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March 28, 2012
Whit Stillman in Distress
With his first movie in 14 years, the Damsels director returns triumphant—and worried
Blogs
March 19, 2012
After a Decade Long Drought, Hong Kong Films Are Hitting New York Theaters Again
Back in the 80s and early 90s, when Hong Kong cinema,--running on the kinetic energy of action and slapstick comedy films by the likes of John Woo, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Stephen Chow--was the second largest film industry in the world (behind Hollywood, obviously), fans of these quirky alternative ... More >>
Film
March 7, 2012
Attenberg
Back in the 80s and early 90s, when Hong Kong cinema,--running on the kinetic energy of action and slapstick comedy films by the likes of John Woo, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Stephen Chow--was the second largest film industry in the world (behind Hollywood, obviously), fans of these quirky alternative ... More >>
Film
December 14, 2011
Because It's No Fun to Download a Gift
DVDs for the movie-lovers on your list
Blogs
September 13, 2011
The Screen's Hottest Hottie In Every Way
Michael Fassbender has made searing impressions in Hunger, Inglourious Basterds, and Jane Eyre, and he's also managed to heat up everything from an X-Men movie to Centurion and beyond. Plus he's coming up in David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method, in which Fassbender is the founder of Analyti ... More >>
Blogs
September 8, 2011
More Bad News For Madonna
First she got that loathsome batch of hydrangeas and now comes Boston Herald critic Stephen Schaefer's pan of the Madonna-directed W.E., which he saw at the Venice Film Festival. Says Schaefer: The film is "beautifully bland and boring, not to say inane.
Film
January 12, 2011
Alex Cox's Repo Chick: From Celebutante to Badass
First she got that loathsome batch of hydrangeas and now comes Boston Herald critic Stephen Schaefer's pan of the Madonna-directed W.E., which he saw at the Venice Film Festival. Says Schaefer: The film is "beautifully bland and boring, not to say inane.
Blogs
January 6, 2011
Peter Bogdanovich Entitled to Gloat for 'The Last Picture Show'
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 14, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 41 films in focus By Andrew Sarris Who would have thought a few years back that in 1971 Peter Bogdanovich would be traveling first-class on the express train of film history while Dennis Hopper was bummi ... More >>
Film
December 22, 2010
Year in Film: Sofia Coppola's Journey to Somewhere
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 14, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 41 films in focus By Andrew Sarris Who would have thought a few years back that in 1971 Peter Bogdanovich would be traveling first-class on the express train of film history while Dennis Hopper was bummi ... More >>
Film
October 27, 2010
Scraping By With Barbara Loden's Wanda
Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. October 14, 1971, Vol. XVI, No. 41 films in focus By Andrew Sarris Who would have thought a few years back that in 1971 Peter Bogdanovich would be traveling first-class on the express train of film history while Dennis Hopper was bummi ... More >>
Blogs
September 13, 2010
The Venice Film Festival -- That's a Wrap
Back from the Lido, I learned that Somewhere, Sofia Coppola's slight, stringent, not-quite sentimental tale of a movie star on the edge of a nervous breakdown and the 11-year-old daughter that loves him, had won the Golden Lion at the 67th Venice Film Festival--the "unanimous choice" per jury ... More >>
Blogs
September 7, 2010
Venice Midpoint: Women Rule
From Meek's CutoffMidway through the Venice film festival, the competition is notable for a pair of features by American women: Sofia Coppola's Somewhere and Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff -- both minimalist, open-ended exercises in myths debunked and protagonists lost. Evidently inspired ... More >>
Blogs
September 3, 2010
Wish You Were Here: Venice Film Festival Opens With "Mickey Rourke in a Tutu"
The 67th Venice Film Festival, where I'm currently on jury duty (although not on the jury headed by Quentin Tarantino) opened majorly pop with Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky's warmly received and borderline risible follow-up to his 2008 Golden Lion winner The Wrestler. Although a generic horr ... More >>
Blogs
April 15, 2010
Times Critics to the NY Film Fest: Stop Picking Such Good Movies. It's Depressing!
As film journalists gird for next week's Tribeca Film Festival, it's useful to recall the invective recently inspired by the city's other major film fest. The 2009 New York Film Festival, presented last fall by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, was the first under the administrative leaders ... More >>
Blogs
November 9, 2009
Tom Ford Trashes St. Laurent!
