Kevin Lee
DAILY | Toronto 2012 Lineup, Contemporary World Cinema
The Toronto International Film Festival‘s rolling out an overwhelming number of titles for this year’s edition today. Now that the lineups are complete for the …
DAILY | Toronto 2012 Lineup, Round 3
Adding over 75 titles to the list of films previously announced in the first and second rounds, the Toronto International Film Festival has now completed …
DAILY | Jean Rouch, Lillian Gish, Terry Gilliam, More
“For the first time,” announces Eugene Hernandez for the Film Society of Lincoln Center, “the New York Film Festival will open with a 3D film …
Drama, in the Genes
At the heart of ‘XXY’ is an emotional, improvised, and at times visceral process. A father sits at the bedside of his child and, when …
DAILY | Global Queer Cinema—and New Books
Early next month, a website will be launched for Global Queer Cinema, an international academic research network project funded by the UK’s Arts and Humanities …
Just a Performance?
About Cherry turned heads on the film festival circuit this year, from Berlin to San Francisco, and not just because of its envelope-pushing content. It’s …
DAILY | Bright Lights 77
New issue! Along with another round of stimulating essays and reviews—Alan Vanneman on Charlie Chaplin and Fred Astaire, John Engle on Abdellatif Kechiche, Michael Blancato …
DAILY | Golden Leopard for Jean-Claude Brisseau’s THE GIRL FROM NOWHERE
Jean-Claude Brisseau in Locarno The Jury for the Concorso international (International Competition) for the 65th Festival del film Locarno, led by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (the other …
DAILY | Chantal Akerman’s ALMAYER’S FOLLY
“Almayer’s Folly, the great Belgian-born film-artist Chantal Akerman‘s first narrative feature in seven years (playing New York for a week at Anthology Film Archives), is …
DAILY| Claude Sautet’s MAX ET LES FERRAILLEURS
“Released in France in 1971, Max et les Ferrailleurs is receiving a belated and welcome American opening at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center, the …