SFIFF52: 14 x 75
Michael GuillenAbove: Lake Tahoe. Now that the 52nd edition of the San Francisco International Film Festival is well on its way, let us consider the boon and bane of the 75-word hold review capsule. There are 40
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At the cinematheque: "Kapurush-o-Mahapurush" (Ray, 1965)
AcquarelloAbove: Madhabi Mukherjee in The Coward. On the surface, Satyajit Ray's diptych, Kapurush-o-Mahapurush (The Coward and The Holy Man) seems an unlikely pairing: one, a stranded screenwriter's encounter
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Tuesday Morning Foreign Region DVD Report: "David Holzman's Diary" (McBride, 1967)
Glenn Kenny"Solipsism is great, everyone should try it." —"Philosophy student joke" cited by Grei Marcus in Mystery Train, 1975 There are so many contemporary cultural phenomena that this film is a precursor
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Image of the day: Thugs With Ugly Mugs 2
David CairnsLaird Cregar gloats and bloats in I Wake Up Screaming. Who would not?
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Tribeca 2009: "Fish Eyes" (Zheng, China)
Daniel KasmanThere's a house in Fish Eyes, and a mirror which is later broken and reused, a somewhat junky motorcycle, a strangely new guitar, an underused washing bowl, and a small dining table with three chairs
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HKIFF 2009: Comedy Trumps Religion, But Humanity Wins Out Over All
Nick PalevskyAbove: Sono Sion's Love Exposure. Two incidents in a friend’s life inspired Sono Sion to make Love Exposure, according to the Hong Kong International Film Festival catalogue. The first was in the
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Image series: Composing Loneliness in "Three Monkeys"
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ONE MONKEY, TWO MONKEY…THREE MONKEYS
Bilge EbiriFor a filmmaker of such particular aesthetic sensibilities, Nuri Bilge Ceylan has been compared to a surprising range of directors over the years. His first two films, The Small Town (1997) and Clouds
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Movie poster of the week: "The Rain People"
Adrian CurryFrancis Ford Coppola turned 70 this month, which would have been reason enough to resurrect this incredible poster for his little-known 1969 film The Rain People and to remember the good times before Jack
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What is the 21st Century?: The Body
Ignatiy VishnevetskyAbove: Jason Statham in Crank: High Voltage. The two Crank films exist to prove that Jason Statham is more than just a face—or, really, more than a head, puckishly bald, capable of subtle movements
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Cannes 2009 Line-up
Daniel KasmanOPENER"Up," U.S., Pete Docter, Bob PetersonCLOSER"Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky," France, Jan Kounen IN COMPETITION"Bright Star," Australia-U.K.-France, Jane Campion"Spring Fever," China-France
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The Forgotten: Suffer the Little ChIldren
David CairnsI've only seen two Berthold Viertel films and already I'm obsessed. The Passing of the Third Floor Back mesmerized me, and now 1934's Little Friend has entranced me. A minor sensation in its day, the