On November 25th, 2011, JEAN DUJARDIN…
…’where have you been all of my life?’ is what I was asking myself – surprised I had never heard of him and being such a French film…
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On October 10th, 2011, TACITA DEAN IN THE TATE MODERN TURBINE HALL…
…opened this evening with a packed Frieze Fair week art crowd filling the mezzanine overlooking the massive film projection of ‘Film’ created for the space (which is about…
On July 4th, 2011, INDEPENDENCE DAY…
…American Academy-style involved an Americanissimo coleslaw, homemade potato chips, grilled hamburger with fixins, potato salad, and watermelon lunch (making for a strange greeting for newly arrived guests who…
On May 9th, 2011, THE BILL CUNNINGHAM DOCUMENTARY…
…is in now in theatrical release, coinciding with my my short U.S. visit, which was welcome news since it is the film that I have been waiting for…
On March 15th, 2011, PIER PAOLO PASOLINI…
…is on my mind again – as he often is while contemplating the materially impoverished, but joyous, lively, celebratory, marginal, scrappy, hard-working, essential, common, quotidian, local, humane, modest,…
On March 1st, 2011, VALERIA DE FRANCISCIS…
…is the 95 year old newcomer/up-and-coming actress who plays Gianni Di Gregorio’s mother in his new film ‘Gianni e Le Donne‘ (a follow up to his 2008 low…
On December 12th, 2010, PASOLINI’S ‘CHE COSA SONO LE NUVOLE?’
…the short film featuring Totò and Ninetto Davoli from the 1968 collection ‘Capriccio all’Italiana‘ – is actually bringing some tears to the eye tonite – especially the last…
On November 29th, 2010, TEOREMA…
…the 1968 film by the singular Italian genius and poet Pier Paolo Pasolini is what we were up late watching tonight, reminding me of another Italy not too…
On November 24th, 2010, SCREENING OF VIDEO BY KAREN YASINSKY…
…a fellow American Academy fellow this year – was a real pleasure, the highlight of the day, a 3.5 minute video she made in 2009 inspired by one…
On August 26th, 2010, ‘THE OATH’…
…the amazing documentary that tells the story of Osama bin Laden’s former bodyguard was shown to us tonight by the director Laura Poitras, also in residence here at…
On July 8th, 2010, BOB FOSSE…
…is someone I am going through a little obsession with, having just watched lots of his choreography including the “Rich Man’s Shrug” from the 1969 film Sweet Charity,…
On May 26th, 2010, LITTLE JOE: A MAGAZINE ABOUT QUEERS AND CINEMA, MOSTLY…
…“a new biannual publication looking at film from a different perspective. It is a direct move away from the traditional method of reviewing all current and future releases…
On May 22nd, 2010, DONNE-MOI LA MAIN…
…the 2008 film by Pascal-Alex Vincent featuring handsome twin brothers Alexandre and Victor Carril, which I just watched last week is a very slow picturesque film with almost…
On April 30th, 2010, “HERB & DOROTHY” – THE DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE VOGELS, THE UNLIKELY CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTORS…
…is such a great story – just watched it last night – about the librarian and postal worker who gradually and obsessively amassed one of the great collections…
On April 29th, 2010, JULIETTE BINOCHE…
…in The Unbearable Lightness of Being reminded me of how awesome she is – and now I’m having a Juliette Binoche moment – watching Damage (1992), Le Voyage…
On March 13th, 2010, DR. OLIVER SACKS, M.D…
…just sent out this exciting announcement: Last week, production began on a new feature film based on Dr. Sacks’s essay “The Last Hippie,” in An Anthropologist on Mars.…
On March 7th, 2010, MERYL STREEP BY CHRIS MARCH AT THE OSCARS…
…looks just great – like a superhero’s mom from the future. This is from an interview with QueerSighted: She was a fan of mine during season four of…
On February 26th, 2010, “DAMELO TODO” (GIVE ME EVERYTHING)…
…is the title of an upcoming documentary directed by friend Wu Tsang, which is described as “…a hybrid documentary/narrative depicting Latina transgender women who build community with queer…
On February 4th, 2010, CRUSH FANZINE…
…is a classy romantic publication by French New York photographer Nicolas Wagner (who shot the sexy images for the Animal Scores cards for the 2008 Whitney Biennial Animal…
On January 29th, 2010, LOS ANGELES CHINATOWN…
…has what appears to be a crowded open market in the Central Plaza – which we are passing through on our way to Via Cafe for lunch today…