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Hausner was script girl for Haneke's "Funny Games". I liked LOURDES and would watch LITTLE JOE given the opportunity. Thanks for the review.

THE 2010s

It's the end of a decade; a time when different groups and publications poll people involved in film culture and production about the films they consider best or favorite of the decade...

Indeed. Couple of comments...

Interesting for such a sparse screenplay to be judged "Best" (Cannes). Ramsey states the film was not finished when shown there; it's revealed in her Film Comment...

I also wrote that it's a FORTY FIVE hour series when a mere 4 hours are required to watch WORMWOOD unfold. I make more mistakes now than ever, that's a fact

The word "infotainment" is mostly...

I disagree. I think he's never made a film that is not at least worth watching. Actually, I think all his films are highly accomplished. Not uneven

I did not get to watch the Errol Morris documentary about Elsa Dorfman that you liked when you reviewed it as part of the 2016 NYFF, as I would expect to find very favorable reviews about every...

I think Noah Baumbach has been one of the top 10 directors in the USA for about 20 years. If I were to make a list, you'd be surprised how many ambitious, accomplished filmmakers are left out. But...

THERE ARE NOW 7 FILMS DIRECTED BY KENJI MIZOGUCHI IN MY LIST OF FAVORITE FILMS OF ALL TIME. IT IS
THE CRUCIFIED LOVERS (1954)
which has been released by Criterion under the title A STORY FROM...

There is a consistency and developmental continuity in Kiarostami's filmography going all the way back to the 1970s. Take for example The Traveler (1974), about a boy who uses a photographic camera...

I watched "Burning" when it came out in the States and listed it at #12

What a great place to watch Kiarostami's 24 Frames. Was it a screening, or was it an installation where you can choose the...

I've experienced another film "released" in the US in early 2018 (after a Cannes 2017 premiere) that I consider among the greatest achievements in contemporary world cinema; a film that has a...

I just want to clarify. Chris, if this early Godard period amounts to your favorite period in his career, then maybe you don't really like Godard. You do seem to think of him as highly interesting...

I want to state (or re-state) how important it is the coverage of film festivals, new releases, and other events related to the culture of cinema that you provide in your reportage and film...

I think that every film school had unique tendencies depending on who was in charge and who he hired to teach. Some schools emphasized Hollywood directors more than the one you attended (I base this...

Thanks very much for this interesting post. There are some TV interviews of the actors accessible on the Criterion BR that I own. I'm interested to dig further into the relationships between the...

Zama is an easy read; and fairly short. In English (because the Spanish language version is hard to find/expensive).
I prefer Ghibli films dubbed in English, by the way. Guess I'm not always a...

I'd love to attend a stage version of "3 penny".
The version I watched in college was much shorter than the more complete, good-looking version available today. Cast and crew are top notch;
the...

Two additions to my canon of great films:

THE 3 PENNY OPERA (1931/Germany)

and

THE BIG SICK (2017/USA)

Best film of 2019 by far is SUNSET (Hungary)

I didn't mention 10k races. Just a 5k (3.1 miles) at 7 minutes per mile (under 22 minutes total). In the US, runners talk only about minutes per mile even when the races are measured in kilometers....

Danish director Nicolas Winding Refn introduced Jodorowski to the Cannes audience as the greatest living director and his cult following is large (close to a million followers on tweeter, by the way)...

Thanks for the recommendations. I'll definitely see "Long Day's" some day soon.

just kidding ;-)
There were 3 Asian films that were widely recommended in 2018. I listed 1) "Burning" and didn't think 2) "Shoplifters" was quite as special/meaningful/distinctive. I plan to watch...

No, Asian films are ugly.

Thanks Chris and Tab for the excellent reviews of movies released in 2018. As far as 2019, by far the best film i've seen is Sunset, from hungary. i have finally watched enough movies from 2018 to...

Perhaps no labour by a critic is more worthy than championing a neglected, under-appreciated movie.
UNDER THE SILVER LAKE will be available on disc on June 18th.