Guy MaddinFeatures
A Fairy Tale Childhood: An Interview with Guy MaddinThe Canadian cult director talks to PopMatters about family, childhood, memory and his cinematic Gesamptkunstwerks that often look like damaged artifacts dredged up from an archive of lost 1920s and '30s film. [14 August 2008] All Around the World: The Best International/Indie Films of 2007Beginning and ending with the superlative filmmaking of Jia Zhang-ke, traversing the nooks and crannies of the globe, PopMatters presents the 20 best international and indie films of 2007. [10 January 2008] Reviews
Brain Upon the Brain!However we choose to brand it -- post-apocalyptic, postmodern, post-historical -- the fashion of outrageous mash-ups is intimately linked with the movies. [10 October 2008]
My WinnipegSnow and ice fill the frame in My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin's ookily brilliant evocation of his childhood. [13 June 2008]
Brand Upon the Brain! (2006)Subtitled "Remembrance in 12 Chapters," Maddin's excellent movie tracks something like Guy's search for his youthful memories, though you might just as easily describe his effort as a last-ditch repression. [6 June 2007]
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)'There are tears for things, there are tears of things, there are tears from things,' says Guy Maddin. [15 November 2004]
The Saddest Music in the World (2003)Guy Maddin's film is swirling with scraps of movie and other recent history. [13 May 2004]
Dracula: Pages From a Virgin’s Diary (2002)The lasciviously titled Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary is a reliably unhinged exponent of Maddin's antiquarian vision. [15 May 2003] Blogs
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