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by Eric Kohn
Anti-semitism lurks in unsuspecting places, but only to those who seek it out. Defamation , Yoav Shamir's provocative documentary, released in select theaters last week, conveys at least that much. But Shamir goes one step further, arguing that awareness of the eponymous ...
Movies
If you know actor Michael Shannon by name, chances are it's because of his searing, Oscar-nominated performance as head-case John Givings in last year's Revolutionary Road . Yet the Kentucky-born Brooklynite has brought his tower presence and curious intensity to dozens of projects, most ...
Movies
by Jeffrey M. Anderson
The Exiles
directed by Kent MacKenzie
1961, 72 minutes, USA
Milestone Films
Most people have probably never heard of Kent MacKenzie's historically and culturally essential film The Exiles (1961). Some clips of it surfaced in Thom Andersen 's ...
Celebrities
The City
Killer of Sheep
From the official website of valiant filmmaker Werner Herzog 's delightfully bonkers new feature, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans , which should not be called a remake of Abel Ferrara 's grimy 1992 cult classic :
Nicolas Cage plays a rogue detective who is as devoted to his job ...
Celebrities
Werner Herzog
Nicolas Cage
by Vadim Rizov
Fantastic Mr. Fox is Wes Anderson 's sixth feature and third to be pre-judged as a "Wes Anderson" filmâa calcified pejorative often bearing little relation to what the movies are actually like. A "Wes Anderson movie," we're given to understand, is a series of ...
Movies
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson
Spread
directed by David Mackenzie
2009, 97 minutes, USA
Anchor Bay Films
Maybe it's a misnomer to hail an Ashton Kutcher indie vehicle the week's highest recommendation (the case certainly won't be made here that it's more or less worthwhile viewing than Up , Lake Tahoe or ...
Movies
David Mackenzie
Ashton Kutcher
Sundance
In celebration of Criterion's deluxe double-DVD and Blu-ray treatment of Wings of Desire , my Benten Films partner-in-crime Andrew Grant and I rewatched Wim Wenders ' 1987 masterpiece (and pored over the bonus features) to discuss the film's elusive magic and why a work so specific to ...
Celebrities
Desire
Even in this age of Blu-Ray and appreciation for all things high-def, many take for granted how complicated but vital a great film restoration can be. Buzzed about at this year's Cannes Film Festival as one of the most miraculous to date is the UCLA Film & Television Archive's restoration of ...
Movies
Red Band
Foundation
Among other things, Tom Noonan is a musician , playwright, and writer-director of two acclaimed films ( What Happened Was , The Wife ), but most will sooner recognize this tall, reserved but eerily intense gentleman as a memorable character actor from films as diverse as Manhunter , Mystery ...
