We Come Running: Big Moves in “Silver Linings Playbook”
Otie WheelerDavid O. Russell flirts with absurdism, flinging characters into a chaotic universe before using Hollywood convention to reel them back in.
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Berlinale 2013 MUBI Coverage Roundup
NotebookA comprehensive listing of all coverage of the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival.
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Movie Poster of the Week: “20,000 Years in Sing Sing” and Title-Centric Posters through the Ages
Adrian CurryA look at posters in which actors are absent and the title treatment is king.
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Respite
gina telaroliThe love of a woman brings out the face of a clown.
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The Forgotten: Go Ask Alice
David CairnsSébastien Japrisot adapts David Goodis for a late René Clément film starring Trintignant, Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray and Lea Massari.
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The Noteworthy: Donald Richie, Pegleg, Miyazaki Sketches, Soderbergh & Mara
NotebookDonald Richie passes, Michael Mann prepares a new project, Miyazaki concept sketches & more.
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Berlinale 2013. Impressions: B-Sides
Adam CookSome reflections on the Berlinale’s retrospective programming, Leviathan inspired art installations, & thoughts on a few more films.
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Deadpan in Nulltown
B. Kite and Bill KrohnRichard Fleischer’s Follow Me Quietly (1948) holds at its center an image so odd and resonant that its phantoms crowd the surface.
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Berlinale 2013. Impressions #5
Adam CookForget the awards: here are takes on Andrew Bujalski’s Computer Chess & Jacques Doillon’s Love Battles.
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Berlinale 2013. The Awards
NotebookThe 63rd Berlinale announces their awards! Child’s Pose, David Gordon Green, Jafar Panahi, Denis Côté, and more…
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Movie Poster of the Week: “Lady for a Day” and the Posters of 1933
Adrian CurryA look at the posters for “Hollywood’s Naughtiest, Bawdiest Year.”
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Echoes #12
David PhelpsHeld at gunpoint in 1986.