Daily Briefing. Iranian Hardliners Vs the Oscar
David HudsonAlso: Abel Ferrara intends to direct Gérard Depardieu as Dominique Strauss-Kahn and Isabelle Adjani as Anne Sinclair.
Roman Polanski
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Notebook Reviews: Roman Polanski's "Carnage"
Daniel KasmanPerversely setting another film in a fantasy New York created in studios and with computers, Roman Polanski, adapting a play by Yasmina Reza into a Brooklyn kammerspiel, turns Buñuel’
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Daily Briefing. British TV, Polish Animation and More
David HudsonAlso: European films at Yale, low-budget exploitation in San Francisco, awards nominations, interviews and remembrances.
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NYFF 2011. Roman Polanski's "Carnage"
David HudsonThe main point of contention seems to be: Is it cinema (or cinematic) or not?
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Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the 49th New York Film Festival
Adrian CurryA look at the posters for the films in the main slate of this year’s New York Film Festival.
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Daily Briefing. Polanski's "Film Memoir" and NYFF Previews
David HudsonAlso: Richard Brody and David Bordwell review Roger Ebert’s memoir, Life Itself.
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Daily Briefing. Kiarostami, Polanski, StoryWorlds
David HudsonAlso: Michael Lewis will adapt Liar’s Poker himself. Steven J Ross on J Hoberman’s Army of Phantoms.
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Daily Briefing. Roman Polanski Returns to Zurich
David HudsonAlso: Events in New York, San Francisco and Tokyo. Plus: Adrian Martin on The Tree of Life.
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Venice 2011. Last Stop: Brooklyn
Daniel KasmanTwo couples, one apartment in Brooklyn, an 18 year-old single malt Scotch and Roman Polanski.
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Venice 2011. Roman Polanski's "Carnage"
David HudsonPolanski “hasn’t broken a sweat” adapting Yasmina Reza’s hit play with an all-star cast.
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Polanski Season
David HudsonCriterion’s release of Cul-de-sac sets the mood for MoMA’s Polanski retrospective and the premiere of Carnage.
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Awards. Spirits and Césars
David HudsonBlack Swan, lost in the media fray over what was supposed to have been a two-horse race to Oscar Night, is back, having just won four Film Independent Spirit Awards: Best Feature, Best Director for