Daily Briefing. Iran Detains Mojtaba Mirtahmasb
David HudsonThe co-director of Jafar Panahi’s This Is Not a Film is banned from traveling outside Iran. Plus: Senses of Cinema needs help.
Corneliu Porumboiu
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Artforum, "A Film With Me In It"
David Hudson"To endure five twelve-hour days of a Jack Smith conference is to realize that Smith isn't exactly the kind of figure you organize a conference for," writes David Velasco, reporting on LIVE FILM! JACK
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"Police, Adjective," New Issues and More
David HudsonIn the new Voice, J Hoberman reviews the film he's placed in the #3 slot on his top ten of 2009 list (and for more on the Voice poll and many, many other lists and awards, see the updated tracker
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Corneliu Porumboiu Discusses a Scene from "Police, Adjective"
Corneliu PorumboiuFor the first time, Cristi’s wife, Anca is introduced in this scene. In a first draft of the script this scene was one that characterized the routine of a couple. Anca obsessively listens to this song
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The Auteurs Daily: Film Comment (and Updates)
David HudsonSelections from the November/December 2009 issue of Film Comment have been posted along with a few online exclusives, among them, the full uncut version of Alexander Horwath's interview with Michael
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The Auteurs Daily: NYFF. Police, Adjective
David Hudson"Less is more in the sophomore feature by Cannes Camera d'or winner Corneliu Porumboiu (12:08 East of Bucharest), a filmmaker attentive, like his fellow under-40 countrymen Cristi Puiu and Cristian
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Cannes 2009: Questionable Observation ("Politist, Adjectiv," Porumboiu)
Daniel KasmanThe emphasis on observation in the recent upsurge Romanian cinemas has, in the films I’ve seen, always been a style and not a commentary. Corneliu Porumboiu’s enthralling Politist, Adjectiv changes