Daily Briefing. Honda, Güney, Zhangke and More
David HudsonAlso: News from Kustendorf, Berlin, Rotterdam, Sweden, Norway, France and beyond.
Olivier Assayas
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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. Manohla Dargis on the Avant-Garde in LA
David HudsonAlso: Bill Simmons on Eddie Murphy and an overview of several projects in the works.
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DVDs. Assayas, Sjöström, More
David HudsonCriterion releases Carlos (2010) and The Phantom Carriage (1926). Plus: The Old West and Robert Altman.
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Senses of Cinema 57, Lists, More
David HudsonEditor Ronald Caputo notes that many of the articles appearing in the new issue of Senses of Cinema were first presented as papers at the Cinema in the Digital Age symposium hosted by Film Program at
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Lists 2010. Film Comment, NYT, More
David HudsonHow odd it is to go to the trouble of polling over 100 critics and tabulating the results only to announce your big year-end lists on a Friday evening when just about everyone but a pathetically
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"Shoah," Spalding Gray, "You Wont Miss Me," More
David Hudson"Returning to movie screens a full generation after its initial 1985 theatrical run, Claude Lanzmann's Shoah has in many ways become obscured by its reputation," writes Eric Hynes in the Voice. "From
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"House," Kubrick, Chaplin and Filmmaker
David HudsonWilliam Friedkin's The Exorcist (1973) is out on Blu-ray (see the October 12 roundup) and at his own site, Dave Kehr notes that the two-disc package presents both "original release cut and the 2000
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Lost Sounds and Soundtracks. One Great and One Not So Great Music Video by Olivier Assayas
Daniel KasmanJacno’s “Anne cherchait l’amour”, featuring Elli; directed by Olivier Assayas. The significantly less good “Rectangle” follows.
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Austin Film Festival, Monsters and More
David HudsonThe Austin Film Festival opens for a full week today and the Chronicle's nifty package includes Marjorie Baumgarten's piece on Sweet Smell of Success, screening tomorrow at noon: "Though the film is
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An Interview with Olivier Assayas on "Carlos" and Carlos
Glenn KennyOlivier Assayas' epic but intimate treatment of terrorism and geopolitics, Carlos, has been garnering a well-deserved amount of exegesis since its debut at the Cannes Film Festival in May. (See the roundups
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Senses of Cinema 56, Assayas @ BAM, More
David HudsonSenses of Cinema editor Rolando Caputo, summing up the gist of Murray Pomerance's essay on Second Life, notes that, for those who live there, "the 'virtual world' has become reality, and 'reality' the