Hairy chested fashion god Tom Ford has turned director, his debut A Single Man getting kudos at the Venice Film Festival en route to American hoopla and Oscar consideration. And now, Tom has turned blabbermouth too, thankfully enough, in an Advocate interview in which he talks about his firs ... More >>
Film
September 15, 2009
Family Drama, Sans Screaming, in Claire Denis's 35 Shots of Rum
Hairy chested fashion god Tom Ford has turned director, his debut A Single Man getting kudos at the Venice Film Festival en route to American hoopla and Oscar consideration. And now, Tom has turned blabbermouth too, thankfully enough, in an Advocate interview in which he talks about his firs ... More >>
Voice Choices
May 20, 2009
POINT OF HONOR
Film Forum restores Kurosawa's classic
Film
March 4, 2009
French Connections at 14th "Rendez-Vous"
Hits, misses, and a whole lotta crazy at this year's showcase of new Gallic cinema
Film
August 19, 2008
Manny Farber 1917-2008
Remembering the painter, professor, and underground model for scores of American film critics
Film
August 12, 2008
Manny Farber 1917-2008
Remembering the painter, professor, and underground model for scores of American film critics
Film
July 9, 2008
The Exiles: Soul and the City
The 1961 'lost' classic gets its long overdue theatrical debut
Film
June 17, 2008
New York Neo-Realism on DVD
From Coney Island to Rye Playland
Film
February 26, 2008
Chatting with Chop Shop Director Ramin Bahrani
Street life, continued
Film
January 8, 2008
House of 1,000 Corpses
Alain Resnais's Last Year at Marienbad returns
Film
September 25, 2007
Brian De Palma Explains Himself
The divisive director's controversial new film is, he says, just one man's attempt to stop the war
Film
September 11, 2007
Celebrity Justice
The famous outlaw, the fawning outcast, and an epic movie that's as stylized as it is insane
Film
September 4, 2007
Greetings from Toronto . . .
Where old masters, drunk teenagers, and Asia Argento make the fest's first week a blast
Film
August 28, 2007
Going for the Gold
Where old masters, drunk teenagers, and Asia Argento make the fest's first week a blast
Film
July 3, 2007
Back to The Brig
The Living Theatre turns 60, plus Warhol, Woodfall, and Brazil in N.Y.
Art
February 27, 2007
Springtime for Zizek
Plus one we've all been waiting for: the Reagen-obsessed serial-killer movie!
Film
December 12, 2006
Don't Believe the (Lack of) Hype
Despite a nonexistent marketing campaign, Cuarón's latest is not to be missed
Film
November 21, 2006
Czech, Please
Czechoslovakia is no more, but its film tradition lives on
Film
August 8, 2006
Spike Lee's Reality TV
When the Levees Broke brings Katrina's devastation into clear and timely focus
Film
August 8, 2006
Drugstore Cowboy
A rare revival for Dennis Hopper's megalomaniacal, tripped-out western
Film
August 10, 2004
Unusual Holocaust Story Devolves Into Kitschy-Campy Tall Tale
A rare revival for Dennis Hopper's megalomaniacal, tripped-out western
Film
April 27, 2004
Love Actually
Smashing taboos and risking tastelessness, a Korean heartbreaker finds unlikely romance
Film
January 27, 2004
Catching the big one with Dad: A Russian director's debut
Smashing taboos and risking tastelessness, a Korean heartbreaker finds unlikely romance
Film
November 18, 2003
Heaven Can Weight
Hopscotching chronology elevates New Age mysticism in a heart transplant melodrama
News
October 29, 2002
Heaven Sent
Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore Reopen Douglas Sirk's Melodrama Fakebook
Film
August 20, 2002
Ace in the Hole
Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore Reopen Douglas Sirk's Melodrama Fakebook
Film
June 11, 2002
Desperate Hours
A Palestinian Director’s Ghetto Humor
Film
May 28, 2002
Temples of the Familiar
A Palestinian Director’s Ghetto Humor
Film
February 19, 2002
Prosaic Nations
A Palestinian Director’s Ghetto Humor
Film
April 10, 2001
Born Criminals
A Palestinian Director’s Ghetto Humor
NYC Life
January 2, 2001
One-Bedroom Apartment in Turn-of-the-Century Building
A Palestinian Director’s Ghetto Humor
Film
September 12, 2000
Past Masters and Possible Worlds
Venetian Finds
Film
February 8, 2000
A French Farce on Ice
Venetian Finds
Film
December 14, 1999
Mike Leigh Improvises on History
Backstage Passages
Film
June 15, 1999
So Long a Go-Go
Backstage Passages
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April 13, 1999
True Brits
Backstage Passages
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