Video Sundays: For That One Second, the Look in Grace Kelly's Eyes, the Movement of Her Head
Daniel KasmanFrom John Ford's Mogambo (1953). Featuring Grace Kelly, Clark Gable, and Eva Gardner. Cinematography by Robert Surtees and Freddia Young.
March 2010
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SXSW 2010: "Kick-Ass," "Dogtooth," "White Stripes"
David HudsonSo SXSW 2010 has kicked off with Matthew Vaughn's Kick-Ass, which, according to Peter Martin at Twitch, "does. At its most elemental level, it's tremendously exciting to see a superhero flick
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Now in Theaters: "Shutter Island" (Martin Scorsese, USA)
Daniel KasmanAs with The Departed, a picture looking ever more prescient and clunkily masterful as time goes on, wherever you try to place Shutter Island, it won't fit. Like Tarantino after him—or perhaps
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Movie Poster of the Week: "Glory to the Filmmaker" or: Kitano in Posters
Adrian CurryGlory to the Filmmaker indeed. As reported on The Auteurs yesterday, Takeshi Kitano is currently the toast of Paris, prompting Movie Poster of the Week to take a look at Kitano’s career in one-sheets
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Marguerite Duras, Joyce Wieland, Hollis Frampton, Maren Ade
David Hudson"I fell hard for the films, novels, plays, and essays of Marguerite Duras roughly thirty years ago and then spent the decades between then and now resisting the sensuous beauty of their imagery
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"Green Zone," "Mother," "Children of Invention," More
David Hudson"Give director Paul Greengrass a completely fictional scenario into which he can weave multiple levels of tension and anxiety — for example, Jason Bourne guiding a witness targeted for assassination
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Topics/Questions/Exercises Of The Week—12 March 2010
Glenn KennyQuiet Flows The Dumb: Well, that was embarrassing, huh? The Oscars, I mean. And now that that's all done with, what happens to the Oscar bloggers, the pontificators who build up a near-impenetrable head
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Anticipating SXSW
David HudsonJust hours to go now before one of the most fun festivals on the calendar pops open. Kimberley Jones introduces the Austin Chronicle's bulging SXSW Film preview package: "We've chosen to champion a
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Takeshi Kitano: All the Rage in France
NotebookCommandeurs des Ordre des Arts et des Lettres. France has no higher honor to confer to an artist. On Tuesday, Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand formally proclaimed Takeshi Kitano a Commander of Arts
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Jean-Luc Godard's Homage to Eric Rohmer
Daniel KasmanIf anyone can help out with an English translation, we'd all be grateful! (Thanks to Ignatiy for the tip.)
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The Forgotten: Vessel of Wrath
David CairnsIf you're like me, and let's assume you all are, you greet the discovery of a film called Tamango with the hope that it's some kind of anagrammatic sequel to Matango: Fungus of Terror. But it's not anything
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At the Cinematheque: "The Prowler" (Joseph Losey, 1951)
Daniel KasmanA post-War masterpiece from soon-to-be blacklisted director, Joseph Losey.