The Noteworthy: Clowns, Beasts, and Some Lessons of Darkness
- Above: Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina on the set of La Strada, 1954. Via Le clown lyrique's gallery including stunning images of Anna Karina, Lotte Lenya, Katherine Hepburn, and Marlene Dietrich.
- Our friends at the Celluloid Liberation Front have helped produce an e-book for the Nisi Masa Film Journalism Workshop called Nisimazine. This issue focuses on the first feature and short films of Cannes 2012. It includes an interview with Benh Zeitlin, director of the Camera d'Or winning Beasts of the Southern Wild.
- Via Nicolas Jaar's "Essential Mix" for BBC 1 comes a superb "Conversation on Twin Peaks" with composer Angelo Badalamenti:
- Entertainment Weekly has an exclusive short companion piece to Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom, featuring brief animated clips from the film's made-up children's books.
- More from Anderson: he shares his "10 favourite New York movies" in the New York Daily News, including, among others, a shout-out to the overlooked Life Lessons, Martin Scorsese's contribution to the omnibus film New York Stories.
- Via No Fear of Pop, a video, directed by Diego Delgado, of Barcelonian musician Lucrecia Dalt performing a live soundtrack to Werner Herzog's Lessons of Darkness:
- Also, Werner Herzog talks to the curators of the Whitney Biennial for his exhibit there which combines imagery from 17th-century Dutch artist Hercules Segers with the music of Herzog's regular collaborator, Ernst Reijseger.
- Ted Fendt has been assembling and translating some valuable works of film criticism at Howling Wretches. Most recently, he has added two stimulating pieces by Luc Moullet on Vincente Minnelli.
- Above: The Criterion Collection has a gallery up of behind-the-scenes photos from Charles Chaplin's The Gold Rush.
- In The Front Row, Richard Brody explains why you should not go see Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
- Via Press Play, Adrian Martin touchingly discusses his experience with Philippe Garrel's masterpiece, L'enfant secret.
- Lastly, legendary literary figure Ray Bradbury has passed away at the age of 91; visit David Hudson's Daily at Fandor for a collection of musings.
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Sort of interesting series. Try to be less white men-y next time. It can get bland.
Different people more genders , it’s truly noteworthy.
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