Movie Poster of the Week: “20,000 Years in Sing Sing” and Title-Centric Posters through the Ages
Adrian CurryA look at posters in which actors are absent and the title treatment is king.
William Wyler
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Notebook's 5th Writers Poll: Fantasy Double Features of 2012
Daniel KasmanIn our annual poll, we pair our favorite new films of 2012 with older films seen in the same year to create fantastic double features.
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The Best of “Movie Poster of the Day”, Part 2
Adrian CurryA Japanese La jetée and more posters from our sidebar Tumblr, Movie Poster of the Day.
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The Forgotten: Death From Above
David CairnsWilliam Wyler’s second WWII documentary, Thunderbolt, avoids jingoism and presents a curiously clear-eyed yet psychopathic outlook on war.
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Daily Briefing. Harun Farocki, Ben Rivers, More
David HudsonAlso: Ben-Hur, restored. Tahrir documents the Egyptian revolution. Patience (After Sebald). And Rin Tin Tin.
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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