Daily Briefing. Godard: New Films, New Interview
David HudsonAlso: Raúl Ruiz’s widow, Valeria Sarmiento, is completing what would have been his next project.
Manoel de Oliveira
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Daily Briefing. Most Anticipated Films of 2012
David HudsonAlso: Universal @ 100. James Toback’s “totally unusual, inventive” movie and more.
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Daily Briefing. Pablo Ferro in LA and Hope in Athens
David HudsonAlso: Manoel de Oliveira has begun shooting Gabo and the Shadow — and a new issue of TATE ETC.
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DVDs. Chabrol, Oliveira and More
David HudsonCriterion releases Chabrol’s first two features, while The Strange Case of Angelica is out from Cinema Guild. Plus, more new DVDs.
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The Strange Case of Angelica
David PhelpsAngelica only comes to life in a viewfinder and some photos: not as life, but as a movie—a trace of life. Oliveira returns to the Douro valley, where he shot his first movie—Douro, River Valley (1931
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"Another Year," "Blue Valentine," More
David Hudson"Class consciousness has frequently played a role in Mike Leigh's films, and not only because, as a storyteller whose native terrain is modern Britain, he can hardly hope to avoid it," writes AO
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Lists 2010. Voice, TONY, Electric Sheep, More
David HudsonBet you can guess which film's topped the Village Voice poll this year. Analyzing the results, J Hoberman notes that David Fincher's The Social Network is listed on 52 of 85 ballots, "the largest percentage
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Oliveira @ 102, Trintignant @ 80, Books and More
David HudsonManoel de Oliveira turns 102 today and, as Vitor Pinto reports in Cineuropa, the Portuguese are celebrating with a re-release of his debut feature, Aniki Bóbó, made back in 1942. The AFP
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Movie Poster of the Week: "The Strange Case of Angelica"
Adrian CurryIt is one of the miracles of cinema that Manoel de Oliveira, who made his first film nearly 80 years ago, in 1931, is still working, and making some of the best films of his career at that. And next
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NYFF 2010. Manoel de Oliveira's "The Strange Case of Angelica"
David HudsonSo here's a roundup that provides an opportunity to draw attention to two new issues of publications that, after all these decades, are still required reading. Among the articles posted online from
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TIFF 2010. Masters
David HudsonJust five titles in today's entry in a series of roundups wrapping Toronto (as opposed to the 30+ in yesterday's Contemporary World Cinema batch), so you may wonder, why bother? I simply find it interesting
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Fuller, Tarantino, Sarli, Hawks, Oliveira, Lou Ye, More
David Hudson"LACMA's weekend series Fuller at Fox zeroes in on a blazing trail of six signature works for Darryl Zanuck's (now-75-year-old) studio — what the director called 'a new period of creativity and