Three Takes #1: Ernst Lubitsch’s "Design for Living"
Calum MarshA new column dedicated to short-form criticism. Each week, three writers offer capsules which engage with a classic or contemporary film.
Rouben Mamoulian
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Daily Briefing. Denis, Guerín, Straub @ Exit Art; New Cinema Lucida
David HudsonAlso: Girish Shambu on the video essay, Brian Darr on Méliès, Kurt Jensen on Mamoulian and more.
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Movie Poster of the Week: “The Public Enemy” and the Berwick Discovery of Lost Movie Posters
Adrian CurryA rare Wellman one-sheet is discovered as part of a treasure-trove of early sound, pre-Code film posters in an attic in Pennsylvania.
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Movie Poster of the Week: "Designing Woman"
Adrian CurryA three-dimensional collage for Vincent Minnelli’s film and other 3D work by the caricaturist Jacques Kapralik.
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New York's "Essential Pre-Code" Series: Week 2
Daniel KasmanPart two of our guide to New York’s retrospective on pre-Code films.
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New York's "Essential Pre-Code" Series: Week 1
Daniel KasmanPart one of our guide to New York’s retrospective on pre-Code films.
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Things That Came to My Mind While I Was Watching the Film #2
Marie-Pierre DuhamelIn contemporary cinema many camera pans look like postcards, but ones without the simplicity or light-hearted use of clichés of the past. (No European ever hated an American film for those old
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Cineaste, DVDs, More
David HudsonTuesday, DVD roundup day, is a fine day for taking a look at the new Summer 2011 issue of Cineaste, particularly since, among the online samplings this time around, DVD reviews outnumber all other types