Movie Poster of the Week: “20,000 Years in Sing Sing” and Title-Centric Posters through the Ages
Adrian CurryA look at posters in which actors are absent and the title treatment is king.
Roberto Rossellini
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The Noteworthy: LFU 15/1, "Historic Centre", Carpenter's Favorite Westerns
Adam CookLa Furia Umana debuts in print, Scorsese and De Palma prep new projects, Cinema Scope divulges their 2012 faves, Oshima + Kurosawa & more.
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The Noteworthy: Werner Herzog & The Killers, Venice Underway, The Brain & The Body
Adam CookThis week we have word on upcoming projects from Werner Herzog, updates from Venice & Adrian Martin on Stephen Dwoskin and Chris Marker.
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Daily Briefing. Ömer Lütfi Akad, 1916 - 2011
David HudsonRemembering the pioneering Turkish director.
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Daily Briefing. Long-Form Polemics @ Idiom Film
David HudsonAlso: Elaine May interviews Ethan Coen and Woody Allen. Lubitsch in LA. New Alps trailer.
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Rossellini, Milestone @ 20, Daryush Shokof
David HudsonMoMA's Collaborations in the Collection series has been rolling along nicely since December 2007 and comes to a close on Monday. Curator Jenny He's concept might be read as a counter-argument to
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Some Kind of Realism: Rossellini's War Trilogy
Zach CampbellAbove: Germany Year Zero. Courtesy of the Criterion Collection. Many of the extras (interviews, visual essays) included in this Criterion DVD set are more or less standard, which is not to say unappreciated
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Roberto Rossellini's War Trilogy
David Hudson"In the immediate aftermath of World War II, Roberto Rossellini made three films that helped to lay the foundations of modern cinema: Rome Open City (1945), Paisan (1946) and Germany Year Zero (1948
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What is the 21st Century?: Uncertain Times
Ignatiy VishnevetskyWhat is the 21st Century? is the weekly column where Ignatiy Vishnevetsky tries to find an answer to the titular question. *** Above: A good print of Rossellini's Vanina Vanini? An overcast Friday
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The Details: Roberto Rossellini's "Il Generale della Rovere"
Daniel KasmanOur detail is a single shot done in a long-take from Rossellini’s 1959 film set in Genor during World War II.
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Absolute Power Absolutely Contradicted: “The Taking of Power by Louis XIV”
Fernando F. CroceFor Roberto Rossellini, miracles and revolutions could be embodied in a gesture, an embrace, a sudden discovery. Throughout The Taking of Power by Louis XIV, the Italian filmmaker’s 1966 reconstruction
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Some Notes on "Made in U.S.A.": It's All True
David PhelpsMade in USA is, like about all Godard’s works, just a documentary of a time, of some places, of some people. A home movie bearing witness to 1967, politically, personally—and the two, here, are