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Hello, I must be going.
By David Hudson on 06/30/2009
On the one hand, it feels like I just got here. On the other, we've been through another Sundance, another Cannes - and now, here comes another summer, and I'll be heading out soon on holiday. I won't be returning to this particular spot, though you may see my byline appearing now and then elsewhere at IFC.com; the Daily, at least as we've known it and watched it evolve over the past six years, won't be returning, either. But that doesn't mean I'll stop doing what I do; I've been dreaming up a new format and, if all goes according... MORE »
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Shorts, 6/30.
By David Hudson on 06/30/2009
A new issue of Cinema Scope has just gone up, featuring editor Mark Peranson's opener: "2009 was, far and away, the stupidest Cannes ever." He also interviews Corneliu Porumboiu ("Police, Adjective"), while Dennis Lim talks with João Pedro Rodrigues ("To Die Like a Man") and Scott Foundas with Marco Bellocchio ("Vincere"). Beyond Cannes, Michael Sicinski talks with Richard Dutcher about his "Post-Morman Cinema" and Max Goldberg with Lee Anne Schmitt about "California Company Town." Also: Shelly Kraicer on the Jeonju International Film Festival, Olaf Möller's books roundup, Jonathan Rosenbaum's DVDs roundup, Jay Kuehner on "Humpday," Andrew Tracy on "The Limits... MORE »
Fests and events, 6/30.
By David Hudson on 06/30/2009
At Twitch, Andrew Mack relishes the full lineup of the Fantasia International Film Festival, happening July 9 through 27 in Montreal. "Dialogues with Films: Four Decades of the Forum" is happening in Berlin from tomorrow through Sunday. Do click that title; as I explain at Artforum, for this 40th anniversary event, directors are being flown in from all over the globe to introduce films that've influenced them - and some of those intros are online. On a related note: "The Berlinale will celebrate its 60th anniversary in 2010 - and the public is invited to play a special role on... MORE »
DVDs, 6/30.
By David Hudson on 06/30/2009
"Seemingly nonchalant, impeccably crafted, borderline delirious, 'My Dinner with André' is the result of an inspired collaboration among its actor-writers, Wallace Shawn and André Gregory, and its director, Louis Malle," writes Amy Taubin in Criterion's Current. "In the nearly three decades since its 1981 debut, this tiny independent movie has inspired myriad prose pieces and a slew of witticisms that riff on its title. Nothing, however, captures its eccentricity and perhaps the reason for its effect on viewers as neatly as this line from Vincent Canby's New York Times review: 'At times,' Canby wrote, '"My Dinner with André" suggests a... MORE »
Shorts, 6/29.
By David Hudson on 06/29/2009
"Jerry Lewis is headed back to Broadway, this time in the director's chair," reports Dave Itzkoff for the New York Times. "The veteran comedian, last seen in 1995 on a Broadway stage as Applegate in the revival of 'Damn Yankees,' will direct a musical adaptation of his hit 1963 comedy 'The Nutty Professor' that is planned for the 2010-11 season." Also in the NYT: "Although ['Conquest of the Useless: Reflections from the Making of "Fitzcarraldo"' (excerpt)] provides a hypnotic chronicle of the film crew's daily progress, it inevitably heats up when [Klaus] Kinski arrives," writes Janet Maslin in the New... MORE »
Fests and events, 6/29.
By David Hudson on 06/29/2009
Anne Thompson wraps up the Los Angeles Film Festival, and of course, she's got the list of award-winners, too, topped by Sam Fleischner and Ben Chace's "Wah Do Dem" (Target Filmmaker Award) and Juan Carlos Rulfo and Carlos Hagerman's "Those Who Remain" (Target Documentary Award). The festival closed last night with Hayao Miyazaki's "Ponyo," a "singular experience," writes Drew McWeeney at Hitfix, "animation as pure emotion, a love story and an adventure and one of the real treats for 2009 so far." Meantime, Chris MaGee reports that a few dates and appearances have been added to Miyazaki's itinerary for his... MORE »
Wrapping Edinburgh 09.
By David Hudson on 06/28/2009
[Updated through 6/30] This year's edition of the Edinburgh International Film Festival wraps with an announcement of the award-winners. Looking back on his predictions, we can see that Neil Young hit one on the nose: "Easier With Practice" is named the Best New International Feature. In other categories, he came close. "Moon" did pull out in front of "Fish Tank" after all, taking the Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature. Even so, Andrea Arnold's Cannes entry isn't coming away empty-handed: Katie Jarvis wins the PPG Award for Best Performance in a British Feature Film. Among the other awards:... MORE »
"Public Enemies"
By David Hudson on 06/27/2009
[Updated through 6/30] "Public Enemies" opens on Wednesday not only in the US but also in the UK. As mentioned earlier, the trades' reviews are in (Hollywood Reporter, Screen and Variety), and now, the Guardian's run a special issue of its "Film & Music" weekly: John Patterson profiles Michael Mann, while David Thomson looks back on the director's career - and lists his top 10 gangster movies. Jeff Guinn looks back to the 30s and notes that "the idea of swashbuckling crooks sticking it to the rich and powerful epitomised the daydreams of working-class America. It was what people wanted... MORE »
Shorts, 6/27.
By David Hudson on 06/27/2009
"Werner Herzog is famous for his cinematic depictions of obsessives and outsiders, from the El Dorado-seeking Spaniard played by Klaus Kinski in his 1972 international breakthrough, 'Aguirre: The Wrath of God,' to Timothy Treadwell, the doomed bear-worshiper of his 2005 documentary, 'Grizzly Man.'" Lawrence Levi in the Los Angeles Times: "Herzog's own reputation as an obsessive, not to mention daredevil and doomsayer, was solidified by 'Burden of Dreams,' a documentary chronicling Herzog's trials while filming 'Fitzcarraldo' in the Peruvian jungle in 1981. 'Conquest of the Useless: Reflections From the Making of "Fitzcarraldo"' comprises Herzog's diaries from the three arduous years... MORE »
Fests and events, 6/27.
By David Hudson on 06/27/2009
"[T]he question of what becomes an LGBT icon most was very much at the forefront of the [Frameline33's] first week," writes Matt Sussman at SF360. "Frameline's closing night happens to fall on the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, and a special subset of programming highlights films related to the heady years of Gay Liberation and the early queer outbursts to emerge from underground cinema in the 60s and 70s. And while it was thrilling to get to rub shoulders with the likes of former Warhol and Paul Morrissey pin-up Joe Dallesandro (who quipped during the post 'Little Joe' Q&A... MORE »
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