The films I love most, for various reasons — many outside of the realm of critical taste:
AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE, 1990 – Jane Campion
CHILDREN OF PARADISE, 1945 – Marcel Carne
THE COOK, 1918 – Fatty Arbuckle
HAUSU, 1977 – Nobuhiko Obayashi
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, 2001 – Wong Kar-Wai
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, 1988 – Hayao Miyazaki
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, 1991 – Gus Van Sant
PATHER PANCHALI, 1955 – Satyajit Ray
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, 1940 – George Cukor
PLAYTIME, 1967 – Jacques Tati
THE THIN RED LINE, 1998 – Terrence Malick
UP!, 1976 – Russ Meyer
VAMPYR, 1932 – Carl Th. Dreyer
I would point to A.I. Artificial Intelligence as a prime example of authorial ‘liminality’. Jonathan Rosenbaum put it better than I ever could in his 2001 review:
“If the best movies are often those that change the rules, Steven Spielberg’s sincere, cockeyed, serious, and sometimes masterful realization of Stanley Kubrick’s ambitious late project deserves to be a contender. All of Kubrick’s best films fall into one vexing category—they’re strange, semi-identified objects that we’re never quite prepared for. They’re also the precise opposite of Spielberg’s films, which ooze cozy familiarity before we’ve figured out what they are or what they’re doing to us. If A.I. Artificial Intelligence—a film whose split personality is apparent even in its two-part title—is as much a Kubrick movie as a Spielberg one, this is in large part because it defamiliarizes Spielberg, makes him strange. Yet it also defamiliarizes Kubrick, with equally ambiguous results—making his unfamiliarity familiar. Both filmmakers should be credited for the results—Kubrick for proposing that Spielberg direct the project and Spielberg for doing his utmost to respect Kubrick’s intentions while making it a profoundly personal work.”
Todd Haynes’ SAFE is probably the best example I can think of with ‘creeping dread’ being the crux of a film that just leaves you spinning with unease.
Animal Collective – Feels
The Arcade Fire – Funeral
The Avalanches – Since I Left You
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot it In People
Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday
Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Yo La Tengo – And Then The Darkness Turned Itself Inside Out
Attentions aspring designers, horror fans, and the graphically inclined— CHUD and IFC are running a poster design contest for ANTICHRIST as the release approaches next Friday!
Should be pretty fun considering the crazy art that already exists for the film. Good chance for aspiring designers to get their work seen by a distributor!
Favorite performances by child actors almost 3 years ago
I can’t believe Nikolai Burlyayev in IVAN’S CHILDHOOD hasn’t been mentioned yet!
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It's almost SHOW time! almost 3 years ago
Who’s excited? Me!
I’m really stumped by what Guest Director Alexander Payne will be programming this year. Any speculation?
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TOP 10! almost 3 years ago
The films I love most, for various reasons — many outside of the realm of critical taste:
AN ANGEL AT MY TABLE, 1990 – Jane Campion
CHILDREN OF PARADISE, 1945 – Marcel Carne
THE COOK, 1918 – Fatty Arbuckle
HAUSU, 1977 – Nobuhiko Obayashi
IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE, 2001 – Wong Kar-Wai
MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO, 1988 – Hayao Miyazaki
MY OWN PRIVATE IDAHO, 1991 – Gus Van Sant
PATHER PANCHALI, 1955 – Satyajit Ray
THE PHILADELPHIA STORY, 1940 – George Cukor
PLAYTIME, 1967 – Jacques Tati
THE THIN RED LINE, 1998 – Terrence Malick
UP!, 1976 – Russ Meyer
VAMPYR, 1932 – Carl Th. Dreyer
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Inception (2010, Christopher Nolan) teaser Trailer almost 3 years ago
I am sufficiently teased.
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? Part Deux almost 3 years ago
If anyone here can summon up a screen grab of either of these I will love you forever:
1) The stunning image in Fatty Arbuckle’s THE COOK when he’s at the beach with his fishing rod and the dog’s behind him on top of that big post.
2.) The shot of the man and woman sitting on the stairs, composed so elegantly it hurts, at the very end of Cassavettes’ FACES.
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Top 20 horror films almost 3 years ago
BLOOD & BLACK LACE!
LIVING DEAD GIRL!
HAUSU!
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You choose the book to make into a film. Then choose the director. Go! almost 3 years ago
James Baldwin’s ’Another Country
Directed by Charles Burnett
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Liminality and Cinematic Media almost 3 years ago
I would point to A.I. Artificial Intelligence as a prime example of authorial ‘liminality’. Jonathan Rosenbaum put it better than I ever could in his 2001 review:
“If the best movies are often those that change the rules, Steven Spielberg’s sincere, cockeyed, serious, and sometimes masterful realization of Stanley Kubrick’s ambitious late project deserves to be a contender. All of Kubrick’s best films fall into one vexing category—they’re strange, semi-identified objects that we’re never quite prepared for. They’re also the precise opposite of Spielberg’s films, which ooze cozy familiarity before we’ve figured out what they are or what they’re doing to us. If A.I. Artificial Intelligence—a film whose split personality is apparent even in its two-part title—is as much a Kubrick movie as a Spielberg one, this is in large part because it defamiliarizes Spielberg, makes him strange. Yet it also defamiliarizes Kubrick, with equally ambiguous results—making his unfamiliarity familiar. Both filmmakers should be credited for the results—Kubrick for proposing that Spielberg direct the project and Spielberg for doing his utmost to respect Kubrick’s intentions while making it a profoundly personal work.”
http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-best-of-both-worlds/Content?oid=905884
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Official US Trailer Now Available! over 2 years ago
Watch in HD, as big as you can get it, exclusively on Apple Trailers!
http://www.apple.com/trailers/independent/antichrist/
www.ifcfilms.com/films/antichrist
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Antichrist Is Here over 2 years ago
These dates are just the beginning of ANTICHRIST’s rollout. It’s also available on demand Oct. 28th.
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Interested in restrained horror films over 2 years ago
Todd Haynes’ SAFE is probably the best example I can think of with ‘creeping dread’ being the crux of a film that just leaves you spinning with unease.
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not with a whimper, the last great films of the masters over 2 years ago
Saraband!
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Your favorites of the...30s over 2 years ago
When Tomorrow Comes!
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Best Albums 2000-2009 (so far) over 2 years ago
Animal Collective – Feels
The Arcade Fire – Funeral
The Avalanches – Since I Left You
Broken Social Scene – You Forgot it In People
Clipse – Hell Hath No Fury
Ghostface Killah – Supreme Clientele
The Hold Steady – Separation Sunday
Joanna Newsom – The Milk-Eyed Mender
Wilco – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Yo La Tengo – And Then The Darkness Turned Itself Inside Out
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ANTICHRIST Poster Design Contest over 2 years ago
Attentions aspring designers, horror fans, and the graphically inclined— CHUD and IFC are running a poster design contest for ANTICHRIST as the release approaches next Friday!
Should be pretty fun considering the crazy art that already exists for the film. Good chance for aspiring designers to get their work seen by a distributor!
Info here: http://bit.ly/YgRRF
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Can I just say Congratulations over 2 years ago
Woooo!!! Gorgeous cover guys!
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