Suicide Scrawl: Nicholas Ray's "We Can’t Go Home Again"
David PhelpsNick Ray’s genre of everyday life.
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Between Music and Sound Design: An Interview with Composer Cliff Martinez
Daniel KasmanThe great soundtrack composer for Contagion and Drive.
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A Cluster of Ideas on "Contagion"
Ryland Walker KnightA discussion between two Notebook critics on Steven Soderbergh’s globetrotting epidemic thriller, Contagion.
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Basso Profondo: Nathaniel Dorsky’s "The Return"
Michael SicinskiDorsky’s great new film plays this weekend in the NYFF’s Views from the Avant-Garde.
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Video of the day. Essential Video Essay on Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo"
Daniel KasmanA new and remarkable piece of criticism on Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 masterpiece.
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The Benshi From Hell: Val Kilmer’s Musings on "Spartan"
Uncas BlytheGo tell the Spartans! Val Kilmer at the heroic zenith of the lost art of the DVD commentary.
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Ghost Meets the Man: Frederick Wiseman's "Titicut Follies" (1967)
Craig KellerAn essay on and analysis of Titicut Follies, the debut feature of Frederick Wiseman. The first in a series by Craig Keller on all-Wiseman.
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Venice 2011. The Head of the Italian Cinematheque Discusses the 68th Venice Mostra Retrospective
Marie-Pierre DuhamelHead of the Italian Cinematheque Enrico Magrelli talks about his must-see retrospective program at the Venice, “Orizzonti 1961-1978”.
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Laissez-faire Love Triangle
Ignatiy VishnevetskyJohnnie To and Wai Ka-fai’s Don’t Go Breaking My Heart is a romantic comedy obsessed with doubling and decision-making.
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The Forgotten: The Family Way
David CairnsAn obscure Frank Tashlin comedy exceeds expectations and reveals a fascinating phase in his artistic development.
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Locarno 2011. Old and New Straub
Robert KoehlerA report from the film festival’s Jean-Marie Straub retrospective playing alongside new short films by the master.
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New York's "Essential Pre-Code" Series: Week 4
Daniel KasmanOur final guide to New York’s epic retrospective. Mae West, Safe in Hell, King Kong, Tarzan, Ernst Lubitsch, and more!