Daily Briefing. Ozon Wraps and Lynch Teases
David HudsonAlso: Iranian filmmakers and actors call for an international boycott of official Iranian film and TV organizations.
October 2011
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Depression Lessons #3
Daniel RiccuitoWith the advent of Talkies during the Depression the US suddenly sung in raucous dialects, breaking the myth of a unified movie audience.
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Kinski @ 85
David HudsonKinski died at the age of 65 on November 23, 1991. Heart attack in California. His ashes were scattered into the Pacific Ocean.
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Raúl Ruiz: 00s
NotebookOn the final decade of Ruiz’s career, ranging from strange English-language productions to epic mini-series.
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Friedrich Kittler, 1943 - 2011
David HudsonHe was one of the most influential media theorists of the digital age.
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Daily Briefing. Long-Form Polemics @ Idiom Film
David HudsonAlso: Elaine May interviews Ethan Coen and Woody Allen. Lubitsch in LA. New Alps trailer.
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Daily Briefing. Sue Mengers, Carrie Rickey — and more Žižek!
David HudsonAlso: Borderline Films, Cagney and Zinneman.
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Leon Cakoff, 1948 - 2011
David HudsonThe producer, director and founder of the founder of the São Paulo International Film Festival was 63.
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Wrapping NYFF 2011 (+ Index)
David HudsonIndexing our own reviews and interviews as well as our coverage of the coverage of this year’s edition.
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Images of the Day. Ozu in America
Daniel KasmanFinding Ozu in a 1954 Western shot by the great John Alton.
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Pauline Kael
David HudsonA biography, a collection of criticism and a memoir spark another round of discussion of Kael and her legacy.
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NYFF 2011. Michel Hazanavicius's "The Artist"
David HudsonReviews aren’t as over-the-moon as they were in Cannes, but no one’s denying The Artist’s popular appeal.