Daily Briefing. Wes Anderson's "Moonrise Kingdom" to Open Cannes 2012
David HudsonAlso: New Scope. London goes all out for Ken Russell. Nina Menkes in New York. Sean Lennon curates LA animation festival.
Ken Russell
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Daily Briefing. "Nasty-Ass" Pre-Code, Melvin van Peebles and More
David HudsonAlso: Ruiz in Berkeley, the EU in Chicago and listening to Nina Menkes and Slavoj Žižek.
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Daily Briefing. New Cineaste and More Fine Reading
David HudsonAlso: Top animators sign on for an adaptation of Gibran’s The Prophet and the doc Liv and Ingmar is set for the fall.
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Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. Ken Russell's "Altered States"
Ben SimingtonJohn Corigliano’s soundtrack for a world closed off to love.
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Film Comment Selects 2012
David Hudson“We sort of do the lineup by the seat of our pants.”
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Christopher Logue, 1926 - 2011
David HudsonThe poet and playwright also wrote and performed for Ken Russell.
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Ken Russell, 1927 - 2011
David HudsonThe British director was 84.
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Daily Viewing. From Ken Russell's "The Devils"
David HudsonThe BFI announces the first-ever release on DVD.
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Liszt @ 200
David HudsonOddly, the man who all but invented pop stardom hasn’t been the subject of all that many films.
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Jane Russell, 1921 - 2011
David Hudson"Jane Russell, the dark-haired siren whose sensational debut in the 1943 film The Outlaw inspired producer Howard Hughes to challenge the power and strict morality of Hollywood's production code
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Direct Address. IFFR 2011: Gianfranco Rosi's "El Sicario Room 164" and Ben Russell's "Trypps #7 (Badlands)"
Max GoldbergFacing the camera in two films.
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IFFR 2011. Shorts Short Thoughts
Daniel KasmanLuc Moullet in Toujours moins (France), a short film suspiciously formed of footage of automated terminals (ATMs, ticket dispensers, turnstiles, etc.) over three decades (perhaps culled from the director