May 2010
26 articles
Wachowskis Developing Iraq War Film With ‘Hard R’ Gay Love Story
Just when you thought the Wachowskis, the team behind “The Matrix” films, couldn’t get any weirder. Deadline is reporting that the brother/sister duo (sister because Larry is a post-op female now...
May 15, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongInterview: Werner Herzog Reminds Us Why He’s Brilliant
Werner Herzog, the brilliant, eccentric director behind “Aguirre: The Wrath of God” and “Fitzcarraldo” speaks about his unique approach to filmmaking, forgery and the acting talents of one Nicolas...
May 12, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRoman Polanski’s ‘The Ghost': Haunted by the Author
I recently had the pleasure of seeing a Polanski film in utter innocence. As the result of a rare set of circumstances, I found myself in the wrong cinema in front of a film which had a very...
May 10, 2010 / Alison FrankHow ‘The White Ribbon’ Fits Into Michael Haneke’s Moralizing Cinematic Vision
The first images of Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon,” a film shot in a delicately lambent palette suggestive of old gelatin silver prints, is of a shrub-ringed meadow, a horse and rider...
May 8, 2010 / Jesse CataldoLocation, Location, Location: ‘Casimir Effect’s’ Creative Approach to Low-Budget Filmmaking
Against a post-dawn March sky, Cardiff’s historic Coal Exchange silently welcomed cast and crew to the set of “Casimir Effect,” a science fiction romance/thriller. In the late 1800s this site bustled...
May 7, 2010 / Lynnette PorterIron Man 2 (2010)
John Favreau doing Michael Bay doing Robert Altman doing Dostoyevsky doing Shakespeare. “Iron Man 2” is as elegant as it sounds. After battling a pre-Oscar, double-crossing Jeff Bridges in the first...
May 6, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTallgrass Third Thursday Gets ‘FRESH’ Thursday, May 20
WICHITA — The Tallgrass Third Thursday film for May will explore what America can do to create a economically and environmentally responsible food system. Fresh, directed by Ana Joanes, will screen...
May 6, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongA Nightmare on Elm Street (2010)
Nostalgia factors prominently into judgments passed on remakes of beloved films. You may have fond memories of seeing Wes Craven’s 1984 “A Nightmare on Elm Street” as a kid, but chances are if you...
May 5, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongPolanski Finally Speaks Out
Finally breaking months of silence, famed “Chinatown” director, Roman Polanski, released a statement Sunday criticizing Swiss and US authorities for attempting to extradite him on a 33-year-old child...
May 3, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTallgrass Third Thursday gets FRESH, Thursday May 20th
Save the date for May’s Third Thursday screening of FRESH at 7:30 p.m. There will be a pre-film Farmers Market reception starting at 6:30. The screening will begin at 7:30 with a discussion...
May 3, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongTrue Legend (2010)
“True Legend” or “Su Qi-Er” literally translated as “Beggar Su,” marks the return of famed Hong Kong director Woo-ping Yuen to fast-paced fantastical martial arts pulp. Set against the backdrop of...
May 2, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongRecent Articles
- Review: ‘A War’ explores war’s quiet, forgotten horrors
- TMA FilmCast #33 — Vera Chytilova and the Czech New Wave
- The fantasist: The comic art of Woody Allen
- Tribeca picks up North American rights to ‘Misery Loves Comedy’ at Sundance
- TMA FilmCast #32 — Alison Frank interviews Ana Geislerova
- ‘Grand Budapest Hotel’ tops Online Film Critics Awards
- TMA FilmCast #31 — Alison Frank reports from 67th Locarno Film Fest
- 5 ½ hour film dominates awards at Locarno
- Shorts at #Locarno67: meditation vs testing the audience’s patience
- ‘The Fool’: A modern propaganda film
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