Kevin Lee
Bold and BELOVED
Singing in the rain: ‘Beloved’s’ characters begin on a cheerful note. With his latest musical, Beloved, Christophe Honoré has created something never really seen before …
DAILY | Yet More on PTA’s THE MASTER
The latest poster Yesterday, we made note of a few initial reactions to Thursday night’s screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master in Chicago. Today, …
A ‘Useful’ Guide to Uruguayan Film
Uruguay’s ‘A Useful Life’ celebrates, mourns film exhibition. A Useful Life is the kind of film that makes applying a concept like “progress” to an …
DAILY | THE MASTER, Noir, Feuillade, and More
We begin in Chicago, where, last night, the Music Box Theatre presented Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master (trailer)—well ahead of its screenings in Venice and …
DAILY | NYFF 50 Lineup, Main Slate
“A whopping 32 films comprise the Main Slate lineup for the 50th New York Film Festival,” announces the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s Eugene Hernandez. …
Scenes: CHARLOTTE RAMPLING: THE LOOK
“We’re constantly moving, we’re constantly changing. What doesn’t change is that sparkle you find behind someone’s eyes.” So observes the eternally captivating Charlotte Rampling, …
DAILY | Sight & Sound Critics Poll: Complete and Interactive
At some point back in May, I decided that Stanley Kubrick’s ‘Barry Lyndon’ (1975) would receive my vote for Greatest Film of All Time. 24 …
DAILY | Reverse Shot on Color
“For our 32nd Reverse Shot symposium, we return to our ongoing project of looking deeper into cinema by boiling it down to its constituent parts,” …
DAILY | Toronto 2012 Lineup, Wavelengths
“Daring, visionary and autonomous voices. Films that expand our notions of cinema.” Such is the promise held out by the Wavelengths program at this year’s …
DAILY | Toronto 2012 Lineup, Future Projections
“Taking the moving image from the cinema to the gallery—and beyond.” That’ll be the tagline of the Future Projections section of this year’s Toronto International …