Slang Rap Democracy
Daniel KasmanCinema that talks hip: Raoul Walsh’s Me and My Gal (1932) and Alex Ross Perry’s The Color Wheel (2011).
July 2011
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The Great Pretense
David PhelpsHow Francis Ford Coppola remixed the Hollywood musical.
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Movie Poster of the Week: "The Ides of March" and other new posters
Adrian CurryAfter the feast of design from the 1920s and 30s over the past two weeks I thought it was time to return to the present and look at a few of the more interesting new and recent posters out there. First
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New York's "Essential Pre-Code" Series: Week 3
Daniel KasmanPart three of our guide to New York’s retrospective on pre-Code films.
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The Forgotten: Sparkles
David Cairns"This was never a fun place. Oh, they had a pool and everything, but it was never fun." The title 11 Harrowhouse (1974) has a grim sound to it, but it's a largely light movie, tipped over from heavy
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Venice 2011 Lineup
NotebookIncludes films by Lanthimos, Garrel, Polanski, Cronenberg, Sokurov, Friedkin, Ferrara, McQueen, Stillman, and more.
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Toronto International Film Festival 2011 Lineup
NotebookWith films by Coppola, Davies, Payne, Pawlikowski, and more.
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Video of the day. Michel Gondry's Video for Björk's "Crystalline"
Michel Gondry’s video for the new single from Björk’s upcoming album, Biophilia.
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Collaborators, War Stories and Roads Not Taken: An Interview with Monte Hellman
Ignatiy VishnevetskyThe cult director of Two-Lane Blacktop returns with his first feature in twenty years.
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Video of the day. Trailer for Steven Soderbergh's "Haywire"
Daniel KasmanThe American filmmaker’s new action movie.
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Witnesses in Stone
Candace WirtThe little-known connection between Fritz Lang and New German Cinema master Alexander Kluge.
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Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the Stenberg Brothers
Adrian CurryOur first collection of the vibrant and dynamic Soviet posters made by the Stenberg brothers.