Thursday, January 4 2007
“Great Tenacity”: The Real Dirt Interview
The Real Dirt on Farmer John combines home movies, archival footage, and recent imagery to consider the far from simple life of a flamboyant farmer. PopMatters interviews filmmaker and subject.
Thursday, December 21 2006
A Guide to the Lesser Woody Allen Films
The Film Forum has programmed a full-scale Woody Allen retrospective titled "Essentially Woody" featuring all the movies you've already seen. So, Buening provides a brief guide to all the Woody Allen films you didn't know existed.
Wednesday, December 20 2006
Legendary Weapons of Hong Kong
Roaming North America like David Carradine, delivering kung fu and gravity-resistant swordfights, UCLA's second entry in its outstanding "Shaw Brothers' Heroic Grace" series brought its Iron Fist technique to New York's BAMcinématek.
Friday, December 8 2006
Bringing Short Films to a Mailbox Near You: An Interview with Karl Mechem
Does the short film have a reputable future beyond stupid human tricks on YouTube?
Monday, November 27 2006
Too Disturbing: After Dark Horrorfest, 17-19 November 2006
Women remain the victims of choice. This cliché indicates a lack of imagination visible throughout the festival's themes, characters, and plots.
Thursday, November 9 2006
An Imperfect World: An Interview with the Directors of Flushed Away
Would CGI's sparkle brighten Aardman's earthy touch? Would stop-motion puppetry's three-dimensional depth be flattened into two-dimensional popcorn?
Tuesday, October 31 2006
The Boob Tube: Elvira, Mistress of the Dark and Movie Macabre
If you dismiss the wit, remove all the occasionally lame lampoons and off-target takes, what you end up with is a gal and her glands giving hormonally hopped up teenagers a permanent underwear wedgie.
Monday, October 23 2006
Lore of the Worlds: The 44th New York Film Festival - Part 2
Unlike the British and American selections, which steered towards art house dramas, the program's global films covered monster movies, action, gangster, melodrama, and surreal comedies.
Monday, October 16 2006
The Privileged Few: The 44th New York Film Festival - Part One
The New York Film Festival is a shamelessly elitist institution. But in an increasingly overstuffed festival schedule, it's nice to have a line-up devoted to high artistic standards.
Tuesday, October 10 2006
Beautiful Freaks
Frequently presenting people living cruel and impossible lives, Lech Kowalski's films observe in detail how they navigate their existence, successfully or not.
Tuesday, October 3 2006
A Mix of Sun and Clouds at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival
A Toronto native's craving for films beyond the mainstream offerings finds her, invariably, attending this annual smorgasbord to satisfy her appetite for things both bitter and sweet.
Thursday, September 14 2006
December
This is it, the money month. The time in the Fall film season where the box office big guns are revealed and the patina of prestige covers each and every release.
Wednesday, September 13 2006
November
This promises to be the most confounding month of the entire Fall season. There are literally dozens of movies opening, and for everyone that sounds entertaining.
Tuesday, September 12 2006
October
Just as the leaves on the trees start to change their colors, the tone and temperament of the movies being offered change radically between summer and fall.
Monday, September 11 2006
September
Just as the leaves on the trees start to change their colors, the tone and temperament of the movies being offered change radically between summer and fall.
Wednesday, August 23 2006
The False Divide: Crosstalk in the Digital Wars
In the arguments over digital versus traditional film, can't we all just get along?
Monday, August 14 2006
Video Sharing, Amateur Art, and the Fight for a Populist Internet
Could YouTube herald the beginning of a country full of d.i.y. auteurs. or just another site to see people getting struck in the genitals?
Thursday, August 10 2006
The False Divide: Crosstalk in the Digital Wars
In the arguments over digital versus traditional film, can't we all just get along?
Friday, August 4 2006
Kids’ DVDS: August 2006
Raven-Symone Christina Pearman must die. She's been on TV since Adam bought Eve a portable Sony from a souhk just outside Bahrain. Her records have all sucked like Heather Harmon. She can't decide whether she's a Cheetah Girl or not.
