Daily Briefing. Cannes Jury, Czech New Wave, More
David HudsonAlso: Revisiting Claire Denis’s Beau Travail, Robert M Young’s Alambrista! and more.
James Gray
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Daily Briefing. Jordan Mintzer's "James Gray"
David HudsonGray is at BAMcinématek tonight. And Offscreen focuses on Fellini and Powell and Pressburger.
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Daily Briefing. 2011 Lists from the Telegraph, Slate and More
David HudsonAlso: A Cinefamily telethon, James Gray in New York and more.
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Daily Briefing. Artforum's Best of 2011
David HudsonAlso: The campaign to give Kenneth Lonergan’s Margaret a fair shake.
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TIFF 2010. Contemporary World Cinema
David HudsonTo borrow Henry James's description of the Victorian novel, Toronto is one loose and baggy monster of a film festival. One big final roundup would be useless, but roundups for each program just might
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The 28th Vancouver International Film Festival
Adam Nayman“An open mind is advised,” claim the (typically, very funny) trailers for this year’s Vancouver International Film Festival, but I will admit that I brought my preconceptions – and a nasty case of jet
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Forms of Fate: "Two Lovers"
Ryland Walker KnightA version of this essay was published in German, in the film magazine Cargo, in June, as a DVD review. The Auteurs Notebook now presents the original English version with minor editorial changes concurrent
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Love out the Window: "Two Lovers"
David PhelpsIt's White Nights with the two stories compressed to one: (1) boy who falls in love with girl who cries to him over the other man she loves, and (2) that girl caught between the sexy jerk, and the supportive
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Now in theaters: "Two Lovers" (Gray, USA)
Daniel KasmanAbove: Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix) with one of his two lovers, Sandra (Vinessa Shaw). James Gray has exactly what American cinema needs—sincerity. Gray deals in melodrama—and male melodrama at that—but
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Cannes Film Festival, 2008: "Two Lovers" (Gray, USA)
Daniel KasmanAbove: Leonard (Joaquin Phoenix) with one of his two lovers, Sandra (Vinessa Shaw). James Gray has exactly what American cinema needs—sincerity. Gray deals in melodrama—and male melodrama at that—but