Ecstatic Nostalgia: New Theater Work by Tsai Ming-liang
Andrew ChanTsai offers both an intensified take on his brand of voyeurism and a sweet valentine to his cast of regulars.
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The Camera Moves #6
David PhelpsThis is what democracy’s staged like.
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Politics and Aesthetics in the Straubs’ Films
Ted FendtJacques Rancière, Philippe Lafosse and the public in conversation about Straub-Huillet after a screening of their films.
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Carte Blanche for the Ferroni Brigade: Six Bets on the Treasure Vaults of Finnish Cinema
The Ferroni BrigadeThe Ferronis program six classic films they’ve never seen. Here’s why.
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Harun Farocki in New York
Jesse CataldoAn overview of Farocki’s first American exhibition, at the MoMA, and a simultaneous retrospective in New York.
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Tracking Shots at the Gates of Dawn
Doug DibbernBéla Tarr’s masterful “final film,” The Turin Horse, is now seeing a theatrical release in the US.
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The Baroque, Spiraling: Michael Bay and the Dromospheric Cinema
Uncas BlytheF.T. Marinetti and Paul Virilio walk into a bar, which turns out to be the set of a Michael Bay movie and it explodes. No one is hurt. PG-13
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Madwomen (and Men) in the Jungle: A Conversation with Chantal Akerman
Darren HughesAkerman’s Joseph Conrad adaptation sees its US release.
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Dialogue as Context: A Conversation with Santiago Mitre
Michael GuillenAn interview with the Argentine director of the Locarno, TIFF and NYFF-selected film, El Estudiante.
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Terrence Malick’s “The Tree of Life”: A Few Thoughts Subsequent to a Local Screening Sponsored by a College’s Theology Department
Joe McCullochOn the occasion of its video release.
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Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Film Critics' Workshop: Day 1
Chris FujiwaraFrom one of the world’s outstanding documentary festivals come reports from three new, young critics.
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Naked Repose: A Conversation with James Benning about "Twenty Cigarettes"
Darren HughesDiscussing the “real face,” his life and work, and stories about the smokers in his video project.