Article Archive for September 2011
NYFF ’11 Review: Backpacking Their Way into a Bad Romance: THE LONELIEST PLANET
Julia Loktev’s film is the sharpest account of what it means to be a young American made thus far in the 21st century.
NYFF ’11 Review: Four Miserable Jerks Moved by a Restless Intelligence: “Carnage”
Roman Polanski’s film about four miserable jerks is ultimately as moving as anything the cinema has produced this year.
A Canvas of Darkness and Light: The Films of Nuri Bilge Ceylan
Ceylan’s films possess a cinematographic range that literally encompasses night and day.
Essential Images: Secret Relations Revealed in Since Otar Left
The award-winning film Since Otar Left is profoundly perceptive in terms of technique.
Watching Movies in the Mountains and Enjoying the ‘ride: the 2011 Telluride Film Festival
Telluride is a decidedly august festival, even while resistant to claims that it isn’t edgy anymore.
Meshes: Anagram Illusions of French Film: Les Vampires and Irma Vep
Olivier Assayas’ “Irma Vep” uses the iconography of the classic French serial “Les Vampires” as a springboard to skewer the world of filmmaking.
Essential Films from Zeitgeist, a Source for World-Class Cinema
Zeitgeist’s catalog is one of the most exceptional in international cinema.
Confessions of a Critic: Roger Ebert’s ‘Life Itself’
n Roger Ebert’s memoir ‘Life Itself,’ Ebert points his high-powered perception at himself.
10 Things Gleaned from Agnes Varda’s The Gleaners and I
Agnès Varda’s “The Gleaners and I,” a doc. about modern day scavengers, is a fitting culmination of the idiosyncratic and highly personal ideas she has experimented with throughout her career.
Home Stretch Time: Who Will Win The Maddin-est Blogathon in the World?
A contest with a prize from one of the world’s most unique filmmakers.
Resurrecting Silent Film in a Peephole World of Sex
Guy Maddin is in his element with COWARDS BEND THE KNEE, which exudes silent film era style and allows the director to live out his own personal fantasies.
Guy Maddin Talks! Part 5: Through the Keyhole and Settling the Score with Gimli
The final installment of our epic conversation with Guy Maddin.
