Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
David Hudson"In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Roberto Rossellini made three films that helped to lay the foundations of modern cinema: Rome Open City (1945), Paisan (1946) and Germany Year Zero (1948
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Sundance. "Catfish"
David Hudson"From the 'truth is stranger than fiction' file comes this documentary about three New York artists (Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, and Schulman's brother Nev) who learn that the Michigan family they
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Sundance. "Smash His Camera" and "Teenage Paparazzo"
David Hudson"In two days, two documentaries about paparazzi have screened at Sundance," writes Karina Longworth in Voice Film. "One, Smash His Camera, was directed by Leon Gast, who won an Oscar for When We Were
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Sundance. "Four Lions"
David Hudson"Philip Roth once said that the extreme nature of contemporary experience had done the novelist's work," writes Nick Fraser in a piece for the Observer on Four Lions, which Jeremy Kay describes in
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Issues. Chris Marker, "Amer," Liu Jiayin
David HudsonLast year, many of us thrilled at the prospect of an issue of Image [&] Narrative featuring a "Thematic Cluster" on Chris Marker - only to discover that, if we didn't read French, the going would
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Sundance. "The Red Chapel"
David HudsonErin Donovan: "A (self-described) unscrupulous journalist, and a Danish-Korean comedy duo (one who is mentally disabled and wheelchair-bound) spend two weeks in North Korea with the stated agenda to
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New IndianAuteur; Cultish Movies in NYC Today
David HudsonIssue 8 of IndianAuteur, which can also be read as a full-screen E-magazine, features an interview with Kamal Swaroop, "the director of the greatest Indian film to have never been seen, Om Dar Ba Dar
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Sundance. "The Company Men"
David Hudson"Essentially a horror film for the white-collar workers over 50, The Company Men follows three suits (Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Chris Cooper) trying to come to terms with widespread downsizing
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Sundance. "Hesher"
David Hudson"The world premiere of Hesher hit Sundance on Friday, and I do mean 'hit.'" ST VanAirsdale introduces Movieline's FAQ: "Joseph Gordon-Levitt's stringy-haired, chain-smoking, tatted-up anarchist title
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Jean Simmons, 1929 - 2010
David Hudson"Jean Simmons, a radiant British actress who as a teenager appeared opposite Laurence Olivier in Hamlet and emerged a star whose career flourished in the 1950s and 1960s in such films as Guys and Dolls
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Sundance. "Restrepo"
David Hudson"How's this for an opening salvo?" asks Dennis Lim in the Sundance Channel's blog, SUNfiltered. "Restrepo, the first documentary to screen at Sundance 2010, kicks off with a grunt's-eye view of being
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"A Prophet," "The Girl on the Train," "Gainsbourg, une vie héroique" and More
David HudsonWhat a week for the French. Jacques Audiard's A Prophet, winner of the Grand Prix at Cannes, has made the Academy's Foreign Language Film shortlist and opens to raves today in the UK. André Téchiné