Daily Briefing. Cannes Jury, Czech New Wave, More
David HudsonAlso: Revisiting Claire Denis’s Beau Travail, Robert M Young’s Alambrista! and more.
Robert Rodriguez
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Bogart, Grindhouse, Otherzine
David Hudson"The first great antihero of American movies, Humphrey Bogart remained the epitome of nonconformist cool for generations after his death," writes Dennis Lim in the Los Angeles Times. "The Bogey of
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Venice 2010. Robert Rodriguez's "Machete"
David HudsonYes, Robert Rodriguez's Machete opens Stateside on Friday, but its first public screening is tonight in Venice, a Midnight opener, Out of Competition, and the first yeas and nays are in. A yea: "Machete
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"Despicable Me," "The Girl Who Played with Fire," "Predators," "Winnebago Man," More
David HudsonWe've already got entries going on the two most interesting films opening today, Jacques Rivette's Around a Small Mountain (here) and Lisa Cholodenko's The Kids Are All Right (here). Here's a sampling
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The Auteurs Daily: Troubles in Theaters
David Hudson"As the bloody sectarian horror show of Northern Ireland in the 20th century has tapered off in the headlines, so has much of its currency in the movies," writes ST VanAirsdale in Movieline