America: What's Wrong with this Face?
Daniel KasmanWhy is Henry Fonda America’s wrong man? Or: Why is America Henry Fonda’s country of residence?
Fritz Lang
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"Ministry of Fear": Love During Wartime
Duncan GrayFamiliar elements of adventure and romance take a paranoid turn in Fritz Lang’s underrated noir, finally available on US DVD.
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Berlinale 2013. Impressions: B-Sides
Adam CookSome reflections on the Berlinale’s retrospective programming, Leviathan inspired art installations, & thoughts on a few more films.
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Viennale 2012. The Unseen Guerilla
Daniel KasmanOn Fritz Lang’s most unknown and unappreciated American film: 1950’s An American Guerilla in the Philippines.
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Viennale 2012. American Genres
Daniel KasmanA brief look at Hollywood genre filmmaking from 1941 – 2010 through films screened at the Viennale by Lang, Ford, Carpenter and Scott.
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Viennale 2012. The Major and the Minor
Daniel KasmanThe Vienna International Film Festival begins, including a complete Fritz Lang retrospective.
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Virtual Refractions 1: "Holy Motors" (The Living Screen)
David PhelpsDecoding the dharma of Denis Lavant’s cosmic ascent to The Real World.
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The Noteworthy: La Furia Umana, The Best of Sarris, and Fassbinder in America
Adam CookThis week: two major film magazines unveil their new issues, Adam Nayman reveals why Jaws is the “greatest movie ever made”, and more…
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Ways to End a Movie #2
Daniel KasmanThe hero attempts to shoot out the sun in Fritz Lang’s The Tiger of Eschnapur.
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Daily Briefing. Welles's "Heart of Darkness"
David HudsonAlso: Owen Hatherley on Patrick Keiller, Cavett on Groucho, Scorsese’s storyboards and more.
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Daily Briefing. New Film Comment, News, Photos and More
David HudsonSpringtime festivals announce lineups, Woody returns to acting, rare Spartacus photos surface and more.
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Daily Briefing. ECM Remembers Angelopoulos, Greenaway in Venice, More
David HudsonAlso: Protecting Germany’s nitrate archives from the Explosives Act. The films that changed directors’ lives. And more.