Daily Briefing. The Far East, Megacities and Music
David HudsonA Letter to Momo in Japan, Hou Hsiao-hsien on Taiwanese cinema, Nicolas Rapold on Michael Glawogger, Ben Rivers’s playlist and more.
A Letter to Momo in Japan, Hou Hsiao-hsien on Taiwanese cinema, Nicolas Rapold on Michael Glawogger, Ben Rivers’s playlist and more.
Many are predicting a premiere in Cannes.
Also: Woody Allen and Richard Kelly look ahead to new projects.
Springtime festivals announce lineups, Woody returns to acting, rare Spartacus photos surface and more.
Also: Ross Douthat, film critic. Woody Allen on Broadway. Whit Stillman at Harvard. And Orson Welles performs Shakespeare on the radio.
Also: Césars and BAFTAs. And passings.
Notes on the series running in London through February 8.
Also: A few fresh lists, including Woody Allen’s favorite Parisian films.
Also: European films at Yale, low-budget exploitation in San Francisco, awards nominations, interviews and remembrances.
PBS broadcasts its 3½-hour doc tonight and tomorrow; Keaton’s memoir is on shelves now.
Also: Acid Westerns, Friedkin interviews Lang, Woody Allen goes long and more.
A few critics will speak up for one or the other one-act, but overall, a pall of disappointment hangs over the whole affair.