Notes on Terrence Malick’s "To the Wonder"
Darren HughesJuxtaposing transcendence and the everyday, beauty and the abject, To the Wonder is profane in ways Malick never could have intended.
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Madwomen (and Men) in the Jungle: A Conversation with Chantal Akerman
Darren HughesAkerman’s Joseph Conrad adaptation sees its US release.
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Naked Repose: A Conversation with James Benning about "Twenty Cigarettes"
Darren HughesDiscussing the “real face,” his life and work, and stories about the smokers in his video project.
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Rediscovering the Quotidian: José Luis Guerín’s "Guest"
Darren Hughes“I am not an ideologue,” José Luis Guerín says matter-of-factly. “I need characters.” Judging by the lukewarm response that has greeted his latest film, Guest, it’s a dicey stance for a director of
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The Details: "Les rendez-vous d'Anna" (Akerman, 1978)
Darren HughesThe Criterion Collection's recent releases of Chantal Akerman's early work have given me my first opportunity to see many of the films that established her reputation. The most lauded—Jeanne Dielman
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The Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll: Darren Hughes
Darren HughesEach of the Notebook's writers were given the opportunity to submit two lists of their ten favorite films of 2008. One is resticted to films receiving at least a week's theatrical run in the U.S., a limitation
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Manifesting the Ineffable: A Conversation with Nathaniel Dorsky
Darren HughesAbove: Frames from Nathaniel Dorsky's 2008 film, Sarabande. As he writes in his short book, Devotional Cinema (2003), Nathaniel Dorsky aspires to discover in film a way of “approaching and manifesting