Daily Briefing. Buñuel, Saura, Pialat, Preminger
David HudsonAlso: Carlos Saura on the films that have influenced him most and a couple of photo sets worth your time.
Luis Buñuel
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Daily Briefing. Kuroswawa @ This Must Be the Place
David HudsonAlso: The other Kurosawa, a forgotten “masterpiece” and the long, rather sad decline of Variety.
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Notebook's 4th Writers Poll: Fantasy Double Features of 2011
NotebookIn our annual poll, we pair our favorite new films of 2011 with older films seen in the same year to create fantastic double features.
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Daily Briefing. Cahiers du Cinema in English 11
David HudsonThe issue features a dossier on Orson Welles. Also: Remembering Doe Avedon.
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Bright Lights 73
David HudsonYet more terrific summer reading! The new issue of Bright Lights Film Journal is out.
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Buñuel, "Unfinished Films," "Passione" and More
David Hudson"Openly, contentedly delighted with how our own dreams can appall us, and how close movies are to that appalling dreaminess," Luis Buñuel "may have been the greatest filmmaker of the medium's
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Fresh Reads, Events and News
David HudsonTime for a quick break from the news coming out of Cannes. With the emphasis on quick, here's a bit on what's going on elsewhere. First, on the film journal front, Midnight Eye's posted three new
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Video of the day. The Bullits' "Close Your Eyes" x Luis Buñuel's "Un chien andalou"
efeFootage from Buñuel and Dalí’s Un chien andalou is taken to visualize a chopped-up dream with Lucy Liu and Jay Electronica providing vocals.
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Scorsese, Mundruczó, Buñuel, Jayasundara, More
David HudsonMark Kermode and Martin Scorsese had so much ground to cover in the 22-minute interview posted at the Guardian's site on Friday — Michael Powell and the 50th anniversary of Peeping Tom, Hugo Cabret
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The Forgotten: The Phantom of Puberty
David CairnsSo, Luis Buñuel had a couples of sons, one of whom, Juan Luis Buñuel, worked as his assistant director from 1960, before going on to a directing career of his own. So, is he Jacques to his father's Maurice
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Now Playing on The Auteurs: "Death in the Garden" (Luis Buñuel, Mexico/France)
David CairnsDeath in the Garden (Luis Buñuel, Mexico/France, 1956) is now playing on The Auteurs in the US for free. *** Above: Don't forget your lipstick. Luis Buñuel's reputation has been unvaryingly high for
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The Auteurs Daily: Cineaste
David Hudson"The desire for a critical framework capable of both political acumen and esthetic incisiveness is at the heart of Cineaste's project." Introducing the Fall 2009 issue, the editors note that "Rahul