December 2008

• 
  31 Dec 08

  In the December Notebook

  Daniel Kasman

  AcquarelloThe Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll David CairnsThe Forgotten: Homunculus, mon amourThe Forgotten: I Stab SaneThe Forgotten: Fire and IceThe Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll Fernando

• 
  31 Dec 08

  The Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll: HarryTuttle

  Each of the Notebook's writers were given the opportunity to submit two lists of their ten favorite films of 2008.  One is restricted to films receiving at least a week's theatrical run in the U.S., a

  • poll
• 
  31 Dec 08

  The Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll: Zachary Wigon

  Zachary Wigon

  Each of the Notebook's writers were given the opportunity to submit two lists of their ten favorite films of 2008.  One is restricted to films receiving at least a week's theatrical run in the U.S., a

  • 1st Writers Poll /
  • Writers Poll
• 
  31 Dec 08

  Koreyoshi Kurahara, Part I: "Black Sun" and the Sun Tribe

  Nick Palevsky

  This year’s TOKYO FILMEX featured a retrospective on Koreyoshi Kurahara, a director whose long-term international reputation may rest on his taiyozoku, or “sun tribe” films. He did these for Nikkatsu Studios

  • Koreyoshi Kurahara /
  • Nagisa Oshima
• 
  30 Dec 08

  Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report: "Les Stances a Sophie" (Mizrahi, 1971)

  Glenn Kenny

  The presences of the exemplary Nouvelle Vague icons Bernadette Lafont and Bulle Ogier in the female lead roles notwithstanding, what cachet 1971's Les Stances a Sophie has accrued over the years is largely

  • Moshe Mizrahi
• 
  30 Dec 08

  The Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll: David Cairns

  David Cairns

  Each of the Notebook's writers were given the opportunity to submit two lists of their ten favorite films of 2008.  One is restricted to films receiving at least a week's theatrical run in the U.S., a

  • 1st Writers Poll /
  • Writers Poll
• 
  30 Dec 08

  The Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll: Acquarello

  Acquarello

  Each of the Notebook's writers were given the opportunity to submit two lists of their ten favorite films of 2008.  One is restricted to films receiving at least a week's theatrical run in the U.S., a

  • 1st Writers Poll /
  • Writers Poll
• 
  29 Dec 08

  The Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll: Vadim Rizov

  Vadim Rizov

  Each of the Notebook's writers were given the opportunity to submit two lists of their ten favorite films of 2008.  One is restricted to films receiving at least a week's theatrical run in the U.S., a

  • 1st Writers Poll /
  • Writers Poll
• 
  29 Dec 08

  The Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll: Edwin Mak

  Edwin Mak

  Each of the Notebook's writers were given the opportunity to submit two lists of their ten favorite films of 2008.  One is restricted to films receiving at least a week's theatrical run in the U.S., a

  • 1st Writers Poll /
  • Writers Poll
• 
  28 Dec 08

  When Change Meant Change: Revisiting 1930s Chinese Leftist Cinema

  Edwin Mak

  The recent issue of UCLA’s Asia Pacific Arts Magazine has a timely new feature on: 'Social Change in Asian film'. As the authors themselves admitted, it was an editorial inspired by the latest presidential

  • Wu Yonggang /
  • He Mengfu /
  • Cai Chusheng /
  • Hong Sang-soo /
  • Yuan Muzhi /
  • Li Lili /
  • Li Yu /
  • long
• 
  26 Dec 08

  The Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll: Darren Hughes

  Darren Hughes

  Each of the Notebook's writers were given the opportunity to submit two lists of their ten favorite films of 2008.  One is resticted to films receiving at least a week's theatrical run in the U.S., a limitation

  • 1st Writers Poll /
  • Writers Poll
• 
  25 Dec 08

  The Forgotten: Fire and Ice

  David Cairns

  "Right and wrong is the same everywhere, but the rights and the wrongs are different." I don’t know why Remember The Night isn’t a "beloved Christmas classic", trotted out on television every year

  • Preston Sturges /
  • Mitchell Leisen