The Noteworthy: Clowns, Beasts, and Some Lessons of Darkness
Adam CookFeaturing not one but two Herzog gems, a Moonrise Kingdom short, a talk about Twin Peaks and words of discouragement from Richard Brody.
Federico Fellini
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Daily Briefing. Jordan Mintzer's "James Gray"
David HudsonGray is at BAMcinématek tonight. And Offscreen focuses on Fellini and Powell and Pressburger.
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Cineaste, DVDs, More
David HudsonTuesday, DVD roundup day, is a fine day for taking a look at the new Summer 2011 issue of Cineaste, particularly since, among the online samplings this time around, DVD reviews outnumber all other types
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Hopper, Godard, Hitch, Fellini, Bigelow and More
David HudsonUpdated through 6/12. Let's begin this quick run through goings on in New York and with J Hoberman in the Voice: "Dennis Hopper changed the game with Easy Rider (1969), blew up his career with The Last
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Antonioni, Fellini, DeMille, Ray, Mackendrick — and Juliano Mer-Khamis
David Hudson"Antonioni's career can be divided into the periods before and after L'Avventura (1960)," writes Dennis Lim in the Los Angeles Times. "By the time that film was booed and championed at Cannes, putting
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Tuesday Foreign Blu-ray Disc Report: "Spirits of the Dead" (Roger Vadim, Louis Malle, Federico Fellini, 1967)
Glenn KennyIt's interesting the way a film's reputation mutates over the years. Moderately well do I recall the reception accorded Spirits of the Dead, originally called Histoires extraordinaires, when it hit the
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Sarno in New York, Porn in Berlin, More
David HudsonThe Films of Joseph Sarno is Anthology Film Archives' tribute to the "New York sexploitation legend," featuring five works screening from tomorrow through Sunday. Nick Pinkerton in the Voice: "Not
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Events. Tarkovsky, Wiseman, Kusturica, Fellini and More
David Hudson"In the nearly 30 years I've been writing about movies for LA Weekly," begins FX Feeney, "no moviemaking genius has meant more to me than Andrei Tarkovsky, whose seven feature films will screen over