The Noteworthy: Lim Replaces Koehler, Bordwell's Sweet 16, Interviews with Ferrara, Karel & Klahr
Adam CookLots of news, photos by Patrick Swirc, a trio of interviews featuring Abel Ferrara, Ernst Karel and Lewis Klahr & more.
Frederick Wiseman
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Comma, Space: Frederick Wiseman's "High School" (1968)
Craig KellerAn essay on and analysis of High School, the second feature of Wiseman. The second in a series by Craig Keller on all-Wiseman.
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Notebook Reviews: Frederick Wiseman's "Crazy Horse"
Daniel KasmanAmerica’s preeminent documentarian turns again to a French subject, moving from a Parisian ballet to a Parisian cabaret.
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Notebook's 4th Writers Poll: Fantasy Double Features of 2011
NotebookIn our annual poll, we pair our favorite new films of 2011 with older films seen in the same year to create fantastic double features.
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Daily Briefing. Herzog, Coens, Aronofsky, More
David HudsonAlso: New DVDs, “Tourism in Cinema” and Frederick Wiseman.
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Venice and Toronto 2011. Frederick Wiseman's "Crazy Horse"
David HudsonA doc on the 50-year-old Parisian night spot. “Very gently, Wiseman disrobes the spectacle and peers inside.”
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Ghost Meets the Man: Frederick Wiseman's "Titicut Follies" (1967)
Craig KellerAn essay on and analysis of Titicut Follies, the debut feature of Frederick Wiseman. The first in a series by Craig Keller on all-Wiseman.
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Uruphong Raksasad, Joe Swanberg, Summer Reads and More
David HudsonUpdated through 6/10. Colin Beckett: "Whether by design or circumstance, this June has become Thai Cinema Month in New York, with an array of the city's art houses and museums boasting otherwise hard
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Highlights from the 35th Hong Kong International Film Festival
Andrew ChanIn a city often derided as art-phobic and money-obsessed, the Hong Kong International Film Festival provides an annual opportunity for local audiences to contextualize their own regional cinema alongside
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Cinematic Icons in American Law Enforcement
Ben Simington"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?" —Dirty Harry (Don Siegel, 1971) *** "Dead or alive, you're coming with me." —Robocop (Paul Verhoeven, 1987
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"Open Five," "Kuroneko," "The Portuguese Nun," More
David HudsonVia his blog Cinemasparagus and two Twitter accounts (@evillights and @mastersofcinema), Craig Keller has been declaring Kentucker Audley's Open Five to be "the best American film of the
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NYFF 2010. Frederick Wiseman's "Boxing Gym"
David Hudson"Frederick Wiseman has filmed subjects as institutionally complex as a state legislature and as socially diverse and geographically broad as entire towns (in Aspen and Belfast, Maine)." Leo Goldsmith