In a career spanning over five decades, Mike Leigh has established himself as one of Britain’s most distinctive filmmakers, crafting intimate portraits of working-class life through his unique improvisational process. From the raw intensity of Naked to the period grandeur […]
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Lynch understood that many of the fantasies he loved were built on nightmares.
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I consider myself something like a student, autodidact or otherwise, of cinema and––even still, must confess––had not ever grasped the concept of Argentine noir. Credit to Criterion Channel, who’ll expand my horizons with February’s program (concisely titled “Argentine Noir”) that includes one known title––Pierre Chenal’s Native Son, an Argentine film from a French director adapting […]
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NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaFat City screens on 35mm this Sunday, as does a 16mm puppets program; restorations of Santa Sangre and Amadeus play Friday and Saturday, respectively. Museum of Modern ArtA major highlight of any filmgoing year, To Save and Project continues, with Anthony Mann’s Jimmy Stewart-starring Bend of […]
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As we ponder if the rest of the world will ever see Wong Kar-wai’s 25-hour project Blossoms Shanghai following its premiere in China about a year ago, those in the country will get a chance to experience an expanded edition of his 2000 masterpiece In the Mood for Love very soon. In celebration of the […]
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After the death of her sister, a woman is visited by a man looking to solve a series of murders by a motorcycle riding maniac.
I will not say too much in this column on the passing of cinematic master and icon, David Lynch, as there will be more on the subject to follow in the coming days. Few filmmakers left a more lasting impression on my generation (GenX) than he did between his challenging (and unapologetically weird) television and film work. And like all great American things (from baseball to whiskey to thrash metal) David Lynch was big in Japan. As a tribute to all things David Lynch, I present three Japanese posters, and one that was the subject of a previous column, by American designer Sean Longmore, a Fire Walk With Me one sheet that was a fusion of Japanese genre collage, and The UK’s Hammer Horror. Enjoy….
