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- Sunday, August 16. 2009: Winter Nights Log: Changing Gears. There have been several.. - Tuesday, August 11, 2009: Moment Captured: John Hughes 1950 - 2009. Like many.... - Monday, July 27, 2009: Moment Captured: Vide Cor Meum. In Ridley Scott's sequel to... - Wednesday, July 15, 2009: In Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker, at the height of the... - Tuesday, July 14, 2009: Another look at Michael Mann's previous effort, Miami Vice ..... - Monday, July 13, 2009: Noticed this the other day near the Landmark Theater in...... - Monday, July 6, 2009: Moment Captured: Pay The Writer. Author Harlan Ellison is.... - Friday, July 3, 2009: People are complaining about the style of Mann's Public Enemies .. - Monday, June 29, 2009: Tales of Flesh: Cronenberg's Stereo and Crimes of the Future .. - Wednesday, June 24, 2009: Duncan Jones' debut feature, Moon, starring Sam Rockwell.. - Monday, June 22, 2009: A quick update and comments on Tetro and Whatever Works ... - Thursday, June 11, 2009: Trailer for Martin Scorsese's horror/thriller Shutter Island .... - Monday, June 8, 2009: A decent, entertaining picture, Up doesn't quite merit the praise... - Thursday, June 4, 2009: In Focus: Milius, The Last Apostle. When one says the name... - Tuesday, June 2, 2009: James Cameron discusses his new sci-fi thriller Avatar .......... - Monday, June 1, 2009: In Focus: Wartime Lang. Fritz Lang always carried with him.. - Wednesday, May 20, 2009: Trailer of Isabel Coixet's Map of the Sounds of Tokyo ..... - Friday, May 15, 2009: In Focus: Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace. Lucas..... - Thursday, May 14, 2009: The trailer for Nine, the musical based on Fellini's 8 1/2.......... - Monday, May 11, 2009: Moment Captured - Nicholas Ray on the ending of his film.... - Friday, May 8, 2009: Trailer for Woody Allen's highly anticipated Whatever Works ...... - Thursday, May 7, 2009: A successful reboot, I state with great joy that Star Trek is back.. - Sunday, May 3, 2009: Here's the trailer for Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro, his first original - Monday, April 27, 2009: Moment Captured - Some Are Born To Endless Night. Jim.. - Thursday, April 23, 2009: The official lineup for this year's Cannes Film Festival is up.. - Monday, April 20, 2009: Moment Captured - Just a Coin. One of the many chilling..... - Wednesday, April 15, 2009: Trailer for Steven Soderbergh's The Girlfriend Experience .. - Monday, April 13, 2009: Moment Captured - Catholic Church Fashion Show. Fellini - Thursday, April 9, 2009: Another trailer for Michael Mann's anticipated Public Enemies - Saturday, April 4, 2009: A moment behind the scenes on the set of Coppola's Tetro .... - Wednesday, April 1, 2009: Film Podcasts: The Hollywood Saloon. The best film podcast - Monday, March 30, 2009: Moment Captured: Stalker. Visual metaphor in one of the...... - Thursday, March 26, 2009: Trailer for Ang Lee's new drama Taking Woodstock.......... - Wednesday, March 25, 2009: Apologies for the lack of updates. Will be back shortly... - Tuesday, March 17, 2009: Winter Nights Log: Scaling Back. I've spent the last month.... - Monday, March 16, 2009: Moment Captured: Michael Cimino's artistry in Heaven's Gate - Wednesday, March 11, 2009: Film Podcasts Vol 5: Spout.com. Combining the ideals of - Wednesday, March 11, 2009: In Focus: Johnny Guitar exists in a world of its own..... - Wednesday, March 4, 2009: Trailer for Michael Mann's Public Enemies. Johnny Depp... - Monday, March 2, 2009: Moment Captured: Welles' Falstaff and Scorsese's Gangs .... - Wednesday, February 25, 2009: The website for Francis Ford Coppola's Tetro is live.. - Wednesday, February 25, 2009: Film Podcasts Vol. 4: IFC News Podcast Weekly show.. - Tuesday, February 24, 2009: Teaser trailer for the Almodovar/Cruz Broken Embraces ... - Monday, February 16, 2009: Moment Captured: I Walked With A Zombie. Lewton's. - Wednesday, February 11, 2009: