"Kiss Me Deadly" and More DVDs
David HudsonCriterion releases Kiss Me Deadly on DVD and Blu-ray today and, for the occasion, they're running an essay by J Hoberman adapted from his book, An Army of Phantoms: American Movies and the Making of
Zhao Dayong
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DVDs and Events. Norma Talmadge, New Polish Films, More
David HudsonNorma Talmadge "was perhaps the biggest female star of the silent era" and yet she's "barely remembered today," writes Dave Kehr in the New York Times. "Worse, she is misremembered, having inspired
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NYFF 09: "Ghost Town" (Zhao Dayong, China)
AcquarelloComposed of three chapters - Voices, Recollections, and Innocence - Zhao Dayong's Ghost Town is a textured, graceful, and indelible panorama of the "other" China, a sobering account of threadbare lives
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The Auteurs Daily: NYFF. (Re)Inventing China and Ghost Town
David HudsonThe People's Republic of China celebrates its 60th anniversary tomorrow and, as you've no doubt heard, it's going to be one helluva show. Sharon LaFraniere has detailed the meticulous preparations