Tobacco Roads: James Benning's "Twenty Cigarettes"
Neil YoungJames Benning’s new film on cigarette smoking.
James Benning
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Festival Work
Daniel KasmanFinding work at the Berlin Film Festival
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Benning + Notes
David HudsonJames Benning will be on hand this evening for the Los Angeles premiere of his RR (2007). "For the last 40 years Benning has been one of the great directors of American films," writes Phil Coldiron in
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NYFF 2010. Views from the Avant-Garde
David HudsonActually, this entry won't be strictly limited to the 14th Views from the Avant-Garde, which wrapped on Sunday. Other, somewhat related events bear rounding up here as well; for example, Walking Picture
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TIFF 2010. Wavelengths Preview
Michael SicinskiTIFF 2010. Wavelengths Preview
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Events. Jones, "Confucius," Benning, "Herostratus" and More
David HudsonRemarkable series and events are lighting up the coasts these days. Let's start in New York, with Ed Halter in Artforum: "The dynamic of William E Jones's work lies in the tensions produced between
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Berlinale. Palast of Swords Reversed: Dispatch #4
Neil YoungStress can effect you now - the weight of your responsibilities may be too heavy. Seek advise from your higher self - pull back into solitude and consider the details of your situation calmly. Put
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Berlinale. Palast of Swords Reversed: Dispatch #1
Neil YoungPhoto by Zorana Musikic. Difficulty with the early stages of formulating an idea, a plan or your goals. The confusion of too many ideas or the indecision of too few - creating trouble with completion
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Rotterdam 2010: Textures of the Morning
Daniel Kasman9:30am may seem to early to watch James Benning’s first digital feature, Ruhr, but no amount of jet-lag or early morning grogginess can dispel the immediate, intuitively pleasurable sensory assault of
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The Act of Seeing, Synthetically: James Benning's "Ruhr" (2009, USA)
Matthew FlanaganAll images captured from the (compressed) 3sat television broadcast of Ruhr, 3 November 2009. I 1. The Matenastraße Tunnel. A subterranean passageway of soft and hard whitewashed lines, 0.5km long
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Preservation Blog-a-Thon, "Russia," Events, DVDs
David Hudson"According to estimates, at least 50 percent of all films made for public exhibition before 1951 have been lost," writes Marilyn Ferdinand. "Move into the silent era, and the estimate shoots up to
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Video of the Day: "Fire & Rain" (James Benning), Viennale Trailer 2009
Daniel KasmanWatch and read about Fire & Rain here. Looks to be part of Benning's first digitally shot film, Ruhr. (Check out the latest issue of Cinema Scope for an article written by Benning on why he switched