Trailer for Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds... - Wednesday, February 11, 2009: Film Podcasts Vol. 3: /Filmcast. I spoke with.......... - Friday, February, 6, 2009: Be sure to check out the blog critics poll, The Muriels...... - Friday, February 6, 2009: Interesting piece of news. Tom Tykwer and the Wachowskis - Monday, February 2, 2009: Moment Captured: The Cotton Club. Francis Coppola's - Wednesday, January 28, 2009: Film Podcasts Vol 2: Mondo Movie. Daniel Auty and.. - Wednesday, January 28, 2009: Kate Winslet has been a tour-de-force in Hollywood.... - Monday, January 26, 2009: Moment Captured: "You can see now?" Chaplin's........ - Saturday, January 24, 2009: The trailer for the second half of Steven Soderbergh's Che.. - Friday, January 16, 2009: The story of American Teen is as simple as Breakfast Club... - Thursday, January 15, 2009: RIP Patrick McGoohan and Ricardo Montalban ........ - Wednesday, January 14, 2009: Film Podcasts - Cinemaslave. This series of interviews.. - Monday, January 12, 2009: Moment Captured - My Prisoner. Asia Argento in...... - Monday, January 12, 2009: Since its release in 1966, Jean-Luc Godard's Made in USA - Saturday, January 10, 2009: So it's about time I tried to make one of these things.... - Thursday, January 8, 2009: The DGA nominations. Chris Nolan for The Dark Knight.. - Wednesday, January 7, 2009: Hepburn at her finest in Billy Wilder's comedy Sabrina ..... - Tuesday, January 6, 2009: Five interesting titles to anticipate for 2009. Brad Pitt in... - Monday, January 5, 2009: Moment Captured: Chartres. Orson Welles in F For Fake.. - Friday, January 2, 2009: Borrowing elements from early Godard, Tokyo Eyes......... - Tuesday, December 30, 2008: Singer's tense, workmanlike WWII thriller Valkyrie ...... - Monday, December 29, 2008: Moment Captured: "Who said cut?". Peter O'Toole in.. - Friday, December 26, 2008: Trailer for highly acclaimed Cannes favorite Gomorrah ... - Wednesday, December 24, 2008: A year that divided, Ari's Best Films of 2008 ........... - Monday, December 22, 2008: The trailer for James Gray's Two Lovers, starring..... - Monday, December 22, 2008: Moment Captured: "I'll see you in hell.." - "Yeah" .... - Thursday, December 18, 2008: Clint Eastwood has fun with his image in Gran Torino .. - Tuesday, December 16, 2008: A bit from Steven Soderbergh's Q & A the other night... - Monday, December 15, 2008: Moment Captured: Face to Face II. You complete me.... - Saturday, December 13, 2008: The type of ambition that results in debate, Che is... - Friday, December 12, 2008: Just a reminder that Che is out today in LA and New York - Wednesday, December 10, 2008: Pleasantly surprised to see Richard Corliss of Time... - Monday, December 8, 2008: Moment Captured: Face to Face. Pretty much as epic as... - Wednesday, December 3, 2008: Cahiers du Cinema's 100 Best Films list includes....... - Tuesday, December 2, 2008: Great theatrical trailer for Steven Soderbergh's Che ....... - Monday, December 1, 2008: Moment Captured: Mechanical Men. The influential... - Saturday, November 29, 2008: Criterion Collection launched an Online Cinematheque -Saturday, November 29, 2008: A melodramatic, overblown mess, Revolutionary Road..... - Monday, November 24, 2008: The cold, eerie atmosphere of Let The Right One In ..... - Monday, November 24, 2008: Moment Captured - detriments. Connery and Caine in.. - Sunday, November 23, 2008: Van Sant's Milk is accessible without losing his signature... - Saturday, November 22, 2008: Wait a second...how old is Sean Connery again? ........ - Thursday, November 20, 2008: Theatrical trailer for Aronofsky's The Wrestler......... - Tuesday, November 18, 2008: An interesting film to consider, Slumdog Millionaire .... - Monday, November 17, 2008: Moment Captured: I'm due back on the planet earth... - Friday, November 14, 2008: High on energy, low on character, Quantum of Solace.... - Thursday, November 13, 2008: Theatrical trailer for Snyder's Watchmen adaptation - Tuesday, November 11, 2008: Reeling '08 - When Kiran Met Karen. Plain painful... - Monday, November 10, 2008: Moment Captured - "You play?" "Try me". Not only.. - Saturday, November 8, 2008: The disappointing thing about JCVD is how little it..... - Friday, November 7, 2008: Reeling '08 - The Secrets: Presented with a mixture of..... - Friday, November 7, 2008: So what's the deal with Steven Spielberg? The remake of.. - Wednesday, Novemeber 5, 2008: Reeling '08 - To Each Her Own. Set in the sleepy... - Tuesday, November 4, 2008: That is the true genius of America, that America can change - Monday, November 3, 2008: Changing Spots, Sugar Rush and more from Reeling '08 ... - Monday, November 3, 2008: Moment Captured - We All Scream For Ice Cream ...... - Sunday, November 2, 2008: The new trailer for Baz Luhrmann's Australia epic... - Saturday, November 1, 2008: A list of David Fincher's favorite films is making the.. - Thursday, October 30, 2008: The trailer for Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire ..... - Wednesday, October 29. 2008: The remake machine takes aim at Kurosawa's classics .. - Monday, October 27, 2008: Moment Captured - Mysteries of Love. This sequence.... - Saturday, October 25, 2008: Pride and Glory could have been an unabashed throwback.. - Friday, October 24, 2008: Theatrical trailer for Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino ....... - Wednesday, October 22, 2008: Another trailer for the adaptation of Watchmen ........ - Monday, October 20, 2008: Moment Captured - Celebration in Zion. The most debated.. - Friday, October 17, 2008: One of Stone's most perplexing efforts to date, W. is... - Thursday, October 16, 2008: A riveting CIA thriller, Ridley Scott's Body of Lies..... - Tuesday, October 14, 2008: The theatrical trailer for highly praised festival fave JCVD. - Tuesday, October 14, 2008: New York Film Festival - The Wrestler. Aronofsky is... - Monday, October 13, 2008: Moment Captured: Man With a Harmonica. How many.. - Saturday, October 11, 2008: The trailer for the Edward Zwick/Daniel Craig Defiance - Wednesday, October 8, 2008: The ambition behind Spike Lee's Miracle at St. Anna... - Monday, October 6, 2008: Moment Captured: The Ubiquitos Barcode. We select a.... - Saturday, October 4, 2008: New York Film Festival - Ari Folman's Waltz with Bashir - Thursday, October 2, 2008: Robert De Niro in Scorsese's I Heard You Paint Houses ... - Wednesday, October 1, 2008: New theatrical trailers for anticipated Australia and W ... - Monday, September 29, 2008: New York Film Festival - Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky - Saturday, September 27, 2008: Screen icon Paul Newman has passed away at 83... - Wednesday, September 24, 2008: Mendes/DiCaprio/Winslet Revolutionary Road trailer... - Tuesday, September 23, 2008: Quite easily the worst piece of film news this year.... - Sunday, September 21, 2008: A look at the animated documentary Waltz with Bashir - Thursday, September 18, 2008: 17 films in five days - Toronto International Film Fest - Thursday, September 18, 2008: Finally, a look at Charlie Kaufman's Synecdoche, NY - Tuesday, September 9, 2008: The theatrical trailer for anticipated Quantum of Solace... - Tuesday, September 9, 2008: A preview of the 2008 New York Film Festival ........ - Saturday, September 6, 2008: A brief sequence from Linklater's Orson Welles and Me - Wednesday, September 3, 2008: The trailer for the Gus Van Sant/Sean Penn Milk .... - Monday, September 1, 2008: It's the best time of the year for movies. 