SILENT LIGHT
(Silent Light is finally getting official American theatrical distribution by Palisades Tartan. It plays at the Film Forum from January 7th-20th, and will hopefully be expanding throughout the country...
View ArticleSILENT LIGHT in New York City
In the calm before the Park City storm, before you pack up your bags and thermals and snow boots, why not set the bar impossibly high for 2009? Just head over to the Film Forum to experience the year’s...
View Article2009 SPIRIT AWARDS PREVIEW
Well, folks, the time has come yet again for the annual one-two punch of the Spirit Awards and the Oscars, a weekend that is no doubt certain to restore one’s faith in humankind and remind everyone...
View ArticleDVD RELEASES 2009/9/8
For those of you who don’t live near a biggish city and don’t play the all-region DVD game, this week’s most notable release is a movie that you’ve almost certainly been hearing about for a few years...
View ArticleA Conversation With Bela Tarr (THE TURIN HORSE)
“Just remember,” grins Béla Tarr, on a hot November day in Los Angeles, “outside the sun is shining.” He’s pitying, comforting, and mocking his audience as they settle in for an AFI Fest screening of...
View ArticleCannes 2012 Dispatch #10: Love, Actually
Back in my Polish flat mere hours before the closing ceremony of this year’s festival—my elbows still sore from fighting my way into press screenings—I duly watched the verdict unravel upon my Twitter...
View ArticleHIDE YOUR SMILING FACES
In Hide Your Smiling Faces, despite the existence of several potentially explosive plot elements, nature and its omnipresence remain front and center throughout.
View ArticlePOST TENEBRAS LUX
Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux is a landscape of possibility, vibrantly alert to the tensions of class, family and desire, pulsating with life.
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