[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
For many people, myself included, 2008 was a pretty dire year. Some of us lost jobs, some of us lost money, some of us lost both, and nearly all of us experienced, to some degree, the ramifications of...
Time (Free subscription) | 12/19/2008
An austere, masterly movie that chronicles a year in the life of a French schoolmaster and his fractious classroom
Libertarian Democrat Point Of View (Free subscription) | 12/18/2008
Le Notti Bianche was based upon a short story by Dostoevsky. It's a gem. You can read about it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Nights_(short_story) It is also, oddly, the basis of another one of my favorite films. Here's the other version I love:
Time (Free subscription) | 12/18/2008
An austere, masterly movie that chronicles a year in the life of a French schoolmaster and his fractious classroom
Film of the Year (Free subscription) | 12/17/2008
Strictly speaking, a silhouette shot is a shot in which the object in the forground is darker than the background. In cinema, skillful manipulation of lighting can greatly vary the brightness between forground and background objects and produce a dynamic range that affects our viewing experience. A semi-silhouette shot is...
Shooting Down Pictures (Free subscription) | 12/13/2008
Bill over at They Shoot Pictures Don’t They? has been gathering more top ten lists from passionate film lovers throughout this year and applying them to the master list. He informs me that a new December 2008 update to the 1000 Greatest Films is due any day. Upon seeing last December’s updated list, I made an [...]
Martin Klasch (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
Pickpocket (1959) ephemera assemblyman: Robert Bresson Film Posters ---
T cry foul over this lance. (Free subscription) | 12/09/2008
We've got a lot of weapons. The time or date Belize channel 5 news reflects when an article was added to Google News. They range from Robert Bresson to David Gordon Green. Be the first person in the know. For the first couple of years he was gone it was really open and no one wanted to take Eio vacuum in the race, everyone was a bit scared to show their cards. The Tigers, who have clinched their fifth...
Jessica Schneider (Free subscription) | 12/04/2008
Watched an interesting film last night--one that I've been wanting to see for a while. The Robert Bresson film Mouchette . This, and his film Au Hasard Balthazar are his two most famous. You can read Anthony's thoughts on the other film here . Anyhow, many critics like to compare the two films because they both deal with "cruelty," though the difference is that the donkey in Au Hasard Balthazar is...
Some Came Running (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
From my e-mail file:To: Gene "Gene, The Dancing Machine" NewmanEditorial DirectorHachette DigitalFrom: Glenn KennyDear Gene (if I may call you Gene), I was having a bite with my buddy Andrew "Filmbrain" Grant the other day, and he said to me,...
Nick's Flick Picks (Free subscription) | 12/01/2008
Together at last! I'm loving it. You know the drill from yesterday . Click the images. See the movies. Love them. That's right, love them. Justify my love.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
To commemorate the 10th anniversary of Rialto Pictures, the Criterion Collection has released a boxed set of 10 Rialto films.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/30/2008
Something old, something new: Makers of DVD boxed sets in 2008 continued to try to stand out in a crowded market by relying on eye-grabbing packaging. The "Transformers Special Edition," for instance, comes in an elaborate mechanical box that can be shaped...
Donal Foreman (Free subscription) | 11/27/2008
Gerry Canavan: Žižek writes of “the infinite adaptability of capitalism which, in the case of an acute ecological catastrophe or crisis can easily turn ecology into a new field of capitalist investment and competition”—but such glib if backhanded praise of the market only works to obscure the fact that the efficient functioning of the market system [...]
ScrippsNews (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
"10 YEARS OF RIALTO PICTURES." (1949-2000. NOT RATED. THE CRITERION COLLECTION. $149.95. 10 DISCS.) read more
