Wednesday, January 14, 2009

HOFB—I Only Have Two Eyes 2008

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"No two eyes can witness all the splendid film presentations that occur in a year here," Brian Darr offers by way of introduction ...

BERLIN & BEYOND 2009—Michael Hawley Reviews His Screeners

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Continuing with his articulate generosity, Michael Hawley offers The Evening Class his write-up on films from Berlin & Beyond that he...

CHE HITS THE REVOLUTIONARY ROAD (SHOW)

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I've been fortunate enough to view Steven Soderbergh 's Che twice; first when it premiered at the 2008 Toronto International Film F...
Saturday, January 10, 2009

movieScope 2:5

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The eleventh issue of movieScope is on the stands. Online, readers can access an abbreviated edit of my conversation with Arnaud Desplechin...
Friday, January 09, 2009

WALTZ WITH BASHIR—The Evening Class Interview With Ari Folman

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It took four years for Israeli director Ari Folman to complete his animated documentary Waltz With Bashir , which was entered in the competi...
Wednesday, January 07, 2009

SWEDISH CINEMA—Arn: The Knight Templar as Small Country Blockbuster

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The cover article of the November 2008 issue of Film International (Vol. 6, No. 5, pp. 60-67) —"The Arn Franchise: Launching a Small ...

ORIGIN OF LOVE—Performances in Song & Word By John Cameron Mitchell

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Romance at the Castro Theatre might be silent on Valentines Day, at least as far as films go, but—over at the Victoria Theatre—the romance w...
Tuesday, January 06, 2009

Extras! Extras! Read All About It!

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In the immortal words of Female Trouble 's Dawn Davenport: "Who wants to die for the sake of art?" Peaches Christ wants to kno...

MICROCINEMA—The Global Film Initiative and Virgin America Release Global Lens World Cinema Series on RED™

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The Global Film Initiative and Virgin America , the California-based airline, are partnering to release the Initiative's critically acc...

FILM FESTIVAL STUDIES

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Hot on the heels of what was hands down my favorite magazine volume on cinema in 2008— Film International Vol. 6, No. 5 , guest edited by D...

PSIFF09—25 Films Michael Hawley Would See If He Were Going To Palm Springs….

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The benchmark 20th anniversary edition of the Palm Springs International Film Festival (PSIFF) gets going on Tuesday, January 6 and runs un...