LFF’22: The Dardenne Brothers on the Life-Affirming Friendship in ‘Tori and Lokita’
The Dardenne Brothers, Jean-Pierre and Luc discuss moving beyond the label of “unaccompanied immigrant” in their humanist immigration drama, Tori and Lokita.
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She Acts Like a Man and Men Act Like Monsters in 1950s Noir ‘The Unguarded Moment’
Film noir from the 1950s The Unguarded Moment gives off cozy WASP-American TV vibes for its increasingly sinister and sick Technicolor world.
‘Project X’ at 10: The Decadent Found Footage Party Movie That Killed Bro Comedy
Project X’s consequence-free fantasy remains its most memorable accomplishment. It validates those whose ideal of adolescence is unfiltered and decadent.
Two Important, Stylish, French New Wave Films from Jacques Doniol-Valcroze
Jacques Doniol-Valcroze’s New Wave film A Game for Six Lovers is drenched in High Culture, while La Dénonciation is high Sixties style and gripping all the way.
Why Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ Mirrors Today’s Social Media Age
In its exploration of themes like paranoia, voyeurism, and loneliness, Hitchcock’s Rear Window strikes a familiar chord with the social media climate we live in today.
In ‘Next Time We Love’ Absence Makes the Marriage Grow Stronger
Margaret Sullavan’s character in Next Time We Love is canonized for pursuing a successful career separately from her husband, wherever the heck he is.
Argentine Noir ‘El Vampiro Negro’ Will Have You Swooning
Argentine noir El Vampiro Negro is a visual mastery of Expressionist nightmare with a bravura style that makes film buffs of the high studio era swoon.
Real-Life 1950s Gang Busting Inspired Film Noir ‘The Turning Point’
Remastered and on Blu-ray from Kino Lorber is William Dieterle’s The Turning Point, a noir film at the intersection of several crossroads in America’s early ’50s.
‘Ikiru’ at 70: How Akira Kurosawa’s Collaborators Helped Him Write a Masterpiece
Akira Kurosawa’s collaborative writing process on Ikiru complicates the cliché of the film auteur whose artistic vision is solely their own.
BFI LFF: ‘Argentina, 1985’ Dir. Santiago Mitre on Dictatorship to Democracy
Director Santiago Mitre discusses how his fear for democracies worldwide motivated him to dramatise the Trial of the Juntas in the courtroom drama Argentina, 1985.
‘Arsenic and Old Lace’ Drags America’s History From the Dark Dank Basement
Frank Capra’s America is always on the edge of madness and nightmare. The deeper you dig into his Arsenic and Old Lace, the darker and queasier it becomes.
