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DAILY | Marvin Hamlisch, 1944 – 2012
Marvin Hamlisch “The composer Marvin Hamlisch, who wrote the scores for films and shows including The Sting and A Chorus Line, has died in Los …
Friends Forever: Rashida Jones and Will McCormack
‘Celeste and Jesse Forever’ mines pain in the rom-com format. Rashida Jones and Will McCormack have been touring in promotion of the film they wrote …
DAILY | Film-Philosophy, PTA’s THE MASTER, and More
If you tuned out over this late summer weekend, more power to you. There are, though, a few things you need to be aware of …
Scenes: A TOUT DE SUITE
Ever since she made her film debut at 14 in La Puce, filmmakers and viewers alike have been fascinated by Isild Le Besco’s face. …
DAILY | Marilyn, 50 Years Gone
Marilyn “Other movie stars act the part of themselves, more or less convincingly,” writes John Banville for the Guardian. “Marilyn created a wholly other version …
DAILY | Locarno 2012
Poster for Locarno 65 The 65th Festival del film Locarno opened on Wednesday and runs through next Saturday, and while coverage in English has been …
DAILY | FREE RADICALS, “Bastards of Hitch,” and More
“With the loss of several admired avant-garde filmmakers in the past few years, Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film arrives as a welcome paean …
DAILY | Bresson, Sautet, Kaurismäki, and More
So far this week, we’ve lost Chris Marker and Gore Vidal and Sight & Sound has begun rolling out the results of its once-every-ten-years “Greatest …
The Battle of Tehran: Jafar Panahi Speaks
‘The White Balloon’ kicks off a BFI retrospective honoring the incarcerated Iranian director banned from making films. Hopefully we still have not forgotten that the …
Video: Two Selections for the Sight & Sound Greatest Films Poll
A long-anticipated event for many a film geek, the newest edition of the Sight & Sound Film Poll was announced today. Conducted only once every …