Shorts, 630.- June 30, 2008 "'Power and freedom.' Coupled together, these two words are repeated three times in Vertigo." Chris Marker on Hitchcock's masterpiece - at 3quarksdaily, via wood s lot. Related: Richard Brody, briefly, in the New Yorker. And an online listening tip:...http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006319.html Tartan Films.- June 30, 2008 Filmbrain bids a fond farewell to Tartan Films: "Tartan head Hamish McAlpine liked to push people's buttons, referring to his company's releases as 'cultural hand grenades,' which explains acquisitions of controversial titles from Carlos Reygadas, Catherine Breillat, Gaspar No...http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006318.html Hellboy II: The Golden Army, round 1.- June 30, 2008 "In terms of sheer spectacle and visual invention, Hellboy II: The Golden Army is an absolute knockout, frames stuffed with bizarre creatures and mystic runes and arcane weaponry and wondrous design," writes James Rocchi at Cinematical. "And yet, Hellboy...http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006317.html The Free Will.- June 29, 2008 "A character study of two people desperately fighting for a seemingly unattainable life, Matthias Glasner's The Free Will is rigorous and wrenching, and made all the more impressive by the fact that one of its protagonists is a relatively...http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006315.html Interview. Catherine Breillat.- June 29, 2008 "The talkiness, the drawing-room intrigue, the frilly garments, and the slippery assignations might suggest all too much a Dangerous Liaisons redux," writes Steve Dollar in the New York Sun. "But Catherine Breillat is much too clever for that. What...http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006314.html Shorts, 628.- June 28, 2008 "He's Kierkegaardian without the leap of faith, or Sartrean without the existential ethics of action," suggests Lennard Davis in an essay on the education and philosophy of Woody Allen in the Common Review. Also via Bookforum, David Riedel's odd...http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006313.html Fests and events, 628.- June 28, 2008 Milos Forman: The Formative Years opens at Facets Cinematheque runs through Thursday; the Chicago Reader picks the highlights. "Douglas Fairbanks caused a sensation in 1920 with The Mark of Zorro, the first in a series of costume spectacles that...http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006312.html All in This Tea.- June 27, 2008 "All in This Tea dips effortlessly into a half-dozen modes - travelogue, biography, nature ode, business story, nerd profile - sustaining a flexibility of tone that allows for both keen insights into the rapidly evolving Chinese economy and drunken...http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006311.html Finding Amanda.- June 27, 2008 "Clumsily mashing up Leaving Las Vegas and Hardcore, Finding Amanda follows TV show writer and alcoholic compulsive gambler Taylor (Matthew Broderick) as he travels to Sin City to track down his whoring niece Amanda (Brittany Snow)," writes Nick Schager...http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006310.html Elsa & Fred.- June 27, 2008 First, James Van Maanen; a split jury follows. In the genre of geriatric love stories, things don't get much better - or, let's be honest here, more predictable - than Elsa & Fred. No matter. If you are seeking...http://daily.greencine.com/archives/006309.html |