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'Miners' Hymns': Labor and Poetry
Beautifully and evocatively, Bill Morrison's film traces the changes of fortune for the mines and miners, the industry and communities of Northern England. [8.Feb.12]
The 10 Greatest Shakespeare Film Adaptations of All Time
While some want to question his authorship, there is no denying the lasting influence of William Shakespeare. These 10 titles prove that with accolades to spare. [7.Feb.12]
Film Archiving: The Importance of Enlightening Those Audiences Sitting in the Dark
Special programs devoted to cinematic greats like Alfred Hitchcock or Deborah Kerr might be the flashiest part of an archivist’s job, but fiction curator Jo Botting also enjoys tracking down rare films and ensuring the next generation gets to see them. [7.Feb.12]
'Unfinished Spaces' Revisits Cuba's Schools of Art
The journey in Unfinished Spaces begins with reconsidering the hopes and confusions of Cuba just after the Revolution, the politics and the struggles that go on to this day. [7.Feb.12]
Not-So-Central Casting: Kevin Smith and the Birth of the Reality Podcast
By Emilio Bellu
Filmmaker Kevin Smith may be in a celluloid slump, but his new podcast network is on point. [6.Feb.12]
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Beautifully and evocatively, Bill Morrison's film traces the changes of fortune for the mines and miners, the industry and communities of Northern England. [08.Feb.12]
The journey in Unfinished Spaces begins with reconsidering the hopes and confusions of Cuba just after the Revolution, the politics and the struggles that go on to this day. [07.Feb.12]
Our School doesn't press its case -- that racism and inequality pervade the lives of Roma ("Gypsy") children in a small Romanian town -- as much as it lets it unfold. [06.Feb.12]
Windfall's long panning shots of the beautiful hills of Meredith, in the Catskill region of New York, show what residents want to preserve. [04.Feb.12]
Chronicle misses the point of the found-footage film -- that the point of view is unstable and immersive, making you doubt what you see. [03.Feb.12]
The context for the whales' plight is conveyed in Big Miracle by TV, glimpsed in the backgrounds of scenes where people are talking about... TV. [03.Feb.12]
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Of his nearly 30 films, these three by Theo Van Gogh each focuses on verbal wrestling between a man and a woman. [08.Feb.12]
These two early curiosities from Robert Altman's career are available on-demand. [08.Feb.12]
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By Emilio Bellu
Filmmaker Kevin Smith may be in a celluloid slump, but his new podcast network is on point. [06.Feb.12]
By Brian Tousey
Exploring the strange parallels between the writing of mythologist Joseph Campbell and the first four Police Academy films. [26.Jan.12]
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Special programs devoted to cinematic greats like Alfred Hitchcock or Deborah Kerr might be the flashiest part of an archivist’s job, but fiction curator Jo Botting also enjoys tracking down rare films and ensuring the next generation gets to see them. [07.Feb.12]
Retro Remote
Serge Marcotte's The Sickroom compresses Franz Kafka's A Country Doctor into a nightmarish rush of hard-boiled film noir cynicism that, like all the best literary adaptations, is simultaneously faithful and unique. [03.Feb.12]
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While some want to question his authorship, there is no denying the lasting influence of William Shakespeare. These 10 titles prove that with accolades to spare. [07.Feb.12]
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