Wednesday, May 23 2012
Cannes 2012: Day 6 - ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet’ + ‘Barbara’
Day six brings perhaps the final film from French legend Alain Resnais, whose You Ain’t See Nothin’ Yet has a shot at the big prize. Meanwhile New German Cinema movement director Christian Petzold returns with Barbara.
Friday, August 26 2011
The 100 Essential Directors Part 8: Jean Renoir to Douglas Sirk
From Jean Renior through Douglas Sirk, there may be some choices that raise an eyebrow. While each of the directors we look at today might not be on every cinephile's list of great directors, they absolutely merit inclusion for their distinct visions and dedication to their craft, some despite their questionable personal lives and politics.
Friday, April 25 2008
Last Year at Marienbad
This is the cinematic equivalent of whale bone-enforced corset, silk from the colonies, and the kind of workmanship only extreme class disparity can provide.
Monday, August 11 2003
Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) (1955)
It is darkly ambivalent about the veracity of our memories (both individually and collectively).
Monday, July 21 2003
Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
In Hiroshima Mon Amour, Resnais and his screenwriter, French novelist Marguerite Duras, show their debts to the Modernists.
