Article Archive for May 2012
DAILY | Frieze, Waters, Chicago Underground
Fine reading from the new issue of frieze and a clip of John Waters discussing Pasolini, porn and the most obscene films of all time.
DAILY | John Huston’s LET THERE BE LIGHT
Fandor’s pitching in to help the National Film Preservation Foundation present a restored version of what James Agee once described as “a fine, terrible, valuable non-fiction film.”
DAILY | Summer with Ingmar
As Bergman Week comes round again, ingmarbergman.se relaunches and a total of seven of Bergman’s films are just out now on Blu-ray.
DAILY | Edinburgh, Fassbinder, Keiller, Milestone
The Edinburgh International Film Festival: call it a comeback? And more news and events of the day.
Scenes: SILVER LODE
The American Way gets bush-HUAC-ed in Allan Dwan’s virulently anti-McCarthy SILVER LODE, a distinctly post-classical Hollywood western from paranoia’s Golden Age.
DAILY | Kaneto Shindo, 1912 – 2012
The renowned Japanese director and screenwriter was probably best known for CHILDREN OF HIROSHIMA (1952) and ONIBABA (1964).
DAILY | Ridley Scott and PROMETHEUS
As the first reviews come in, we note the ways in which we’re being encouraged to appreciate Scott as an auteur.
DAILY | Von Stroheim, German, Harpo, Herzog
The Cannes Film Festival pretty much sucked all the air out of the room last week, so there’s quite a bit of reading (and news) to catch up with.
Reygadas Finds Himself in not so Silent a Light
Cannes 2012’s Best Director speaks on method, fear, and absurdity amidst clamorous reception for POST TENEBRAS LUX.
Video: Hijacking Haneke
As of today, two-time Palme d’Or winner Michael Haneke may be the most exacting filmmaker of our time, and the most puzzling: A video essay asks: To truly see a Hanake film, should we be prepared to see through it?
DAILY | Cannes 2012 | Palme d’Or for Haneke’s AMOUR
Nanni Moretti and the Jury for the 65th Cannes Film Festival have presented the Palme d’Or to Michael Haneke’s AMOUR. More awards: Un Certain Regard, Directors’ Fortnight and Critics’ Week. To see all our coverage of the coverage, head straight to the Cannes 2012 Index.
