Charlton Heston is an axiom
Daniel Kasman"Charlton Heston is an axiom. He constitutes a tragedy in himself, his presence in any film being enough to instil beauty. The pent-up violence expressed by the sombre phosphorescence of his eyes, his
January 2008
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Image series: faith, love, and goodbyes in Alfred Hitchcock’s “The Lady Vanishes” (UK, 1938)
Daniel KasmanFrom The Lady Vanishes; featuring Michael Redgrave and Margaret Lockwood; directed by Alfred Hitchcock; cinematography by Jack Cox:The Lady Vanishes is currently available on DVD from The Criterion Collection
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Mark the date: essential film screenings in New York, Jan. 18 & Jan. 19
Daniel KasmanAbove: The behind the scenes mystery of Wordly Desires (2005).Bookended by screenings of two masterpieces by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (2007’s best film, Syndromes and a Century, and 2004’s equally great
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Now in theaters: "There Will Be Blood" (Anderson, USA)
Daniel KasmanAbove: a regular family business: Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day Lewis), with son H.W. (Dillon Freasier). For one, let’s not think that There Will Be Blood is a departure for Paul Thomas Anderson, who
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Link of the day
Daniel KasmanCritic and filmmaker Dan Sallitt’s original website has always been a great online resource, but evidently that was not nearly enough. Last year Sallitt started his own blog, Thanks for the Use of the
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Image of the day
Daniel KasmanAbove: Steve Zahn’s eyes burn through the camera’s focal length in Werner Herzog’s Rescue Dawn (2007), cinematographer Peter Zeitlinger.
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Now in theaters: "Woman on the Beach" (Hong, South Korea)
Daniel KasmanAbove: Ko Hyun-joung (center) stuck between Kim Tae-woo (right) and Kim Seung-woo (left). To my mind, Hong Sang-soo’s Woman on the Beach is his most complicated film, yet it seems his most accessible
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At the cinematheque: Le Pont des Arts (Green, France, 2004)
Daniel KasmanAbove: Jérémie Renier consoles Natacha Régnier in Le Pont des Arts.In December, the French Institute Alliance Français in New York City included this film in their series, French Musicals.With Le Pont
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Mark the date: essential film screening in New York, Jan. 2 & Jan. 3
Daniel KasmanAbove: Detail of film poster for Daisy Kenyon.Opening the Film Forum’s extensive but by no means complete retrospective on maverick Hollywood director Otto Preminger is one of his most well known and
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Now in theaters: "I Am Legend" (Lawrence, USA, 2007)
Daniel KasmanAbove: Will Smith in I Am Legend. One of the more unexpected turnarounds in 2007 is director Francis Lawrence’s sophomore effort, I Am Legend, after the almost unwatchable Constantine comic book adaptation