* About twenty minutes into my first viewing of this utterly beguiling film, observing the bizarre behavior of one of its lead characters Georges Palet (an exquisite performance by André…
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The great Alain Resnais at the New York Film Festival press conference for his latest film, the mind-blowing Wild Grass. Alternating between French and English, the maestro held forth on the…
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On the one hand, Lars von Trier's new provocation, Antichrist, often seems hardly worth the trouble of discussing. Its opening—that is, its opening once you get past the ostentatious title…
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This week I'm attending a lot of press screenings for the New York Film Festival, which I'll be covering mostly for The Auteurs', starting soon. This morning I'll be seeing…
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Okay, it's "too soon," and yeah, I'm a bit tired, but, still...here's my Facebook page update as of now: "Resnais' Wild Grass is a whacked-out masterpiece with an ending worthy…
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No, I didn't go this year, again. But I figured you inferred that. But I have seen at least three of the 300-plus pictures screening in the Great White North,…
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