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
TIFF 2009
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The Auteurs Daily: Toronto and NYFF. Vincere
David Hudson"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
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The Auteurs Daily: Toronto and NYFF. The White Ribbon
David Hudson"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
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Back to Africa: An Interview with Claire Denis
Daniel KasmanA discussion with the French director on her Isabelle Hupper-starring White Material.
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The Auteurs Daily: Toronto and NYFF. Independencia
David Hudson"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
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The Auteurs Daily: Toronto and NYFF. Mother
David Hudson"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
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A Playground with No Supervision: An Interview with Ernie Gehr
Daniel KasmanA Playground with No Supervision: An Interview with Ernie Gehr.
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The Auteurs Daily: Toronto and NYFF. Eccentricities of a Blond Hair Girl
David Hudson"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
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The Auteurs Daily: Toronto. Reel to Real
David HudsonFour 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
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Raven in the Rain: A Conversation with Bruno Dumont
Michael GuillenAn interview with the director about his film Hadewijch.
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The Auteurs Daily: Fantastic Fest and TIFF's Midnight Madness
David HudsonHalloween 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
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The Auteurs Daily: Toronto and NYFF. Hadewijch
David Hudson"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