10 to see... - Wednesday, August 27, 2008: Woody Allen brings the laughs with a VCB diary.... - Tuesday, August 26, 2008: Jean-Pierre Melville took noir to its zenith with Le Doulos.. - Saturday, August 23, 2008: Coen Country - Part V: Ladykillers and No Country..... - Thursday, August 21, 2008: Coen Country - Part IV: Homer, a barber and a misfire... - Thursday, August 21, 2008: The Animation Show was started as an annual program.... - Wednesday, August 20, 2008: Alex Proyas to adapt sci-fi novel by Robert Heinlein... - Saturday, August 16, 2008: Intriguing blend of emotion in Vicky Cristina Barcelona... - Friday, August 15, 2008: The latest by writer/director/actor Ben Stiller, Tropic Thunder - Wednesday, August 13, 2008: Coen Country - Part III - Hudsucker, Fargo, Lebowski.. - Tuesday, August 12, 2008: Love noir? Brilliant, in-depth analysis at Movie Zeal... - Saturday, August 9, 2008: Coen Country - Part II - Miller's Crossing and Barton Fink. - Wednesday, August 6, 2008: The Apatow/Gordon Green comedy Pineapple Express ..... - Saturday, August 2, 2008: The first trailer for Steven Soderbergh's Che epic..... - Thursday, July 31, 2008: I picked up the newly released director's cut of Dark City .... - Monday, July 28, 2008: The teaser trailer for Stone's W is online. Looks great..... - Sunday, July 27, 2008: Here's a great interview with Jonathan Nolan about his work on.. - Thursday, July 24, 2008: The balcony has closed for Roger Ebert and his show.... - Tuesday, July 22, 2008: On the topic of Watchmen, I noticed Alan Moore had a few... - Friday, July 18, 2008: Christopher Nolan raises the stakes with The Dark Knight ..... - Thursday, July 17, 2008: Alan Moore's Watchmen is powerful, thought-provoking..... - Thursday, July 17, 2008: The trailer for the Ridley Scott/DiCaprio/Crowe Body of Lies.. - Wednesday, July 16, 2008: Found an old interview with PTA on digital vs. film...... - Sunday, July 13, 2008: The end of the year season is nearly upon us. Ten films to see ... - Sunday, July 13, 2008: It's not too often an audience applauds sex, but The Last Mistress - Saturday, July 12, 2008: The screenplay for Tarantino's anticipated Inglorious Bastards - Thursday, July 10, 2008: Some comments on Paul Schrader's essay for his Film Canon - Tuesday, July 8, 2008: A second look at the films of 2006, the best, the underrated.... - Sunday, July 6, 2008: Here's the trailer for the Proyas/Cage thriller Knowing.... - Thursday, July 3, 2008: The remake machine: The Day the Earth Stood Still trailer... - Tuesday, July 1, 2008: It's the two year anniversary of The Aspect Ratio ....... - Monday, June 30, 2008: Daniel Craig is back as Bond. Quantum of Solace trailer... - Sunday, June 29, 2008: Out of Norway comes Joachim Trier’s debut film, Reprise ..... - Friday, June 27, 2008: Andrew Stanton gives us the latest Pixar animation, Wall E... - Thursday, June 26, 2008: There's about three weeks to go before The Dark Knight.... - Thursday, June 26, 2008: The Film Forum presented an evening with Tatsuya Nakadai.. - Monday, June 23, 2008: The trailer for Spike Lee's war film, Miracle at St. Anna.... - Thursday, June 19, 2008: Updated - script review: Scorsese's Ashecliffe (Shutter Island) - Wednesday, June 18, 2008: George Lucas is actually in pre-production on Red Tails... - Tuesday, June 17, 2008: The beautiful and talented actress/dancer Cyd Charisse is gone... - Monday, June 16, 2008: Special Effects legend Stan Winston has passed away at 62.. - Sunday, June 15, 2008: It's difficult to process the disaster that is The Happening.... - Friday, June 13, 2008: A throwback in many ways to 70s classics, The Strangers.... - Thursday, June 12, 2008: The trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button...... - Saturday, June 7, 2008: The Harlan Ellison documentary Dreams With Sharp Teeth.... - Wednesday, June 4, 2008: Want something different? The recent release of The Fall.... - Wednesday, June 4, 2008: The trailer for Herzog's Encounters at the End of the World - Friday, May 30, 2008: The trailer for the Coen brothers comedy Burn After Reading .... - Wednesday, May 28, 2008: Fatih Akin's (Head-On) new film The Edge of Heaven is... - Wednesday, May 28, 2008: For those in New York, the Film Forum has a gift for you... - Tuesday, May 27, 2008: You can listen to the entire Quentin Tarantino masterclass..... - Monday, May 26, 2008: Actor/producer/director Sydney Pollack has passed away at 73.. - Saturday, May 24, 