Above: 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
OPENER"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
I'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
Above: let the games begin: the vacationers play charades before really having to start guessing. Take a look around the festivals of 2008-2009 and the way mid-century classics are being remade and
Directed by Alfred Hitchcock; photographed by Jack Cardiff. Jack Cardiff photographs one of the greatest single takes in cinema, from this much underappreciated Hitchcock.
Boris Karloff as Gruesome is out-gruesomed by Skelton Knaggs in Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (1947).
Bruises from your head to your toeThere are marks all over you There's no place for you to hideSince they painted you black and blueThe Auteurs: 'Life Classes / Life Model' (1994)Francis Bacon's engagement
From José Luis Guerín's In the City of Sylvia (2007).
Last weekend I missed yet another Chiller Theater Expo. By now I might have missed more than I've attended. It felt weird when I thought about it. For those of you unfamiliar with the Chiller Expo
From Takeshi Kitano's Achilles and the Tortoise (2008).
It’s fascinating to learn of the movie-going tastes of Old Masters. Jean Renoir was a fan of Love and Death, King Vidor looked forward to seeing Deep Throat, Alfred Hitchcock watched Smokey and the Bandit
Video by David Lynch