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‘How I Ended the Summer’: Inexplicably
Like Werner Herzog’s half-satirical, half awestruck documentary Encounters at the End of the World (2007), Aleksei Popogrebsky’s Kak ya provyol etim letom ( How I Ended the Summer ) offers a...
Oct 26, 2010 / Alison FrankFreeze Frame: Two Photography Exhibitions in London
Eadweard Muybridge (Tate Britain, 8 September 2010 – 16 January 2011) Wildlife Photographer of the Year (Natural History Museum, 22 October 2010 – 11 March 2011) The place of photography in the...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankLondon Film Festival 2010: half way through
It’s been an exciting week with lots of premieres and gala screenings in London. Here’s a selection of images from this past week. You can read up on many of the films screened here. So far, I have...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankLondon Film Festival: the opening night in photos
Here are some photos from the opening night (13th October) of the 54th BFI London Film Festival in London, UK, with the world premiere of Mark Romanek’s Never Let Me Go . The film is a haunting tale...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankLove Like Poison: An Unusual Coming-of-Age Story
Katell Quilléveré’s Love Like Poison ( Un Poison violent ) is about a 14-year-old girl named Anna, who is spending her summer holidays at home in the countryside with her mother and bedridden...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankThe Dark Future of Film-making in Serbia: An Interview with Petar Pasic
The London Film Festival is not just about feature films: the festival also presents a selection of short films, which are grouped into different programmes according to theme. This year’s themes...
Oct 24, 2010 / Alison FrankCountdown to LFF: The 54th London Film Festival
This year’s London Film Festival is fast approaching. From the 13th to the 28th of October, over 250 exciting new films from around the world will be screened in London’s West End. Keep an eye on The...
Oct 11, 2010 / Alison FrankAronofsky Has the Eye of ‘The Tiger’; Questions Swirling Over ‘Wolverine 2’
A collective stink-eye from the geek community was aimed squarely in director Darren Aronofsky’s direction when it was reported days ago that Fox had offered him the reigns of the sequel to the much...
Oct 8, 2010 / Eric M. Armstrong‘Avatar’ = ‘Aliens’: Self Plagiarism Rampant in Hollywood
Noticed that Hollywood hasn’t had an original idea in years? You know, like how “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” was almost a shot for shot remake of “Forrest Gump”? (They were both written by...
Oct 8, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongOnline Critics Choose 100 Best First Films
The Online Film Critics Society, of which yours truly is member, released the results of a society-wide poll asking what first (debut) films are the greatest in history. Orson Welles’ masterpiece...
Oct 6, 2010 / Eric M. ArmstrongA Look Back at TIFF 2010
The selection of films at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival was even stronger than usual. Of the 10 films I saw, only one was frankly awful, three disappointing, while the rest were...
Sep 27, 2010 / Alison FrankAlone in Bad Company: A Dissection of Martin Scorsese’s ‘Shutter Island’
Martin Scorsese has seen it all. After a two-score year long journey in which he had experienced the highs and the lows of the business, the director has frequently been hailed “America’s greatest...
Sep 27, 2010 / Torsten ReitzJapanese director wants new film to educate kids
Controversial Japanese director Takashi Miike is making a samurai film that he hopes will educate Japan’s youth, according to the AP. “I wanted the audience to realize that this story is not taking...
Sep 11, 2010 / Bryan Lufkin‘Peepli Live’: Important, Not Excellent
”Peepli Live” has been the toast and tea of town for the better part of this past year. A Sundance selection and Berlinale screening, it has been picking up favor and five star reviews across the...
Aug 29, 2010 / Kamayani Sharma‘Choker Bali': The One That Got Away
As the Toronto International Film Festival approaches, it seems like a good time to reflect on the film that got away. Everyone who has been to a film festival has at least one of these, and probably...
Aug 20, 2010 / Alison FrankRecent Articles
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