The Noteworthy: R.I.P. Alexey Balabanov (1959-2013), Miyazaki's "The Wind is Rising", Hoberman on Jacobs
NotebookAlexey Balabanov passes, details on Hayao Miyazaki’s latest film, Spielberg and Scorsese discuss “the lightness of touch”, and more…
James Benning
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Video of the day. Trailer for "Cinéma de notre temps: James Benning and Richard Linklater"
NotebookDirected by Gabe Klinger, this new film takes a look at the unique friendship between Linklater and Benning. And baseball.
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Berlinale 2013. Impressions #3
Adam CookThoughts on the latest from James Benning, the Sensory Ethnography Lab, and Dumont & Binoche’s Camille Claudel, 1915.
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The Noteworthy: Wrapping Rotterdam, Tony and Theo, A Michael Snow Compendium
Adam CookThe Carney-Rappaport feud continues, new trailers from Denis Côté & the Coen brothers, a Rotterdam report, Daney on Straub & Hulliet & more.
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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.
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Viennale 2012. James Benning's "the war"
Daniel KasmanA new video work by American avant-garde filmmaker James Benning explores the videos of Russian activist/activist-art group Voina (“war”).
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Rotterdam 2012
David HudsonA roundup of reviews, impressions and more from this year’s edition.
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Daily Briefing. Pasolini, Picard, Offscreen, Lists and Letters
David HudsonA rediscovered interview, a new issue, a fresh round of lists of the best of 2011.
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Benning's "Remake" of Cassavetes's "Faces"
David HudsonThe premiere of Benning’s “unexpected venture into the world of ‘found footage’ filmmaking” will be on November 19 in Vienna.
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Naked Repose: A Conversation with James Benning about "Twenty Cigarettes"
Darren HughesDiscussing the “real face,” his life and work, and stories about the smokers in his video project.
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NYFF 2011. James Benning's "Twenty Cigarettes"
David HudsonSomewhere “between ‘hypnotically fascinating’ and ‘squalidly tedious.’”
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Daily Briefing. JLG, Benning/Cassavetes, Jia + Zhao
David HudsonGodard talks about his next film, Benning mentions one he slipped in between Ruhr and Twenty Cigarettes — and more.