Article Archive for July 2012
DAILY | Toronto 2012 Lineup, Round 2
Following last week’s announcement of titles lined up for the Galas and Special Presentations, Toronto throws in another five dozen films or so.
The Art of Filmmaking: Phil Grabsky
Searching out stories as well as audiences for conscientious nonfiction features, Phil Grabsky, one-man documentary band, plays a rare tune.
DAILY | Anticipating the Sight & Sound Polls, SKYFALL, and More
What’ll make the lists of the “Greatest Films of All Time”?
DAILY | Jean Grémillon
Even as we carry on gathering remembrances of and tributes to Chris Marker, we note the renewed interest in another French filmmaker, thanks to a retrospective series at Il Cinema Ritrovato and a new box set from Criterion.
DAILY | Chris Marker, 1921 – 2012
Writer, photographer, editor, filmmaker, videographer, digital multimedia artist, and “arguably the cinema’s greatest essayist.”
Scenes: IN THE PIT
Juan Carlos Rulfo studies men at work on a major Mexican highway project and finds complex characters, fascinating contrasts.
DAILY | Nikolaus Geyrhalter and ABENDLAND
“His work seems to be part of the very grain of his nation’s cinematic output.”
DAILY | Antonioni, Todd Haynes, and More
Robert Koehler on L’AVVENTURA; and RED DESERT, newly restored, begins a tour of Britain.
DAILY | Alison Klayman’s AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY
Reviews of the doc, plus: The artist contrasts Zhang Yimou’s and Danny Boyles’s Olympics opening ceremonies.
Sweet Returns in the Search for ‘Sugar Man’
Surprise is the refrain in the story behind the story of pop mystery Rodriguez and filmmaker Malik Bendjelloul.
Whatever Happened to the Class of 1984?
‘This Must Be the Place: Post-Punk Tribes 1978-1982′ brings three days of punk movie/movement nostalgia to a city that fueled the revolution.
