Berlinale 2011. First 8 Films
David HudsonRalph Fiennes's adaptation of Shakespeare's Coriolanus is among six world premieres in the first round of Competition titles in the Berlinale 2011 lineup. Miranda July's The Future, screening first
December 2010
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Rediscovering the Quotidian: José Luis Guerín’s "Guest"
Darren Hughes“I am not an ideologue,” José Luis Guerín says matter-of-factly. “I need characters.” Judging by the lukewarm response that has greeted his latest film, Guest, it’s a dicey stance for a director of
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DVDs, Globes and more Lists and Awards
David Hudson"A new DVD specialty label, Twilight Time, featuring limited editions of vintage 20th Century Fox films, was launched Tuesday," reports Susan King in the Los Angeles Times. "The first film under
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Tuesday Foreign Region DVD Report: "Four Short Films" (Jean-Luc Godard and Anne-Marie Miéville, 1993-2002)
Glenn KennyIn one of the many hilarious, provocative, and occasionally infuriating interviews that Vladimir Nabokov granted in the 1960s, he made the following pronouncement on a work of 20th century European literature
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NY Film Critics, Australia's 2010 and More
David HudsonAnd on it rolls. David Fincher's The Social Network has taken the top awards from the New York Film Critics Circle: Best Film and Director. Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right has won three, though
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He's Got the Power of Love Over Me
Daniel KasmanOdes to psycho-sexual fixation: Images: Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones in King Vidor et al.'s Duel in the Sun (1946); cinematography by Lee Garmes, Ray Rennahan and Hal Rosson
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Lists and Awards 2010. Critics and AFI
David HudsonAnother good day for The Social Network. David Fincher may be sharing the Los Angeles Film Critics Association's Best Director award with Olivier Assayas (whose Carlos also wins Best Foreign Language
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Video of the day. The Bullits' "Close Your Eyes" x Luis Buñuel's "Un chien andalou"
efeFootage from Buñuel and Dalí’s Un chien andalou is taken to visualize a chopped-up dream with Lucy Liu and Jay Electronica providing vocals.
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Oliveira @ 102, Trintignant @ 80, Books and More
David HudsonManoel de Oliveira turns 102 today and, as Vitor Pinto reports in Cineuropa, the Portuguese are celebrating with a re-release of his debut feature, Aniki Bóbó, made back in 1942. The AFP
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勝手にしやがれ #7. Euro-Space or Lack Thereof
Stephen SarrazinPart 1: Where Did We Go Wrong? As the number of art house theaters and distributors diminishes year after year, what remains of Tokyo’s once vibrant and vital international film scene? One of the
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"Shoah," Spalding Gray, "You Wont Miss Me," More
David Hudson"Returning to movie screens a full generation after its initial 1985 theatrical run, Claude Lanzmann's Shoah has in many ways become obscured by its reputation," writes Eric Hynes in the Voice. "From
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Movie Poster of the Week: "Mädchen in Uniform" and the film posters of the Weimar Republic
Adrian CurryThere is a terrific little movie poster exhibition on view right now at New York’s Museum of Modern Art, running in conjunction with the Film Department’s essential retrospective Weimar Cinema, 1919