Movie Poster of the Week: “The Human Bullet” and the Posters of the Art Theater Guild
Adrian CurryA selection of late 60s graphic masterpieces created for the Art Theater Guild in Japan.
Criticism
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The Forgotten: Do the Twist
David CairnsRichard Lester’s early jazz film It’s Trad Dad! combines music and surreal humor, foreshadowing his later Beatles movies.
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Graf Attack!: or The Possibility Space (The Cinema of Dominik Graf)
Daniel KasmanAn overview of the revelations of Rotterdam’s retro on the German auteur.
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Notebook Reviews: Walter Hill's "Bullet to the Head" & Álex de la Iglesia's "As Luck Would Have It"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyA master’s hackwork and a slicked-up cartoon.
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"Marfa Girl" or the Bailout of Capital R Realism
Uncas BlytheMoralizing and the erotic relations between porn, cinema & the state stripped bare.
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Rotterdam 2013. Of Cinema, Pixels, and Chinese Warfare
Daniel KasmanOur third report from the 2013 festival, about films by Mary Helena Clark, Makino Takashi, and Johnnie To.
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What is the 21st Century?: Revising the Dictionary
Ignatiy VishnevetskyCan criticism find a place for workflow?
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The Forgotten: The Last Trick
David CairnsThe Devil appears to torment Méliès in his sleep: by showing him the future of cinema, in Pierre Etaix’s The Nightmare of Méliès.
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Rotterdam 2013. Two as One as Many
Daniel KasmanOur second report from the 2013 festival, about films by Kira Muratova, Jean-Claude Brisseau, and David Gatten.
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Rotterdam 2013. Trembling Disturbed
Daniel KasmanOur first report from the 2013 festival, about new films by Sergei Loznitsa, Peter Schreiner, Pedro Costa, and Filipa César.
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Naked Childhood: Valérie Massadian's "Nana"
Blair McClendonIn Valérie Massadian’s Nana, childhood is redrawn as a time of beautiful and disquieting solitude.
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The Forgotten: Who Am I?
David CairnsDelbert Mann’s amnesia drama Mister Buddwing sees James Garner in search of his true identity in New York City.
