To mark the 10th anniversary of 9/11, The New York Times asked eight artists in disciplines ranging from dance to film to talk about how that day and its aftermath have informed their work and lives.
USA Today's Susan Wloszczyna on Roger Ebert finding his voice in Life Itself.
Reverse Shotwrestles with "the worst" films of all time.
According to Matt Zoller Seitz, there's more to the office than The Office.
Kristin Thompson explores a D.W. Griffith biograph film.
Nick Davis anticipates his fall 2011 movie-watching season.
For MUBI, Daniel Kasman, David Phelps, and Dan Sallitt talk silent Naruse.
Surprise victory in New York invigorates Democrats looking to 2012.
This is not a Sarah Palin event:
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From Cannes, the critics are digging Woody Allen's latest. We'll see, later today, if they're right.
There are reports that Sarah Palin may have done some good things as governor.
For Film Comment, David Bordwell wonders why cinephiles and academics can't just get along.
Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the Rooftop Films summer series launches this Friday.
Via MUBI, a blast from the critical past: Erich von Stroheim's review of Citizen Kane.
Emmanuel Lubezki discusses how film is an important aspect of Terrence Malick's cinema.
A video essay by Matt Zoller Seitz on Terrence Malick's Badlands:
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President Obama releases "long form" birth certificate.
Is Chris Colfer a genius? Matt Zoller Seitz thinks so.
The death toll from severe storms that punished five Southern U.S. states jumped to a staggering 178 Thursday after Alabama canvassed its hard-hit counties for a new tally of lives lost.
The Drama League nominations were announced yesterday in New York.
Pitchforkreviews Tindersticks's Claire Denis Film Scores 1996-2009. (Related: More from Dennis Lim.)
South Africa photographer Sam Nzima honored for Soweto photo.
Chris Matthews smacks down a couple of birther fucks:
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For Matt Zoller Seitz, Big Love's big, clumsy, bloody finale demanded a second viewing.
Joseph-Gordon Levitt may be playing Alberto Falcone in The Dark Knight Rises.
Taylor Anderson could be the first known American victim in the Japan disaster.
The New York Times's online pay model was years in the making.
The U.S.-led assault in Libya nears goal, but over at The New Republic, a case against the attack.
In the latest episode of Sarah Palin Follies, the likely presidential hopeful possibly thinks Bethlehem is in Israel.
Seamus Murphy's newest video for PJ Harvey:
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Leonardo DiCaprio to rival Nic Cage as the King of Losing His Shit:
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When Sarah Palin's new video message regarding the controversy surrounding the assassination attempt of Democratic congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was released today, I couldn't help but think of Osama Bin Laden. Some will no doubt be tempted to stop reading right here, and dismiss this as the rant of some partisan lefty. A lefty I am, and I make no bones about it, but hear me out. Bin Laden doesn't just release one of his cave messages to the West following a terrorist attack for which he's responsible; he often chimes in after any notable calamity, claiming tacit responsibility or pointing a figure at the consequences of American imperialism.
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Is it fair to say that many of us attach no actual "nostalgia," in the strictest sense of the word, to the singles of the 1990s?
The Directors Guild of America has announced their nominees for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film for 2010, opting for David O. Russell over the Coens, and the American Society of Cinematographers has an inexplicable thing for Danny Cohen.
The Reverse Shot gang gives us its two cents. Mad props to their giving mad props to underdogs Let Me In, Frozen, and The Anchorage, as well as to True Grit's fantastic, moving ending.
In the wake of Saturday's tragic shooting in Arizona, Chicago newsman Bill Kurtis speaks from the heart about his late son's mental illness.
And will the tragedy be a defining moment for Sarah Palin? Not if FOX News has anything to say about it:
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This episode was recorded a scant two weeks ago, way back when the Claire Denis retro was winding down at IFC Center. I was in town to celebrate Thrashgiving and get down with all my friends—coincidentally when the Golan/Globus series was about to start at Lincoln Center.
But who cares about that? They're all over. So instead: for this podcast we grabbed Michael Tully, writer-director-Terps fan (and now, Park City bound for Sundance 2011) to open up about his beloved team the night before they played in the Coaches Versus Cancer series at the Garden. But we also go over the $13 cost of Tully and Vadim's cinephilia while ignoring any four-hour long Taiwanese films. Mainly we marvel at U.S. Go Home's use of pop music along with the film festival standard of—as Tully describes it—"the 90-minute thing." And in return, we remember a simpler time when Kelly Reichardt made THE SLOWEST CREDITS SEQUENCE EVER for Wendy and Lucy just to eke into "feature-length" status—not to mention a surprising addition to this trope from Wes Craven.
We do go into the art of dealing with your independent film, talk a bit about how Putty Hill's recent sound woes and background music can be the unofficial knee capper of most independent film.
But join us in our SUPER DUPER EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW Q&A CHAT INTERVIEW SUNDANCE 2011 TALK WITH MICHAEL TULLY SUCK ON THAT NIKKI FINKE (j/k, while we knew about the film, this was recorded before the announcement of his film being accepted into Sundance 2011. Congrats, dude.)
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The trailer for Catherine Hardwicke's upcoming adaptation of Red Riding Hood contains a snippet of a new Fever Ray track:
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Links for the Day: Midnight in Paris Early Raves, Emmanuel Lubezki Interview, Cinephiles vs. Academics, & More
by Ed Gonzalez on May 11th, 2011 at 11:40 am in Links for the Day
From Cannes, the critics are digging Woody Allen's latest. We'll see, later today, if they're right.
There are reports that Sarah Palin may have done some good things as governor.
For Film Comment, David Bordwell wonders why cinephiles and academics can't just get along.
Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, the Rooftop Films summer series launches this Friday.
Via MUBI, a blast from the critical past: Erich von Stroheim's review of Citizen Kane.
Emmanuel Lubezki discusses how film is an important aspect of Terrence Malick's cinema.
A video essay by Matt Zoller Seitz on Terrence Malick's Badlands:
Links for the Day: A collection of links to items that we hope will spark discussion. We encourage our readers to submit candidates for consideration to ed@slantmagazine.com and to converse in the comments section.
Tags: Badlands, Citizen Kane, David Bordwell, Emmanuel Lubezki, Erich von Stroheim, Film Comment, Matt Zoller Seitz, Midnight in Paris, Mubi, Rooftop Films, Sarah Palin, Terrence Malick, The Atlantic, Woody Allen
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