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The Hedgehog (Le hérisson)
The Hedgehog (Le hérisson) opens in select US markets on Friday August 19, expanding over the following weeks. Check your local listings. The Hedgehog (Le hérisson) (Director: Mona Achache): Based on the best-selling novel The Elegance of the Hedgehog by … Continue reading
Projections
While browsing a downtown used book emporium this afternoon, I chanced upon and scooped up the first two issues of Faber & Faber’s film annual Projections. Founded by film director John Boorman and Faber Film editorial director Walter Donohue as … Continue reading
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Paris 1919
Editor’s Note: I’ve decided to begin posting some reviews of films screening at Hot Docs 2009 early, hopefully helping anyone attending make some decisions about what to see. Paris 1919 is screening on Friday May 1 at 7:00pm and Sunday … Continue reading
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Pauline Kael on Young Filmmakers
I’ve been dipping into Pauline Kael’s Deeper Into Movies lately and came across this delicious quote: There’s a good deal to be said for finding your way to moviemaking—as most of the early directors did—after living for some years in … Continue reading
X Films: True Confessions of a Radical Filmmaker
I came across the writing of indie director Alex Cox about a year ago in Film Comment magazine, where he writes a regular column. I’d only seen a couple of his films and had no real idea of what his … Continue reading