Daily Briefing. Guy Maddin's "SPIRITISMES" + Gene Tierney and More
David HudsonAlso: Ross Douthat, film critic. Woody Allen on Broadway. Whit Stillman at Harvard. And Orson Welles performs Shakespeare on the radio.
Sundance 2012
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Berlinale 2012. Denis Côté's "Bestiaire"
David HudsonOne of the highlights in the Forum lineup this year.
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Daily Briefing. SF Indiefest — and a Tsunami of Projects in the Works
David HudsonAlso: Jason Reitman stages a reading of Reservoir Dogs with an all-black cast.
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Sundance 2012. Awards
David HudsonAn overview of what the critics are saying about the winners.
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Sundance 2012. Ben Lewin's "The Surrogate"
David HudsonThe Audience Award-winner may be “Oscar-bait,” but for critics at Sundance, John Hawkes’s performance makes up for the bland filmmaking.
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Sundance 2012. Alfred P Sloan Awards
David HudsonThe awards and grants recognize “new independent film projects that explore science and technology.”
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Sundance 2012. Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady's "Detropia"
David HudsonThe doc may well be “achingly beautiful,” but have images of “post-industrial” ruin become fetishized?
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Sundance 2012. Craig Zobel's "Compliance"
David HudsonIt may be the most controversial film at this year’s festival, but it’s being met with generally favorable reviews.
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Sundance 2012. Julie Delpy's "2 Days in New York"
David Hudson“Delpy has become, to an almost discomfiting extent, a distaff, semi-continental version of Woody Allen at his warmest and most gentrified.”
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Daily Viewing. "The Music of Room 237"
David HudsonAlso: Reviews of the documentary about the wide range of theories surrounding Kubrick’s The Shining.
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Daily Viewing. Full Trailer for Babis Makridis's "L"
David HudsonMakridis: “I like Samuel Beckett and Robert Bresson.”
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Sundance 2012. Todd Louiso's "Hello I Must Be Going"
David HudsonMelanie Lynskey’s performance is evidently the film’s saving grace.