Cinema Scope, "Sweetgrass"
David Hudson"One way of approaching Cinema Scope, to me," writes editor Mark Peranson, "is as a curated work that has always straddled the boundary between criticism and programming, attempting to provide an overview
"One way of approaching Cinema Scope, to me," writes editor Mark Peranson, "is as a curated work that has always straddled the boundary between criticism and programming, attempting to provide an overview
"Less a biography on the early life of Fascist leader Benito Mussolini than a dissection into creating (and sustaining) a cult of personality," writes Acquarello, "Marco Bellocchio's Vincere is a textured
"As is the case with several films in this year's New York Film Festival, Michael Haneke's The White Ribbon exemplifies the pleasures and drawbacks of auteurism," begins Eric Hynes in Reverse Shot
A discussion with the French director on her Isabelle Hupper-starring White Material.
"Although it occasionally gets carried away by its own reflexive spirit, Independencia is far more than the cute formal exercise its premise suggests," writes Andrew Schenker in the L Magazine. "As
"After giving free-floating dread a gargantuan, tentacled form in The Host, Bong Joon-ho returns to human-sized monsters in Mother." Fernando F Croce in Slant: "No less than the toxic leviathan in
A Playground with No Supervision: An Interview with Ernie Gehr.
"With a slender running time of 64 minutes," writes Acquarello, "Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl is a compact, richly textured illustration of [Manoel de] Oliveira's multivalent approach to storytelling
Four films from TIFF's documentary program wound up with entries of their own this year. Here are notes on several more... Alissa Simon in Variety: "An affecting portrait of an inspiring woman, fine
An interview with the director about his film Hadewijch.
Halloween got off to an early start up north with the Toronto After Dark Film Festival in August (see Bob Turnbull's enthusiastic coverage). The spirit then moved through TIFF's Midnight Madness program
"Following in the grand tradition of austere European filmmakers, Bruno Dumont gives religious faith quite a workout in his new film, Hadewijch," writes Michael Koresky at indieWIRE. "Not that this