Kevin Lee

‘Beasts of the Southern Wild’ “It might seem churlish to critique this engaging film on political grounds,” writes Kelly Candaele for the Los Angeles Review …

Mel Stuart on the set of ‘Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory’ Right there on the front page of the Mel Stuart Productions site you’ll …

“Like John Carpenter, who’s featured on the B Side of the Reader this week,” begins the J.R. Jones, and we should mention that he’s referring …

The career of Doris Wishman defies belief. She was one of the most prolific woman filmmakers of all time, making 30 features over four decades …

The Quay Brothers reanimated after a 10-year hiatus with their second feature, ‘Piano Tuner of Earthquakes.’ Few filmmakers venture into the outer reaches of the …

The San Francisco Film Society announced yesterday that Ted Hope would be its new executive director: “In a surprise move, the veteran film producer and …

‘The Call of Cthulhu’ is as entertaining as it is earnest. Because it’s so many things to so many people, cinema is filthy with secret …

Kurt Maetzig (DEFA) The German wires are reporting that the wife of Kurt Maetzig has told the Leipziger Volkszeitung that the filmmaker who had such …

Dustin Hoffman, photographed by Bryan Adams in 2006 Alan Dale opens his profile of Dustin Hoffman, who turns 75 today, with, naturally, a few words …

Thanks to tweets from Catherine Grant, Adrian Martin, and Girish Shambu, there’s quite a lot of reading, browsing, listening, and viewing to highlight today. For …