Video of the day
Daniel KasmanA video essay on Fritz Lang's 1944 film, The Woman in the Window, by Girish Shambu, commissioned and posted by Kevin Lee of Shooting Down Pictures.
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Image of the day
Daniel KasmanFrom J'entends plus la guitare (1991); featuring Johanna ter Steege; directed by Philippe Garrel; cinematography by Caroline Champetier: In honor of a new 35mm print being distributed as the inaugural
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R.I.P.: Alain Robbe-Grillet (1922-2008)
Daniel KasmanAbove: A Polish poster for Alain Resnais' Last Year in Marienbad, from a script by Alain Robbe-Grillet.
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Berlinale 2008: Quote of the day
Daniel KasmanIf you were cold...if you were hot! But you are lukewarm, and I spit you out! -Klaus Kinski in his notorious one man show, Jesus Christ Saviour (Goyer, Germany), either in character as Jesus speaking
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Berlinale 2008
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Link of the day
Daniel KasmanContinuing their forays into advanced online criticism, Andy Horbal (of Mirror/Stage) and Kevin Lee (of Shooting Down Pictures) have produced a unique film. Collaborating remotely, with Kevin in New York
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Quote of the day
Daniel Kasman"Godard never puts to the statements that he receives the question of their origin, their condition of possibility, the place from which they derive their legitimacy, the desire which they at once betray
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Mark the date: essential film screenings in New York, Feb. 1,2, 6 & 9
Daniel KasmanStarting Friday, February 1 and continuing through the 10th, the Anthology Film Archives will be staging a retrospective on the work of French auteur and former Cahiers du cinéma critic Olivier Assayas
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Link of the day
Daniel KasmanDarren Hughes’ website Long Pauses has for many years been a fresh resource for criticism of art house and classic films. It is always welcome when an astute writer branches out, and along with a beautiful
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Coming soon to DVD
Daniel KasmanCourtesy of the Criterion CollectionOf the many excellent releases coming soon from the Criterion Collection, I’m particularly excited about these upcoming special editions. Allen Baron’s rugged, spare
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Poster of the week
Daniel KasmanIn honor of its recent screening at the Sundance Film Festival, here is, to my mind, the finest poster released in 2007. It is the poster for Michael Haneke’s Funny Games U.S., a shot-for-shot remake of
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Image series: shot/reverse shot in “El Cid” (USA, 1961)
Daniel KasmanFrom El Cid; directed by Anthony Mann; editing by Robert Lawrence; cinematography by Robert Krasker:Shot……and nearly three hours later, its reverse.