Kevin Lee
DAILY | Antonioni, Todd Haynes, and More
“Much as Flaubert’s novels and Beethoven’s symphonies, concertos and string quartets are continually regenerated by way of the new directions they paved, and the new …
DAILY | Alison Klayman’s AI WEIWEI: NEVER SORRY
“Brilliant. It was very, very well done.” Of all the commentary out there on Danny Boyle’s opening ceremony for the London 2012 Olympics, Ai Weiwei‘s …
DAILY | Hitchcock, Wenders, Herzog, and More
Tomer Hanuka’s new poster for ‘Vertigo’ “From many spheres—musical, literary, pictorial—and from various places—British, German, Italian, American, Russian—the footprints of romanticism can be detected in …
Sweet Returns in the Search for ‘Sugar Man’
‘Searching for Sugar Man’ travels to South Africa to get the real story of ‘lost’ singer-songwriter Rodriguez. Truth is stranger than fiction (or so it …
Whatever Happened to the Class of 1984?
‘Louder, Faster, Shorter’ provides a rare live glimpse of legendary Bay Area acts Avengers, The Mutants and The Dils, among others. Not long ago editors …
DAILY | Trailer for Koji Wakamatu’s THE MILLENNIAL RAPTURE
“Japanese cult director Koji Wakamatsu‘s third film project for 2012!” exclaims Wildgrounds. “The Millennial Rapture is an adaptation of a Kenji Nakagami novel, Sennen no …
DAILY | Trailer for Tykwer + Wachowskis’ CLOUD ATLAS
An epic trailer for what looks to be an epic adaptation of David Mitchell’s award-winning novel, which, as Wikipedia puts it, “consists of six nested …
DAILY | Venice 2012 Competition Lineup
Quite a week for lineup announcements. Just days ago, we learned that Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist, screening out of competition, will open the 69th …
DAILY | Susanne Lothar, 1960 – 2012
Susanne Lothar was only 51 German actress Susanne Lothar, probably best known internationally for her work with Michael Haneke, has died far too young at …
DAILY | Senses of Cinema 63, HEAVEN’S GATE Restored, and More
Following yesterday’s sudden flurry of lineup announcements from Toronto and Venice, we can finally get around to noting that there’s a new issue out from …