June 2010
84 posts
“And so, rather than using the graphic details of violence and sex simply (and...”
– Transgression | The New York Review of Books
“In this context it is misleading to talk merely about Akerman’s mise en scène in...”
– JonathanRosenbaum.com » Blog Archive » Romance of the Ordinary [on Chantal Akerman]
“Stubbornly prejudiced, narrow-minded, or inflexible.
Having abnormally dry,...”
– hidebound: Definition, Synonyms from Answers.com
“The result is an acutely perceptive film about the process of artistic creation,...”
– Past, Moving Forward: The Little Theater of Pedro Costa - Page 1 - Film+TV - Los Angeles - LA Weekly
“Edward Yang is in the intriguing position of being one of the most gifted, and...”
– Senses of Cinema - Edward Yang
“The most disturbing interview is saved for the film’s closing moments....”
– BFI | Sight & Sound | Abbas Kiarostami’s Homework - A Little Learning
“The first time Sight and Sound ran its international critics’ poll of the...”
– BFI | Sight & Sound | A Little Learning
“The success of A One and a Two has already led to new offers. “I feel like...”
– Edward Yang: Take Two | Film | The Guardian
“During those rare moments of reflection when I’m not doing what film critics are...”
– JonathanRosenbaum.com » Blog Archive » Exiles in Modernity
“RS: There certainly are very definite continuities through all your films, on a...”
– An Interview with James Gray | Reverse Shot
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Snapping, a branch breaks In a forest storm so loud The frightened cower, hide. Whimpering as the world shakes, They wait until silence falls. All survive And live out their lifetimes.
“Agnes Varda’s The Gleaners and I (2000), in which the veteran director, armed...”
– Film: review of the decade - Telegraph
“How do you respond to the fact that your films are often seen as metaphysical?...”
– Kinoeye | Hungarian film: Bela Tarr interviewed
“Filmmaker: You haven’t made a fiction film since American Job in 1996. What made...”
– CHRIS SMITH, “THE POOL” | The Filmmaker Magazine Blog
Director Interviews | The Filmmaker Magazine Blog →
“There is maybe one last lesson to be learned from the present state of cinema....”
– SF Int’l Film Festival - Special Presentations
“VAN SANT: There’s a lot of “doing stuff” in Jeanne Dielman — doing things like...”
– Gus van Sant’s Gerry - Filmmaker Magazine - Winter 2002
“The Sokal Affair (also Sokal’s Hoax) was a publishing hoax perpetrated by...”
– Sokal affair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“This leads us to the last and probably most powerful reason people get regular...”
– Why to Not Not Start a Startup - Paul Graham
“Welfare, my own favorite among Wiseman’s films, completed in 1975, was the...”
– Common Places | ArtForum | Find Articles at BNET
“In defiant opposition to the quickening of pace in mainstream American cinema, a...”
– 16:9 - November 2008 - In English: Towards an Aesthetic of Slow in Contemporary Cinema
“Which are the most inspirational five books about film ever written? This was...”
– BFI | Sight & Sound | The Film Book poll in full
“Film Studies For Free decided to round up some classy links today to studies...”
– Film Studies For Free: Bazinian, Neo-Bazinian, and Post-Bazinian Film Studies
“But here the problems began to show. Though super bright and determined, young...”
– The bustling politician who mastered everything but people
“Wiseman: There’s a difference between what we do and the way we talk about...”
– Frederick Wiseman interview with Reason
“When Hossein is finally confronted with why he continues to make this mistake,...”
– Tativille: What is Cinema? More than Cinema: The Ontological Discourse of Abbas Kiarostami’s Through the Olive Trees (1994)
“It’s been four years since Encore published its Top 20 Directors and Producers...”
– Australia’s Power 50 | Encore Magazine
“And you’ve mentioned the Chantal Akerman film, Jeanne Dielman.
...”
– Harry Savides interviewed by David Schwartz - Moving Image Source
“That is Weerasethakul’s modus—to turn everyday objects and images...”
– James Quandt interviews Apichatpong
“APICHATPONG: Thai cinema, yes, but I think Uncle Boonmee will be one of the last...”
– Cinema Scope » Spotlight | Ghost in the Machine: Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Letter to Cinema
BFI | Features | NFT Interviews →
“”If I change rhythms, or have more stark shots or less stark shots, or...”
– FREDERICK WISEMAN TAKES HIS CAMERA TO THE RACES - New York Times
“Drew has continued to work in nonfiction with his wife, Anne. Nothing else he’s...”
– Filmmaker Robert Drew on light cameras and light rifles.
Richard Leacock - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia →
“In a 2003 interview (Zuber), Robert Drew explained how he saw the differences...”
– Direct Cinema - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Sometimes called “Pennebaker documentaries”, these films, shot with...”
– D. A. Pennebaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
“Let us assume that we are in basic ideological agreement with Wood—and for the...”
– Wood’s Dilemma by Tom McCormack - Moving Image Source
You can’t have something for free. You can’t have the good without the bad. There is no good and evil. There is only human. All to human. You like our beauty then accept our ugliness, you like our generosity then accept our...
“In his very brief analysis of Bergman, Wood cuts to the heart of the issue that...”
– Wood’s Dilemma by Tom McCormack - Moving Image Source
“As I’ve argued, Wood had an essentially conservative disposition regarding...”
– Reinterpreting the Gods (On Robin Wood) by Tom McCormack - Moving Image Source
“When you’re working on a film, do you consider your audience? When...”
– Frederick Wiseman - Page 2 - Salon.com
“Wow, and it only took 23 years. When you’re shooting, you relocate to wherever...”
– THE FOLLIES OF DOCUMENTARY FILMMAKING - PART 5 - Frederick Wiseman’s 20-Year Fight - Vice Magazine
“If Tuesday, After Christmas synthesizes the gains of previous Romanian films,...”
– Regards from an Underwhelming Cannes Festival - Page 1 - Movies - New York - Village Voice