REVIEW: The Wrestler2008 NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL GUEST BLOGGER: FILMLINC- Darren Aronofsky, director of the virtuoso Requiem for a Dream (2000) and last behind the camera for The Fountain (2006), is striking at new ground with The Wrestler, a film of surprising compassion about the small-town circuit of professional ... read more Posted on 10/09/2008 by FCFeatures The Pleasure of Robbing CannesThe Closing Night film of the Directors' Fortnight at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival THE PLEASURE OF BEING ROBBED, opens today at the IFC Center in New York. While in Cannes, Director Josh Safdie and brother Benny took to the French Riviera streets with digital cameras in hand to search ... read morePosted on 10/03/2008 by FCFeatures Kazakh Film: Chouga and TulpanFILMCATCHER @ NYFF BLOG- Every major film festival presents a gallery of cinema offerings and possible discoveries for those curious enough to seek out unfamiliar work by international narrative-film artists and imagemakers. The New York Film Festival may play it safe by screening films that already have theatrical distribution, like ... read more Posted on 09/06/2008 by FCFeatures REVIEW: AFTERSCHOOLGUEST BLOGGER MIKE D'ANGELO Remember in Mulholland Dr. when that creepy dude points at the headshot and says, flatly, "This is the girl"? Try to imagine me heavier and much more intimidating as I tell you with equally unshakable certitude: This is the film. All of 23 years ...
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BLOG: FilmCatcher @ NYFFBRINGING IT ALL BACK HOME- Posted on 09/02/2008 by FCFeatures New InterviewsNowhere Now: The Ballad of Joshua Tree: An interview with Don DiNicola Joshua Tree, the high desert community outside Los Angeles, has become a mecca for exciting musical voices. How the particularities of this place—its history and traditions, its isolation from urban centers, and its unique atmosphere and community—have ... read more Posted on 08/25/2008 by FCFeatures Don't Hate the Playa, Hate the GameAn interview with director Jessica Yu: In PING PONG PLAYA, Christopher "C-dub" Wang is a suburban guy who sports an urban swagger, waxes political on all things Asian American, and clings to pipe dreams of a career as a pro basketball player. Blaming genetics for his failure to make ... read more Posted on 08/22/2008 by FCFeatures Being McDowell Means Never Having to Say You're SorryAn interview with actor Malcolm McDowell: NEVER APOLOGIZE, the documentary of Malcolm McDowell’s celebration of Lindsay Anderson, their times and their colleagues, is a unique hybrid of film, theater and literature. It has been selected for presentation in the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, Cannes Classics section, where it will ... read more Posted on 08/22/2008 by FCFeatures From Sundance to the Cinema: Trouble the WaterAn interview with directors Tia Lessin and Carl Deal: How is it that Hurricane Katrina managed to revolutionize American attitudes about the environment, but somehow the very people most devastated by the storm have become refugees in their own country, and their experiences have been all but forgotten? In ... read more Posted on 08/15/2008 by FCFeatures New InterviewsFLOW: For the Love of Water: An interview with director Irina Salina: Under the cover of darkness, African plumbers secretly reconnect shantytown water pipes to ensure a community’s survival. A California scientist exposes toxic public water supplies. A “water guru” promotes community-based initiatives to provide water throughout India. The ... read more Posted on 08/15/2008 by FCFeatures |
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