Daily Briefing. Zulawski @ BAM, Film Comment Selects, Berlinale
David HudsonComing soon: Zulawski’s first complete retrospective in the US. Film Comment selects 32 films. Berlinale lineup? Now complete.
January 2012
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Philip Glass @ 75
David HudsonGlass’s Ninth Symphony is performed tonight and the revived opera Einstein on the Beach tours the world this year.
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And Then The Camera Goes Up The Jockey's Ass: A Close Look at "Luck"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyTaking apart the first episode of the new David Milch / Michael Mann TV show.
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Daily Briefing. Godard: New Films, New Interview
David HudsonAlso: Raúl Ruiz’s widow, Valeria Sarmiento, is completing what would have been his next project.
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Rotterdam 2012
David HudsonA roundup of reviews, impressions and more from this year’s edition.
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The Adventures of Tintin in the Uncanny Valley
Uncas BlytheHow the ecstasies & psychedelias of Performance Capture unsettle us (or not) in the best possible way.
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Sundance 2012. Awards
David HudsonAn overview of what the critics are saying about the winners.
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Sundance 2012. Ben Lewin's "The Surrogate"
David HudsonThe Audience Award-winner may be “Oscar-bait,” but for critics at Sundance, John Hawkes’s performance makes up for the bland filmmaking.
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Daily Briefing. Rollin, Hardy, Landis, Dante
David HudsonHardy’s got a sequel to The Wicker Man, but Nicolas Cage has another idea.
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Notebook Reviews: Joe Carnahan's "The Grey"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyMacho death myths dismantled.
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Sundance 2012. Alfred P Sloan Awards
David HudsonThe awards and grants recognize “new independent film projects that explore science and technology.”
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Sundance 2012. Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's "Detropia"
David HudsonThe doc may well be “achingly beautiful,” but have images of “post-industrial” ruin become fetishized?