With so many end-of-the-year releases garnering awards and nominations, you might ask the various selection committees and critics groups, “Where have you been?” Going over their 10 best lists, some overlap is inevitable, but it’s as if they have had amnesia for 10 months, overlooking many films released before November. And if you had a […]
Directed by Sacha Gervasi Produced by Alan Barnette, Joe Medjuck, Tom Pollock, Ivan Reitman & Tom Thayer Written by John G. McLaughlin, based on the book Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho by Stephen Rebello Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures USA. 98 min. Rated PG-13 With Anthony Hopkins, Helen Mirren, Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, […]
Directed by Bill Morrison Produced by Forma Written by Morrison, Johann Johannsson & David Metcalfe Released by Icarus Films USA/UK. 52 min. Not Rated With Hugo and The Artist reminding audiences of the impact, and neglect, of silent films, comes the timely work of an avant-garde artist who imaginatively re-purposes archival footage in collaborations with […]
Produced & Directed by Lionel Rogosin Written by Lionel Rogosin with Lewis Nkosi & William “Bloke” Modisane Released by Milestone Films In English, Afrikaans & Zulu with English subtitles South Africa/USA. 86 min. Not rated Restored in 2005 by the Cineteca di Bologna and the laboratory L’Imagine Ritrovata with the collaboration of Rogosin Heritage and […]
Produced & Directed by Alex Stapleton Produced by Stone Douglass, Mickey Barold, Stapleton, Izabela Frank & Jeff Frey Written by Stapleton & Gregory Locklear Released by Anchor Bay Films USA. 90 min. Rated R With Jack Nicholson, Martin Scorsese, Ron Howard, Joe Dante, Dick Miller, Robert De Niro, Pam Grier, David Carradine, Peter Bogdanovich & […]
Written & Directed by Michel Hazanavicius Produced by Thomas Langmann Released by the Weinstein Company France/USA. 100 min. Rated PG-13 With Jean Dujardin, Bérénice Bejo, James Cromwell, Penelope Ann Miller, Malcolm McDowell, Missi Pyle, Beth Grant & John Goodman Studded with easy-to-spot film references, the black-and-white silent film The Artist is the type of film that […]
Written & Directed by Angelina Maccarone Produced by Gerd Haag, Serge Lalou, Michael Trabitzsch & Charlotte Uzu Released by Kino Lorber French with English subtitles Germany/France. 94 min. Not rated With Charlotte Rampling, Paul Auster, Peter Lindbergh & Jurgen Teller In her intriguing documentary about the eponymous British actress, director Angelina Maccarone employs an ingenious […]