The Noteworthy: Coppola's Comeback, McTiernan's Philosophy, Lynch's Hiatus
Adam CookSundance’s lineup, The New York Film Critics Circle Awards, The Museum of the Moving Image’s First Look series, new Shane Carruth, & more.
Francis Ford Coppola
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Daily Briefing. Scorsese and DiCaprio take on Wall Street
David HudsonAlso: The latest on Charlie Kaufman’s surrealistic musical about a film blogger.
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Daily Briefing. Sundance Predictions, Actors on Actors and More
David HudsonAlso: Thanksgiving movie scenes, top 50 films ever, vintage posters exhibition, Eraserhead set photos, DVDs and more.
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Daily Briefing. "12 Angry Men," Jack Smith, Ruben Östlund
David HudsonAlso: A great roundup on Ivan Zulueta and a good long chat with Francis Ford Coppola.
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Daily Briefing. Ai Weiwei @IFFR
David HudsonAlso: Cut-Ups in San Francisco, John Samson in New York, projects in the works and more.
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Scary Monsters 2011, Round 3
David HudsonLists, reviews of classic and new horror, news and interviews. Updated through Halloween.
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Toronto 2011. Francis Ford Coppola's "Twixt"
David HudsonA few critics find Twixt to be Coppola’s “silliest work ever,” but most are kicking back and reveling in the “imaginative WTF-ness.”
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The Great Pretense
David PhelpsHow Francis Ford Coppola remixed the Hollywood musical.
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Image of the day. Francis Ford Coppola Takes Shelter
Daniel KasmanDirector Francis Ford Coppola shelters himself from the driving rain that added to the troubles of an already beleaguered shoot for Apocalypse Now, 1979. Photograph by Mary Ellen Mark, via everyday_i_show
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Everybody Knows This Is Probably Nowhere: Sofia Coppola's "Somewhere"
Glenn KennyHey, kids! Want critics to compare your movie to one by that old dead Italian guy Mike Antonioni? Well, it's easy. Just include a shot in which your lead character smokes a cigarette down to its filter
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"Somewhere," "True Grit," More
David Hudson"The crippling and cruel, not to mention pretty foolish, response to Sofia Coppola's Marie Antoinette (2006) was perhaps inevitably going to inspire an aesthetic retreat on her part," writes Roderick
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"Apocalypse Now," Sirk, More DVDs
David HudsonAnother day, another list for the Guardian's Film Season. This one's the "action and war 25," and topping it is Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now, "a cult film for the ages, an imperfect classic