Funerals & Snakes

Dec 09 2009

"Nine"

By Glenn Kenny Movies, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

Believe me, no one was more surprised than myself not to have hated this movie. Consider what it doesn't have going for it. Its director, Rob Marshall, was behind two…

Dec 08 2009

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"The Lovely Bones"

By Glenn Kenny Asides, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

For those so inclined, I remind them that an interview with Peter Jackson, featuring reader-generated questions, and conducted by myself, is up now at The Auteurs' Notebook, here. I've mentioned…

Dec 08 2009

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Arrrrr.

By Glenn Kenny DVD, Movies, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

The final leg of my assessment of the lesser Polanskis (and "leg" seems apt, as we were only assessing two) is up at The Auteurs'. It's the Foreign Region DVD…

Dec 08 2009

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Jackson action

By Glenn Kenny Asides, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

My friends at The Auteurs' asked me to moderate a phone interview with director Peter Jackson, using questions suggested by various members of the Auteurs' community, and pegged to his…

Dec 07 2009

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Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #8: "The Man Who Cheated Himself," directed by Felix Feist

By Glenn Kenny Critics, DVD, Movies, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

After a one-week engagement at The Auteurs', this soon-to-be-concluded feature returns to its home. (Now's as good a time as any to beg, once again, any readers with a line…

Dec 07 2009

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Akira

By Glenn Kenny Asides, Some Came Running by Glenn Kenny

There's this massive Akira Kurosawa box set coming our way; it might not be for everybody, but it sure is something else. I look at Criterion's "25 Films By Akira…

"Nine"

"The Lovely Bones"

Arrrrr.

Jackson action

Manny Farber's best films of 1951, #8: "The Man Who Cheated Himself," directed by Felix Feist

Akira

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