Image series: portrait of a marriage in Mizoguchi
Daniel KasmanFrom Oyu-sama (1951); featuring Nobuko Otowa and Hori Yuji; directed by Kenji Mizoguchi; cinematography by Kazuo Miyagawa:
Criticism
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Video of the day
Daniel KasmanCropped and without subtitles, but still: new Godard is new Godard. Thanks to Andy for drawing this to everyone's attention!
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Mizoguchi on DVD: Chikamatsu Monogatari (1954)
David Phelps“It’s as easy to fall in love with a rich man as it is with a poor one,” my dad told me a few days ago, offering the line too many New York women (supposedly, and quite likely) tell their daughters. As
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Images of the day
Daniel KasmanFrom Van Gogh (1991); featuring Jacques Dutronc and Alexandra London; directed by Maurice Pialat; cinematography by Gilles Henry and Emmanuel Machuel:
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Disco Dictator
Tony Manero (Pablo Larraín, Chile, 2008) Cannes 2008 - Director's FortnightWhen a country is under the siege of a military dictatorship, the society breaks down and reveals the darker face of everyday
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Link of the day
Daniel KasmanFinally open to the public is the Museum of the Moving Image's new online resource, Moving Image Source. Under the very promising direction of editor Dennis Lim, the website has grand ambitions that its
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Cannes Film Festival, 2008: short round-up
Daniel KasmanAbove: Samantha Morton and Philip Seymour Hoffman ponder a simulacrum of New York in Charlie Kaufman's new movie. Changling (Eastwood, USA) If Clint Eastwood keeps making solemn period pictures like
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Image of the Day. Shot/Reverse-Shot #1
Daniel KasmanFrom Diary of the Dead (2007); featuring Michelle Morgan, Shawn Roberts and Joshua Close; directed by George A. Romero; cinematography by Adam Swica:
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Now on DVD: "Come Drink with Me" (Hu, Hong Kong, 1966)
Daniel KasmanKing Hu's landmark wuxia, 1966's Come Drink with Me, is finally available on Region 1 DVD, and here's hoping his other masterpieces, like Dragon Gate Inn, will soon follow.What I particularly like about
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At the cinematheque: "Darling" (Kling, Sweden)
Dan SallittDan Sallitt reviews Johan Kling’s “dazzling 2007 debut feature” Darling.
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Image series: The Loneliness of the Artist (and Michel Piccoli)
Daniel KasmanFrom La Belle noiseuse (1991); featuring Michel Piccoli and Jane Birkin; directed by Jacques Rivette; cinematography by William Lubtchansky:
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Cannes Film Festival, 2008: wrap-up
Daniel KasmanClick the below links for all coverage of the 2008 Cannes Film Festival, and stay tuned for some shorter round-up pieces later this week:Wendy and Lucy (Reichardt, USA) Frontier of Dawn (Garrel, France