Well, Arthur Penn died. He was of course a great director. And of course everyone will be talking about how great Bonnie and Clyde (1967) is—and it is great. It’s one of the most important of American films; along with John Boorman’s Point Blank (1967), it essentially kick-started 1970s cinema, and that decade’s auteur-driven New [...]
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Arthur Penn’s Night Moves
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Annie Hall, Arthur Penn, Éric Rohmer, Billy Wilder, Bonnie and Clyde, Days of Heaven, Don't Look Now, Ernst Lubitsch, Francis Ford Coppola, Gene Hackman, John Boorman, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Melanie Griffith, My Night at Maud's, Nicolas Roeg, Night Moves, Point Blank, Robert Altman, Roger Ebert, Ross Macdonald, The Conversation, The Long Goodbye, The New Hollywood, Wes Anderson, William Wyler on September 30, 2010 | 10 Comments »
My Favorite New Movies of 2009
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Agnès Varda, Andrzej Wajda, Antichrist, Bill Murray, Bradley Beesley, Bright Star, Bruno Delbonnel, Chaos Reigns, Chris Marker, Christian Petzold, Christmas on Mars, Christoph Waltz, David Mamet, David Yates, Fanny Brawne, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Frank Miller, George Salisbury, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Hayao Miyazaki, Il Divo, Inglourious Basterds, J.J. Abrams, Jane Campion, Jerichow, John Keats, Katyń, Lars von Trier, Les Plages d’Agnès, Mike Stoklasa, Nicolas Roeg, Nightwatching, Oren Peli, Paolo Sorrentino, Paranormal Activity, Peter Greenaway, Ponyo, Puffball, Quentin Tarantino, Redbelt, Rembrandt, Richard Kelly, Ricky Jay, Rita Tushingham, sexism, Star Trek, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace Review, The Beaches of Agnes, The Box, The Spirit, torture porn, Tsai Ming-Liang, Visage (Face), Watchmen, Wayne Coyne, Wes Anderson, Whatever Works, Woody Allen, Zack Snyder on December 31, 2009 | 21 Comments »
[Update: 2010 is here] [and 2011 is here] Here are my favorite new movies of 2009, like you care. I’m drawing from the films I saw in the theater this year, some of which were “officially” released a year or two ago. But they’re all new. …So, Mr. Cranky, what did you like?
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Authors
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John Madera
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John Dermot Woods
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Ryan W. Bradley
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Michael Leong
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Greg Gerke
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Stacy Muszynski
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A D Jameson
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Tim Jones-Yelvington
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Rachel Swirsky
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Edward Mullany
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Aya Karpinska
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Paul Kincaid
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davis schneiderman
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Amber Sparks
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Tim Horvath
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John Domini
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Elaine Castillo
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Curtis White
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Paula Bomer
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James Tadd Adcox
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Nick Francis Potter
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Brian Kubarycz
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Gabriel Blackwell
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Janey Smith
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Matty Byloos
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J/J Hastain
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Greg Hunter
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Jeff Bursey
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Paul Griffin
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Chris Lites
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