Posts Tagged ‘film’

Theory vs. Practice

Written by Marissa Maier on February 8, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Film

A dazzling allegory in ‘Chronicle’ | By Armond White “Ever hear of Plato’s allegory of the cave?” one teenager asks another in Chronicle. This philosophy quiz was unexpected in the midst of a thrill ride movie, but Chronicle is so surprisingly interesting I wondered if its makers ever saw The Conformist (1970), where Bernardo Bertolucci
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Jar Jar Binks Goes to War

Written by admin on February 1, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Film

Lucas crashes Red Tails By Armond White George Lucas’ sales tactics for Red Tails, his $93 million production about the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African-American pilots in the armed forces, make a bigger bang than the film itself
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Salvaging Silent Cinema with a Brand-New Score

Written by Mark Peikert on January 25, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Film

Fans of experimental filmmaker Bill Morrison will have plenty of opportunity to enjoy his work this winter. In addition to The Miners’ Hymns at Film Forum Feb. 8–14, this year’s Silent Films/Live Music series (Jan. 31–Feb. 3) at the World Financial Center Winter Garden, 220 Vesey St., will feature four Morrison films: The Miners’ Hymns,
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Where Every Day is Dia de los Muertos

Written by admin on January 25, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Film

For the past 10 years, directors Alfonso Cuarón, Guillermo del Torro and Alejando González Iñárritu have been at the forefront of a remarkable renaissance in Spanish-language filmmaking—and now, with Miss Bala, Gerardo Naranjo has joined them
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Saddle Up

Written by admin on January 18, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Film

Frederick Wiseman takes on a nude revue in Crazy Horse By Cullen Gallagher A new Frederick Wiseman documentary is usually cause for celebration. Since his 1967 debut, Titticut Follies, he has made a name for himself as one of the most distinctive, innovative and consistently revealing nonfiction filmmakers
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The Final Chapter

Written by admin on January 11, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film, Film

After almost 20 years, West Memphis Three chroniclers close the book When done well, documentary film has the rare ability to transcend the confines of the silver screen to effect real change in the lives of its subjects. Like Errol Morris’ The Thin Blue Line, filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky’s Paradise Lost trilogy about
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Harris Dew: Director of Programming and Promotions at IFC CENTER

Written by admin on November 2, 2011. Posted in News OTDT

By Penny Gray Since opening in 2005, the IFC Center at 323 Sixth Ave., at West Third Street, has become a cinema hub for the city. Harris Dew, director of programming and promotions, talks about the role of IFC in the community and the community’s role in IFC. How long have you been at IFC?
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The Three Faces of Elizabeth Olsen

Written by admin on October 26, 2011. Posted in Arts & Film, Film

A minor film begets a major new star By Mark Peikert Some film performances manage to be so memorable, so unexpected, that they render the less imaginative framework of the movie negligible. That’s certainly the case with Elizabeth Olsen and Martha Marcy May Marlene, a sexy movie about violence, group sex, commune cults and yuppie
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NOW PLAYING

Written by admin on October 13, 2011. Posted in Arts & Film

By ARMOND WHITE 50/50 The buddy comedy genre faces cancer. Joseph Gordon-Levitt is helped through crisis by Seth Rogen. Decent emotions get cheated of depth by blithe, nonspiritual approach. Dir. Jonathan Levine. Colombiana Striking entertainment but also an emotional action movie. As a sexy, damaged assassin hunting down drug dealers to avenge her parents, Zoe
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Commemorate Edgar Allen Poe’s death with ‘The Raven’

Written by NY Press on October 7, 2011. Posted in Blog, Books, Film

This Friday, Oct. 7, is the 162nd anniversary of Edgar Allen Poe’s death. Those of us not in Baltimore can commemorate this event and get our Poe fix by watching the trailer for The Raven, a new movie starring John Cusack. The Raven is a thriller that stars Cusack as a young Poe in 1880s
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