Kevin Lee
DAILY | More Fall Previews
Some seasonal previews, such as Time Out New York‘s guide to the “30 most exciting fall films to keep your eye on” and Marke B.‘s …
DAILY | Gilliam on THE ZERO THEOREM; THE MASTER in SF
Terry Gilliam’s back. As we noted last week, with his on-again, off-again Don Quixote project off again, he’s put together a new project which he’ll …
DAILY | Toronto 2012 Lineup, Last Round
The Toronto International Film Festival began rolling out titles lined up for the 2012 edition (September 6 through 16) almost exactly a month ago now, …
DAILY | NYFF 50 Lineup, Sidebars, Round 1
Last week, the New York Film Festival unveiled its main slate for the 50th anniversary edition, running from September 28 through October 14. Now the …
Scenes: JERICHOW
Like many great dramas, Christian Petzold’s Jerichow begins with a tense story already in motion. The film’s opening moments, brimming with silent glances, stoic …
DAILY | Phyllis Diller, 1917 – 2012
The party crasher would become the life of the party “Phyllis Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at herself, …
DAILY | First Fall Previews
New York‘s annual “Fall Preview” issue is out this week, but before poking around in it, I want to point out a piece Jonathan Chait: …
DAILY | Tony Scott, 1944 – 2012
Scott wore that red baseball cap nearly everywhere “Tony Scott, the director of such high-octane blockbusters as Top Gun and Days of Thunder, jumped to …
Christophe Honoré: New Wave Love Songs
Christophe Honoré takes as many cues from the Czech New Wave as the French. “I am trying to invent new forms in which lightness and …
DAILY | Cronenberg and COSMOPOLIS
We gathered a first round of reviews of David Cronenberg’s Cosmopolis back in May when it premiered at Cannes, but of course, whipping up a …