Daily Briefing. Harun Farocki, Ben Rivers, More
David HudsonAlso: Ben-Hur, restored. Tahrir documents the Egyptian revolution. Patience (After Sebald). And Rin Tin Tin.
William Wyler
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Austin Film Festival, Monsters and More
David HudsonThe Austin Film Festival opens for a full week today and the Chronicle's nifty package includes Marjorie Baumgarten's piece on Sweet Smell of Success, screening tomorrow at noon: "Though the film is
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Nervous from the Service
Manny FarberFor an extremely sensitive and poignant study of life like your own, carrying constantly threatening overtones during this early stage of postwar readjustment, it would be worth your while to see
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The Forgotten: The Silent Fist
David CairnsIt feels weird to plead on behalf of William Wyler, who is certainly celebrated and respected and even known by a few people outside hardcore cinephilia. But his most famed works, like The Best Years