Against auteurism, which helps explain Dardennes fatigue. They have been repeating a formula lately. Also Bela Tarr's Turin Horse. He explains very clearly why. (Delorme is a he not a she. )
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Against auteurism, which helps explain Dardennes fatigue. They have been repeating a formula lately. Also Bela Tarr's Turin Horse. He explains very clearly why. (Delorme is a he not a she. )
Oscar,
I recommend the recent interview with Cahiers du Cinema's editor Stéphane Delorme in 'Bomb' by Nicholas Elliott. He talks about Miguel Gomes and of course lots of other directors and...
The title is OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST (see SFIFF 2009 listing). No, I have not seen itm though it is available on DVD from Netflix. Porguguese films neglected? Well, there is João Botelho. I...
Another "final" message from the SFIFF organizers. I've re-inserted all the links so you can read up on the winners.
Note, the folloiwing is just a festival publicity release, which I've pared down. It is interesting for the information about money rainssed, attendance, and some of the films that drew attention...
FSLC Dardennes retrospective.
"Born and raised in the Belgian town of Seraing, outside of Liège, Jean-Pierre (b. 1951) and his younger brother Luc (b. 1954) Dardenne studied drama and philosophy,...
Thanks, that's very kind of you to say. I'm around, I've just not been able to go to this festival because it began four days after my surgery. In fact therre were commercial but SFIFF-related...
Some of the SFIFF awards are in now. I wish i could have seen these.....I can only read about them, for now.
It was arthroscopic and I'm recovering nicely. Still restricting my walking a bit though, but there was minimal swelling, no bruise marks, incisions closed without leakage, and the physical therapy...
I think it will be arthroscopic, yes. I'll report how it goes.
I'm going to have to cancel plans for covering the SFIFF this year due to surgery. It's just a torn meniscus, but it has to be done now, I can only walk a little, and can't drive at all, and the...
The festival has listed online this year's thirteen SFIFF52 Golden Gate Award Feature Documentary Competition Films. (Click on the link for full details.)
Many of them are political.
For...
Let me know, of course, if you have a chance and as you did last year, of any other titles among the SFIFF selections that seem to you especially to be "must-sees."
Yes making links is...
An Introduction to SFIFF 2009is up now in the Festival Coverage section and will be found here.
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Today (March 31, 2009) was the press...
San Francisco International Film Festival 2009
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Here is one of the early previews from the San Francisco Film Society:
52ND [2009] SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL...