AFI FEST 2011. Spielberg + Jackson's "Tintin"
David HudsonChecking in on how audiences (and critics) are taking to Tintin midway between its European premiere and Stateside opening.
AFI Fest
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AFI FEST 2011. Steven Soderbergh's "Haywire"
David Hudson“Haywire is, like The Informant!, a movie shaped by the rhythms and rules of 70s and 60s entertainment.”
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AFI FEST 2011
David HudsonThis year’s edition features the premieres of Eastwood’s J. Edgar and Soderbergh’s Haywire.
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Daily Briefing. Lynch in Paris and Moby Dick in Space
David HudsonAlso: Acid Westerns, Friedkin interviews Lang, Woody Allen goes long and more.
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"Le Quattro Volte" and Festival News
David HudsonBefore launching into another roundup on Michelangelo Frammartino's Le Quattro Volte (previously: last year's Cannes and New York festivals), let's make note of a few newsier items, starting with yesterday
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AFI Fest 2010. David O Russell's "The Fighter"
David Hudson"In his introduction to The Fighter, Mark Wahlberg mentioned no less than four times how hard he worked to get the film made, even telling the audience that he'd mow lawns and shovel shit for two
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AFI Fest 2010
David HudsonAs James Rocchi notes in his overview of this year's AFI Fest for MSN Movies, the directors of both the opening and closing night films are graduates of the American Film Institute. Edward Zwick's
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Eccentricities of an American Film Festival: AFI Fest 2009
Gabe KlingerAbove: Philippe Grandrieux’s divisive A Lake, playing at this year's AFI Fest. What do you call a film festival that has shrunken by nearly a third of its former size, hired a veteran film critic as