2008: A quote from Steven Soderbergh that sums up how I feel.... - Thursday, May 22, 2008: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull mixes old techniques with new.. - Monday, May, 19, 2008: The trailer for Baz Lurhmann's Australia, with Nicole Kidman - Friday, May 16, 2008: I think people are aware that Speed Racer "crashed and burned"... - Wednesday, May 14, 2008: Here's the teaser trailer for Vicky Cristina Barcelona..... - Monday, May 12, 2008: In writer/director David Mamet's Redbelt, Chiwetel Ejiofor...... - Monday, May 12, 2008: God help me, but I actually want to see this Zohan movie.... - Sunday, May 11, 2008: Steven Soderbergh's 4 hour epic about Ernesto "Che" Guevara.. - Thursday, May 8, 2008: I recently saw Carlos Reygadas' latest film Silent Light ..... - Sunday, May 4, 2008: The Wachowski's Speed Racer brings new meaning to pop-art... - Saturday, May 3, 2008: The theatrical trailer for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is....... - Tuesday, Apr. 29, 2008: One of the best sci-fi films ever made is about to get better.... - Monday, Apr. 28, 2008: Updated: Full trailer for Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight - Friday, Apr. 25, 2008: Here's the trailer for David Mamet's new film, Redbelt....... - Thursday, Apr. 24, 2008: Summer is almost here. So what's been good this year so far? - Monday, Apr. 21, 2008: The anticipation for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull is....... - Thursday, Apr. 17, 2008: Praise for some of director Stanley Donen's classic films .... - Wednesday, Apr. 16, 2008: Here's an interesting topic: remaking classic animated films - Monday, Apr. 14, 2008: Some more thoughts on the great career of Woody Allen ...... - Saturday, Apr. 12, 2008: And the international Speed Racer trailer promises greatness.... - Friday, Apr. 11, 2008: Woody Allen is back again with Vicky Christina Barcelona...... - Wednesday, Apr. 9, 2008: These are interesting times for Tom Cruise. The news of.... - Tuesday, Apr. 8, 2008: It's good to be excited about Bond again. Quantum of Solace.... - Sunday, Apr. 6, 2008: Charlton Heston has passed away at the age of 84................. - Sunday, Apr. 6, 2008: George Clooney's Leatherheads is light, old-fashioned fun..... - Saturday, Apr. 5, 2008: I've been anticipating My Blueberry Nights for a while now.... - Friday, Apr. 4, 2008: Warner Bros. has the rights to the visionary Hyperion series.... - Monday, Mar. 31, 2008: The brilliant director Jules Dassin has died at 96........ - Monday, Mar. 31, 2008: I watched Bram Stoker's Dracula with Coppola's commentary... - Sunday, Mar. 30, 2008: All those crazy Speed Racer trailers are back online at the..... - Thursday, Mar. 27, 2008: Michael Haneke is a brilliant filmmaker. His Funny Games .. - Wednesday, Mar. 26, 2008: The great Richard Widmark has passed away at 93..... - Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2008: The final trailer for Wall-E, the new Pixar animated...... - Sunday, Mar. 23, 2008: Michael Mann's Public Enemies may just be my most anticipated. - Friday, Mar. 21, 2008: There's nothing better to lift your spirits than Astaire/Rogers .... - Tuesday, Mar. 18, 2008: Oscar winning filmmaker Anthony Minghella has died.... - Monday, Mar. 17, 2008: I didn't have high expectations for the Zemeckis Beowulf .... - Thursday, Mar. 13, 2008: I went to an early screening of Pineapple Express....... - Thursday, Mar. 13, 2008: I'm still amazed by Before Sunset, the intimate classic by... - Tuesday, Mar. 11, 2008: Jean Claude Van Damme returns with JCVD .............. - Sunday, Mar. 9, 2008: I've developed a fascination of sorts with the "road movie".... - Sunday, Mar. 9, 2008: Two spectacular new trailers for the Wachowski's Speed Racer .. - Saturday, Mar. 8, 2008: Wes Anderson's Hotel Chevalier is an amusing prologue to... - Friday, Mar. 7, 2008: Snow Angels is a film with a few tremendous performances, but... - Thursday, Mar. 6, 2008: Richard Linklater is making a movie about