Interview: Michel Ciment on "Mavericks and Outsiders: 'Positif' Celebrates American Cinema"
Glenn KennyMichel Ciment hits New York to preside over the “Mavericks and Outsiders: ‘Positif’ Celebrates American Cinema” series.
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Epilogue '08: Andrew Grant, R3
Andrew GrantIf I can, I want address some of the issues regarding distribution that were raised in earlier posts, as well as the comments section.As we all know, the distribution landscape has changed tremendously
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Epilogue '08: Nitesh Rohit, R2
Nitesh RohitDelhi, being the capital of India, is the centre of art and culture. Where a person could attend a lecture on classical music in the morning, go for a book reading in the afternoon and watch a movie in
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In the January Notebook
Daniel KasmanDavid CairnsThe Forgotten: Merkin Muffs ItThe Forgotten: A Blind ReadingThe Forgotten: The Apocalypse of St. AndrzejThe Forgotten: The English Assassin AssassinatedThe Forgotten: Lost at Sea Fernando
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Stahl vs. Sirk
Vadim RizovAbove: Irene Dunne and Charles Boyer in John M. Stahl's When Tomorrow Comes. Anthology Film Archives is performing a public service by showing three John M. Stahl films with their Douglas Sirk remakes;
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Jacques Doillon at the French Institute Alliance Française
Dan SallittAbove: La Vie de famille (1985), with Sami Frey and Mara Goyet. Image courtesy of Jacques Doillon. I've been waiting all my filmgoing life for a retrospective of the formidable French filmmaker Jacques
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Epilogue '08: Andrew Grant, R2
Andrew GrantNitesh — thanks so much for that detailed and informative rundown about distribution in India. I gather it would be difficult for a label such as Benten to make inroads in that market, and I wonder how
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Epilogue '08: Edwin Mak, R2
Edwin MakI've been nothing but green-eyed and negative in my comments on "London vs. Paris" so far, so let me shift towards some London pleasures instead and lighten-up a bit.One way of doing this is to talk about
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The Forgotten: Lost at Sea
David CairnsSHIP OF FOOLS In the late 1960s, Tony Richardson, still gilded with Oscar success from Tom Jones (1965), which applied nouvelle vague playfulness to a Henry Fielding 18th Century romp, using personnel
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Epilogue '08: Kevin Lee, R2
Kevin LeeHi everyone - sorry to be late to the party. I just got back from Japan, where I got to sample a bit of the local film culture: I sampled a morning double feature of vintage Nikkatsu new wave porn movies
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Epilogue '08: HarryTuttle, R2
After our first overview of the overlooked gems of the year, let's take a look together at the various joys and dissatisfactions of cinephilia in our respective city, your favourite places and events.I
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Epilogue '08: Weekly releases by city
This is for the second part of the discussion (Cinephilia in your city), to get an idea of what is screened in the world at the moment. Releases in France are on Wednesdays, so you can go for the Friday