Though he is arguably the best known graphic designer in America, and despite the fact that he is legendary for his poster design (think Dylan, think Mahalia Jackson, think Angels in America), Milton
At what point does gleeful cynicism become so gleeful that it ceases to function as cynicism at all, and mutates into a blatant formalist trope of little emotional or intellectual resonance, but plenty
BEWARE THE BEAT OF THE CLOTH-WRAPPED FEET In Maurice Pialat's last film, Le Garcu, a strange film can be seen playing on TV in the background. Die Herrin von Atlantis, directed by G.W. Pabst, was one
In his first U.S. interview about his new war film, Inglourious Basterds, provocateur Quentin Tarantino opens up about directing Brad Pitt and that "God" comment at Cannes. “It would be wonderful to
In Land of Madness: Luc Moullet giving us a sad, funny tour of “his movie collection,” awkwardly climbing a ladder to sit, hunched over, by himself in an empty little attic with a couple film cans scattered
Though 2009 may go down as an unusually average Cannes Film Festival, its size and prestige guaranteed a wealth of films and big name filmmakers that we were all very excited to see. Below you’ll find
"I had a lover,I don't think I'll risk anotherThese days, these days.And if I seem to be afraidTo live the life that I have made in songIt's just that I've been losingso long." - Nico, "These Days
The only genuine reaction this image of a crucifix gracefully laid on a bed can elicit—at least at the point it arrives in Maurice Pialat's plain-as-day death story—may be a choke of strangled, appalled
What is the 21st Century? is the weekly column where Ignatiy Vishnevetsky tries to find an answer to the titular question. *** Above: Paris By Night (1959) by Asger Jorn; Miami Vice (2006), directed
Palm d’Or The White Ribbon (Haneke) Grand Prix A Prophet (Audiard) Best Director Brillante Mendoza for Kinatay Best Screenplay Feng Mei for Spring Fever Best Actress Charlotte Gainsbourg in
Tsai Ming-liang’s movies, critics noted more and more in his last few films, are founded from parallel universes, banal reality and another universe that opens up inside it. The other universe can