John Williams @ 80
David HudsonHe upheld “the tradition of orchestral film music at a time when synthesizers and pop-song montages threatened to put it out of business.”
Oliver Stone
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Daily Briefing. New Work by Jonas Mekas and Luke Fowler
David HudsonAlso: Cinema Eye Honors nominees, London’s award-winners, SXSW’s panels and four projects in the works.
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"Enter the Void," "Wall Street," "Waiting for 'Superman'" and More
David Hudson"This is your brain." Manohla Dargis in the New York Times: "This is your brain on a Gaspar Noé movie. More specifically, Enter the Void is the latest from the never uninteresting, sometimes exasperating
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"Wild Grass," "Dogtooth," Fests, Events and Goodbyes
David HudsonFortunately, we have Knight and Day behind us, but I'm glad to be updating that same entry still with fresh takes on Restrepo. In this roundup: What the critics are saying about the other films
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Cannes 2010. Oliver Stone's "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps"
David Hudson"Michael Douglas returns as ruthless Wall Street trader Gordon Gekko, out of the joint, enjoying his new celebrity as a semi-recovering dosh addict and still looking to make a deal," writes the
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The Auteurs Daily: Venice. South of the Border
David Hudson"Was Hugo Chávez really the anti-American force we've been told he is?" asks Oliver Stone in the Guardian. "Once we began our journey, we found ourselves going beyond Venezuela to several other
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Playing the game of catch-up
Daniel KasmanAfter the New York Film Festival, with its Views from the Avant-Garde and Nagisa Oshima sidebar, I haven’t had much time to see, let alone write-up films seen over the last couple weeks. Instead of