Epilogue '08: HarryTuttle, R2
After our first overview of the overlooked gems of the year, let's take a look together at the various joys and dissatisfactions of cinephilia in our respective city, your favourite places and events.I
Criticism
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Epilogue '08: Weekly releases by city
This is for the second part of the discussion (Cinephilia in your city), to get an idea of what is screened in the world at the moment. Releases in France are on Wednesdays, so you can go for the Friday
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Epilogue '08: Alexis A. Tioseco, R1
Alexis A. TiosecoGreetings Harry, Kevin, Andrew, Nitesh and Edwin,It seems that discussion of our favorite films, underexposed or otherwise, is naturally blending itself into one of how we saw them. As technology increases
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Absolute Power Absolutely Contradicted: “The Taking of Power by Louis XIV”
Fernando F. CroceFor Roberto Rossellini, miracles and revolutions could be embodied in a gesture, an embrace, a sudden discovery. Throughout The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, the Italian filmmaker’s 1966 reconstruction
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Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report: "The Big Night" (Losey, 1951)
Glenn KennyThe first minutes of this picture, the last one Joseph Losey made in the United States, are weirdly bracing in a way that seems unique to late '40s-early '50s noir-inflected B pictures. Young George
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Epilogue '08: Edwin Mak, R1
Edwin MakHello all, and I guess by the time this goes up, happy lunar new year too!The topic of underexposed (undistributed) favourites is an interesting one. In terms of exhibition, personally, I'm quite an infrequent
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Epilogue '08: Nitesh Rohit, R1
Nitesh Rohit"When multiplexes opened, we thought it was a great opportunity to show the best of cinema, in those small cinemas. It did not happen. Instead, they were showing the worst kind of films — there is no choice
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"Braid": Everything and Nothing [as a Video Game]
Kurt Shulenberger Braid is so exemplary of the once exclusive qualities of other artistic expressions that it must be regarded as a work of art. -
Epilogue '08: Andrew Grant, R1
Andrew GrantGreetings Harry, Kevin, Nitesh, Edwin and Alexis. A belated happy new year to you all.Back in 2005 (how time flies!) I was a co-creator of The Conversation, a week-long discussion between film bloggers
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Epilogue '08: HarryTuttle, R1
Bonjour tout le monde, Andrew, who organised this with me, Kevin, Edwin, Nitesh and Alexis, as well as readers of the Notebook. Thank you for accepting the invitation and welcome to our first yearly trans
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Epilogue '08: Around the World of Cinema in 2008
Epilogue '08 is the final chapter of the year 2008. An online roundtable looking back one last time on the past year in films, after 2008 came to a close and every year-end poll and commentary has been
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Now on DVD: "Ride the High Country" (Sam Peckinpah, 1962)
Fernando F. CroceJohn Ford mourns the Western as a spectral soundstage (The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance), Sam Peckinpah goes outside to revive it, or at least give it a decent Viking funeral. The geriatric lawman (Joel