, Viking Age, and the 19th century—suddenly appear in the present.
Beforeigners is a Norwegian sci-fi buddy cop series created and written by Eilif Skodvin and Anne Bjørnstad and directed by Jens Lien. The main protagonists are Lars (Nicolai Cleve Broch), an Oslo police detective, and Alfhildr (Krista Kosonen), a Viking-era recruit, who investigate the murder of a Stone Ager. (wiki)
imdb / Shield-maiden / Thorir Hund / Olaf the Stout / Battle of Stiklestad / neo-Luddism
2008
“If you’re not careful, time will take away everything that ever hurt you, everything you have ever lost, and replace it with knowledge.
Time is a machine: it will convert your pain into experience.”
Charles Yu (How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe 2010)
2007 – Night Teeth (2021)
spacetime coordinates: 2020. a night of party-hopping across LA.
Night Teeth is a 2021 American vampire thriller film directed by Adam Randall. It stars Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Debby Ryan, Lucy Fry, Raul Castillo, Megan Fox, and Alfie Allen. (wiki)
2006 – Encounter (2021)
Encounter is a 2021 thriller film directed by Michael Pearce. It stars Riz Ahmed, Lucian-River Chauhan, Aditya Geddada and Octavia Spencer.
“A decorated Marine goes on a rescue mission to save his two young sons from a mysterious threat.” rottentomatoes / wiki / imdb
TimeSpace Warps 