Slow Walks, Half Truths and Red Bull: Being a Joint Account on the VIFF Experience
Adam CookA breakdown of the VIFF experience, its qualities and traits.
Criticism
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Viennale 2012. James Benning's "the war"
Daniel KasmanA new video work by American avant-garde filmmaker James Benning explores the videos of Russian activist/activist-art group Voina (“war”).
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Trailer for Wong Kar-wai's "The Grandmasters"
NotebookWe finally get to see a bit more of Wong Kar-wai’s long in the making martial arts film starring Tony Leung, Zhang Ziyi and Chen Chang.
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Virtual Refractions 1.5: Ulmer/"Beyond the Time Barrier" (The Blackout Cataclysm)
David PhelpsFor Anthology Film Archives’ Edgar G. Ulmer retrospective in New York.
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Close-Up on Eric Rohmer's "The Green Ray": An Interview with Marie Rivière
David JenkinsTalking with the actress who collaborated with Rohmer to make his 1986 masterpiece The Green Ray.
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Viennale 2012. The Unseen Guerilla
Daniel KasmanOn Fritz Lang’s most unknown and unappreciated American film: 1950’s An American Guerilla in the Philippines.
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Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of André François
Adrian CurryA look at the other work of Pierre Etaix’s favorite poster designer.
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Viennale 2012. American Genres
Daniel KasmanA brief look at Hollywood genre filmmaking from 1941 – 2010 through films screened at the Viennale by Lang, Ford, Carpenter and Scott.
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The Forgotten: Unheimlich Maneuvers in the Dark
David CairnsAn intrepid reporter pursues a mad killer through scenarios culled from Poe and RL Stevenson in this German horror romp.
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Viennale 2012. The Major and the Minor
Daniel KasmanThe Vienna International Film Festival begins, including a complete Fritz Lang retrospective.
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Intimate Impressions: A Look at the First Book on James Gray
Adam CookJordan Mintzer’s collection of interviews is an indispensable source of insight into one of today’s best American filmmakers.
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The Details: Re-thinking Bergman, Part 1 – A Shifting Red
Carson LundA look at the subtle and multilayered use of color in The Passion of Anna (1969).