The Details: Re-thinking Bergman, Part 1 – A Shifting Red
Carson LundA look at the subtle and multilayered use of color in The Passion of Anna (1969).
images
-
-
Movie Poster of the Week: “Battleship Potemkin” and the Stenberg Brothers at Auction
Adrian CurryA look at a rare auction of Stenberg brothers posters of the 1920s.
-
The Noteworthy: London Film Fest Awards, "Kanye Wes", The Day of Reckoning Approaches
Adam CookAwards in London, debuts in Rome, a stunning action trailer, some Tumblr fun and stimulating pieces from Phil Coldiron and Tom Sutpen + more
-
Miniatures in Motion
Ehsan KhoshbakhtA look at Stan Brakhage’s Persian Series in relation to Iranian art.
-
Savides and the Generous Image
Carson LundA look at the work of cinematographer Harris Savides.
-
Movie Poster of the Week: “The Suitor” and the Films of Pierre Etaix
Adrian CurryAs Pierre Etaix’s films finally get shown in the US, a look at Etaix’s illustrations for Jacques Tati and at the posters for his own films.
-
Movie Poster of the Week: Luis Buñuel’s “Tristana”
Adrian CurryTo mark the re-release of Tristana, the many international posters for the film and some Buñuel ephemera.
-
The Noteworthy: Panahi Strikes Again, Assayas on Assayas, VIFF & NYFF Underway
NotebookPanahi completes another “effort” under house-arrest, Lincoln debuts at NYFF, Dennis Lim looks at the work of Ben Rivers & more…
-
Images of the Day. Peter Kubelka's Monument Film sculpture
Daniel KasmanImages from an installation constituting Kubelka’s new film, Antiphon, Arnulf Rainer (1960), and the two combined.
-
"I am a traveler of both time and space": Jean-Claude Rousseau's "Faux départ"
Alex HansenShowing how even the simplest of spaces have the possibility to surprise.
-
Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of the 26th New York Film Festival
Adrian CurryA look back at the posters for departing festival director Richard Peña’s very first NYFF.
-
Clara Bow: Savage!
NotebookA wicked publicity still for John Francis Dillon’s 1932 pre-Coder, Call Her Savage, starring Clara Bow and shot by the great Lee Garmes.