Movie Poster of the Week: Jean Grémillon’s “Remorques” and the Posters of the French Old Wave
Adrian CurryA look at some of the best original French posters for the films in Film Forum’s current series: The French Old Wave.
Max Ophüls
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The Noteworthy: La Furia Umana, The Best of Sarris, and Fassbinder in America
Adam CookThis week: two major film magazines unveil their new issues, Adam Nayman reveals why Jaws is the “greatest movie ever made”, and more…
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Daily Briefing. Max Ophüls @TCM
David HudsonAlso: Free Korean films in New York, first reviews of Geoff Dyer’s Zona and more.
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DVDs, Globes and more Lists and Awards
David Hudson"A new DVD specialty label, Twilight Time, featuring limited editions of vintage 20th Century Fox films, was launched Tuesday," reports Susan King in the Los Angeles Times. "The first film under
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Images of the Day. Ringmasters
Daniel KasmanLeft: Jane Birkin in Jacques Rivette's Around a Small Mountain (2009); cinematography by Irina Lubtchansky and William Lubtchansky. Right: Anton Walbrook in Max Ophüls's La ronde (1950); cinematography
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DVDs. "Lola Montès" and More
David HudsonLola Montès (1955) is "Max Ophüls's final masterpiece," declares Josef Braun, "mangled upon its initial release, newly restored in all its unspeakable gorgeousness, and now available from the Criterion
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An amber kaleidoscope: "Lola Montes" (Ophüls, 1955)
Ryland Walker KnightMore a gem than a crystal, Lola Montes begins looking up at twin chandeliers so baroque that their descending shudder makes one think the little globs of glass dangling will break free and fall to the