Orson Welles.... - Tuesday, Mar. 4, 2008: I was looking at the poster for There Will Be Blood and..... - Monday, Mar. 3, 2008: Here's the trailer for George Clooney's Leatherheads......... - Monday, Mar. 3, 2008: Is Kar-Wai's My Blueberry Nights really a departure from his... - Saturday, Mar. 1, 2008: Brett Morgen's Chicago 10 is the first major film of 2008.... - Friday, Feb. 29, 2008: Geoff Boucher's tour of the amazing Skywalker Ranch....... - Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2008: The greatest decade in film history? Films of the '70s.... - Monday, Feb. 25, 2008: And here's my complete list of the best films of the '80s - Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008: Some strong choices at the 80th Academy Awards..... - Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008: Here is my complete list of the best films of the 1990's..... - Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008: With more movies seen, a second top ten list of 2007 ...... - Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008: I decided to give Aronofsky's The Fountain another look.... - Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008: Updated - Scott's predictions for the 80th Academy Awards .. - Monday, Feb. 18, 2008: Full warning, but I have to discuss the ending of In Bruges ...... - Monday, Feb. 18, 2008: The new trailer for Wong Kar Wai's My Blueberry Nights ...... - Friday, Feb. 15, 2008: We get two films this year by David Gordon Green........ - Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008: It's here. The trailer for Kingdom of the Crystal Skull....... - Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008: Some films can't really be appreciated until a second viewing - Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008: Rest In Peace Kon Ichikawa, the great director of....... - Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008: I don't usually post headlines but this is great news .... - Monday, Feb. 11, 2008: Speaking of All That Jazz, I did a little search and found.... - Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008: Rest In Peace Roy Scheider, one of the great actors of the 70s.. - Sunday, Feb. 10, 2008: I'm addicted to the Reel Geezers, one of the best shows online - Saturday, Feb. 9, 2008: Another interesting topic is Steven Spielberg's recent work... - Saturday, Feb 9, 2008: The audience reaction to No Country For Old Men's ending is.. - Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008: Who has Woody Allen cast for his next New York set comedy? - Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008: So, as of this moment, these are my ten favorite movies....... - Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2008: I wanted to post some quick thoughts on Quentin Tarantino ..... - Monday, Feb. 4, 2008: The Year My Parents Went on Vacation establishes its themes.... - Monday, Feb. 4, 2008: This past year we saw some great directors return to form...... - Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008: It's been a while since John Woo has made a real movie.......... - Saturday, Feb. 2, 2008: I've come to appreciate the visual imagination in Speed Racer..... - Friday, Feb. 1, 2008: Sight and Sound has published a great piece on Burt Lancaster - Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008: This is a great show for interesting movie info and more..... - Sunday, Jan 27, 2008: And congrats to these SAG winners for their achievements....... - Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008: Congrats to the Coen brothers for winning the dga award....... - Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008: People often talk about how films were better "back in the day" - Sunday, Jan. 27, 2008: I am still having a tough time believing this movie even exists.. - Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008: The new Bond film is titled Quantum of Solace and continues..
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