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Auteurs Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Text and subtext in Eastwood's "Invictus"

So. Variety's Todd McCarthy and Newsweek's David Ansen have gone ahead and ignored a studio-imposed…

Glenn KennyNovember 28, 2009

Auteurs DVD Great Art Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"The heavenly electricity:" Douglas Sirk's "Summer Storm" (1944)

This, recently released on DVD, really is a must-see, a terrific piece of cinematic storytelling…

Glenn KennyNovember 20, 2009

Auteurs Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"The Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans"

Don't let the juxtaposition of Nicolas Cage and the Virgin Mary seen above fool you:…

Glenn KennyNovember 17, 2009

Auteurs Critics Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #5: "The Prowler," directed by Joseph Losey

Last week's installment, including links to previous weeks, here.Farber: "A tabloid melodrama of sex and…

Glenn KennyNovember 15, 2009

Aesthetics Auteurs Movies Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

"Fantastic Mr. Fox"

One of the consolations of art is that it can be used to remake the…

Glenn KennyNovember 11, 2009

Auteurs Critics DVD Great Art Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #4: 'The Thing From Another World," directed (it is said) by Christian Nyby

Previous installments here, here, and here.Farber: "Howard Hawks's science-fiction quickie directed by Christian Nyby; fast, crisp…

Glenn KennyNovember 8, 2009

Auteurs DVD Great Art Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Images of the day, 11/4/09

From the furious climax of Don Siegel's spectacular 1958 The Lineup, one of the crown jewels…

Glenn KennyNovember 4, 2009

Auteurs DVD Great Art Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

The Mabuse hour...

Over at The Auteurs', some reflections on one of the biggest DVD events of the…

Glenn KennyNovember 3, 2009

Auteurs Awesomeness Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Bearded in his own den

Here's Dominique Thomas and Ella Creton in Catherine Breillat's imaginative, provocative, shocking, and hilarious adaptation…

Glenn KennyOctober 31, 2009

Auteurs DVD Hilarity Just images Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Image of the day, 10/29/09 (Special "Well, THAT isn't very nice" Edition)

A ballsy Georges Marchal gives his greetings to the local authorities in Death in the…

Glenn KennyOctober 29, 2009

Auteurs

Text and subtext in Eastwood's "Invictus"

"The heavenly electricity:" Douglas Sirk's "Summer Storm" (1944)

"The Bad Lieutenant: Port Of Call New Orleans"

Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #5: "The Prowler," directed by Joseph Losey

"Fantastic Mr. Fox"

Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #4: 'The Thing From Another World," directed (it is said) by Christian Nyby

Images of the day, 11/4/09

The Mabuse hour...

Bearded in his own den

Image of the day, 10/29/09 (Special "Well, THAT isn't very nice" Edition)

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