Kevin Lee
The Art of Filmmaking: William Friedkin
With Matthew McConaughey tearing up the screen in ‘Killer Joe,’ who needs CGI? I came of age, cinematically and otherwise, in the 1970s. It’s a …
DAILY | Trailer for Ang Lee’s LIFE OF PI
Based on the novel by Yann Martel, with a screenplay by David Magee, Ang Lee’s Life of Pi looks to be a welcome sort of …
DAILY | Venice Days + Critics’ Week 2012 Lineups and Trailers
“The Venice Film Festival’s independently run Venice Days [August 30 through September 8], modeled on Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, has unveiled its lineup of 10 pics, …
DAILY | Toronto 2012 Lineup, Round 1
The big, big surprise in the first round of titles headed for the Toronto International Film Festival, as reported by Jennie Punter in Variety and …
Scenes: POETRY
Let’s talk about sex. More so, let’s talk about how a particular sex scene in one film underscores so much of what has been …
DAILY | Mira Nair to open Venice 2012
Riz Ahmed in Mira Nair’s ‘The Reluctant Fundamentalist’ The Venice Film Festival has announced that Mira Nair’s The Reluctant Fundamentalist will open its 69th edition …
Notes on ROCK HUDSON’S HOME MOVIES
Eric Farr (right) stands alongside the title character in ‘Rock Hudson’s Home Movies.’ Rock Hudson’s Home Movies is a collage film, in which the ‘found …
DAILY | After Aurora
“Shoot up a KenTaco Hut or a Dunkin’ Donuts, in standard suburban-nutjob fashion, and you get two or three days of news coverage, tops,” writes …
Making THE CONNECTION
A new look at Shirley Clarke’s ‘The Connection’ brings a key censorship controversy into close relief. “Illegal drug traffic must never be presented.” So states …
DAILY | Filmmaker’s 25 New Faces, John Woo’s Hong Kong, and More
The 15th edition of Filmmaker‘s “25 New Faces of Independent Film” actually features 37 new faces—directors, producers, cinematographers, screenwriters, actors—and it’s a pretty international and …