Quote of the day
David PhelpsDocumentary is the falsest sort of cinema. Reality has value only when it is transposed…
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Barack Obama's Favorite Films
efeBarack Obama lists these films as some of his favorites. We usually think one's personal tastes are an insight into who they are. Do these say something about US' President-elect? (Source: Obama's Facebook
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Anatomy of Saul Bass
matthew swiezynskiSaul Bass titles on Otto Preminger's Anatomy of a Murder, 1959
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Image for the weekend
Daniel KasmanFrom Night Train (Poland, 1959); featuring Lucyna Winnicka; directed by Jerzy Kawalerowicz; cinematography by Jan Laskowski. Image courtesy of one of The Notebook's favorite blogs, sixmartinis and the
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The Notebook's First Annual Writers' Poll: 2008 Top Ten
Daniel KasmanEach of the Notebook's writers were given the opportunity to submit their ten favorite films of 2008 given at least a week's theatrical run in the U.S. The entries have been tabulated we have our first
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David Phelps<< Take IV
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Oshima: Chasing Shadows
David PhelpsIn honor of Oshima’s passing, we’re highlighting a four part series of articles on the director by David Phelps.
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Video of the day
Daniel KasmanIn honor of the week-long run of In the City of Sylvia, here's a clip from one of the best scenes in the film, courtesy of online film critic extraordinaire, President and Founder of Benten Films, and
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Murnau's dark: "City Girl" and lantern light
Daniel KasmanFrom City Girl (1930); featuring Charles Farrel, Mary Duncan, Edith Yorke, David Torrence, and
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Murnau's light: "City Girl" and the run through the wheat
Daniel KasmanFrom City Girl (1930); featuring Charles Farrel and Mary Duncan; directed by F.W. Murnau; production design by Edgar G. Ulmer; cinematography by Ernest Palmer
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Image of the day
Daniel KasmanA teasingly beautiful introduction to The Notebook's upcoming coverage of the new DVD boxset, Murnau, Borzage and Fox.From City Girl (1930); directed by F.W. Murnau; production design by Edgar G. Ulmer;
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Image of the day
Daniel KasmanAn image common to 1930s Hollywood cinema, most notably in the American films of Fritz Lang: that of an impoverished man or woman gazing longingly in the shopping windows of a big city. On the other side