The small differences between 1997 and 2007.
Daniel Kasman1997:2007:Object: Trailers for Funny Games, directed by Michael Haneke.
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Mainstream American avant-garde
Daniel KasmanAbove: Emile Hirsch in the Wachowski brothers' new film, Speed Racer. It exists, but except for the occasionally adventurous commentary on a Michael Bay or Tony Scott film, one rarely sees anyone take
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At the cinematheque: "Christopher Columbus, The Enigma" (de Oliveira, Portugal, 2007)
Daniel KasmanAbove: Manoel de Oliveira with his wife, Maria Isabel. Punning easily off the title of a recent film of his, critics often speak of Portuguese director Manoel de Oliveira’s work as talking pictures
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Covering the “The Responsibility of Film Criticism.”
Daniel KasmanWith his dedication and fastidious coverage, Kevin Lee has rendered redundant most coverage on NYU's conference entitled "The Responsibility of Film Criticism." I urgently recommend anyone who cares about
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Link of the day
Daniel KasmanKevin Lee has started blogging NYU's conference on “The Responsibility of Film Criticism” over at Shooting Down Pictures. Last night there were introductory remarks by Cinema Studies department head Richard
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Poster of the week
Daniel KasmanAbove: Irma Vep (Assayas, 1996)
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Now in theaters: "Paranoid Park" (Van Sant, USA)
Daniel KasmanAbove: Gabe Nevins in Gus Vant Sant's Paranoid Park Conjuring a submersive audio/visual atmosphere that is neither dreamy nor exactly expressionistic, Paranoid Park nevertheless gets into the headspace
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Link of the day
Daniel KasmanRounding out the coverage of the 2008 Berlin Film Festival, GreenCine Daily editor David Hudson, whom I finally had the pleasure to meet at the Berlinale, has turned in an epic summary of his festival
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Mark the date: essential film screening in New York, March 7
Daniel KasmanAs part of the Brooklyn Academy of Music's awesome retrospective, The Talking Pictures of Manoel de Oliveira, the 99-year old director will himself present his latest film, the intriguingly titled Christopher
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Link of the day
Daniel KasmanVideoarcadia has a fitting image-essay tribute to Rivette's 80th birthday today. Click the image above to see the rest of his epic series.
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Quote of the day
Daniel Kasman...people who go to, say, one film every two weeks and tell themselves, "I will see the great films, but not the others, not the commercial movies," I think those people have no chance of really seeing
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Link of the day
Daniel KasmanI remember going to the video store and seeing tacked to the wall a ridiculous little diagram that explained how much of the shark in Jaws and the T-Rex in Jurassic Park I was missing if I chose to rent