Daily Briefing. Rollin, Hardy, Landis, Dante
David HudsonHardy’s got a sequel to The Wicker Man, but Nicolas Cage has another idea.
Joe Dante
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Daily Briefing. La Furia Umana 11
David HudsonAlso: Tony Pipolo on Jean-Marie Straub and more best-of-2011 lists.
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Daily Briefing. Sergio Leone, John Huston and More
David HudsonAlso: David Bordwell on Joe Dante and Fortissimo at MoMA.
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Notebook Reviews: J.J. Abrams' "Super 8"
Fernando F. CroceNo film this year opens more promisingly and ends more dismally than J.J. Abrams’ Super 8. Promising not only because the first shot—a somber tracking shot as the “Days without an accident
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DVDs. Early Kurosawa, "Piranha" and More
David Hudson"To watch Sanshiro Sugata, one of the most accomplished directorial debuts in film history, is to marvel at the emergence of a film artist whose aesthetic sensibility is fully formed from the first
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TIFF 09: "The Hole" (Joe Dante, USA)
Daniel KasmanOne thing I’ve found consistent in the handful of film festival experiences I’ve had is that by a certain point you’ve seen so much sloppiness that when a crafty movie comes along, one made with skilled
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The Auteurs Daily: Dante's Inferno
David HudsonStarting tomorrow at the New Beverly Cinema in Los Angeles, Joe Dante will be presenting a week-long series of rarely screened favorites he calls, naturally enough, Dante's Inferno. Bruce Dern
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"Fun, Yes, But By No Means Civilized": Interview with Joe Dante (Part 2)
David CairnsJoe Dante has earned the right to be called a survivor, with a substantial career in which he has ping-ponged from big-budget sci-fi spectaculars (with attendant studio interference) to TV and low-budget
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"I want to give you a piece of my mind": Interview with Joe Dante (Part 1)
David CairnsAbove: Dante's The Howling (1981). Joe Dante was kind enough to grant interview time during his visit to the Edinburgh International Film Festival. In a public event, he spoke of his early days cutting