The Noteworthy: Interiors, Zona, and Shots in the Dark
Adam CookThis week we highlight a unique film journal, a couple of recent Q&As and a review of a new book on Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker.
Preston Sturges
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Dan Callahan's "Barbara Stanwyck: The Miracle Woman"
David Hudson“A serious book about a serious woman.”
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Daily Briefing. Otto is the One + Vertov, Hong, More
David HudsonAlso: Another big round of projects in the works announced in Berlin.
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Satyajit Ray + More Events, DVDs, News
David HudsonLong Shadows: The Late Work of Satyajit Ray opens this evening and runs through April 26 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center: "Of special interest is Home and the World [1984; image above], his final
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The Forgotten: Forty Million Frenchmen
David CairnsI'd long wanted to see Preston Sturges's last film, Les carnets du Major Thompson, AKA The Diaries of Major Thompson, AKA The French, They Are a Funny Race, even though I knew the experience was unlikely
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The Forgotten: Fire and Ice
David Cairns"Right and wrong is the same everywhere, but the rights and the wrongs are different." I don’t know why Remember The Night isn’t a "beloved Christmas classic", trotted out on television every year