Girl Sold for Reasonable Price of One Bag of Millet, in Louise-Marie Colon’s Leila
It’s a dark, evocative, little fable featuring a rough animation style and the voices of sixteen schoolchildren in Burkina Faso.
Humpday Director Lynn Shelton on Making the Leap Into Commercial Projects
"I liked making work that was going to get seen by more than twelve people!"
Youssou N’Dour on Politics, Music, and the Theater-Filling Documentary of His Life
The activist, singer-songwriter, producer, and sometime actor finally seems to be gaining the American exposure he deserves.
New York Asian Film Fest Guests Yoshihiro Nishimura, Tak Sakaguchi, and Noboru Iguchi on the Subtle Differences Between American and Japanese Movie Sets
"I'm sure if we had the same legal system as America we would have been sued."
Posted 06/12/09 in Vulture
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Filmmakers Bastian Caspar, Sebastian Natto, and Denis Trümbach Would Like to Take Your Picture
It actually starts off kind of creepily, with a man silently walking around and taking Polaroids of random bystanders, putting them into strange poses as he does so.
The Ten Greatest Multiple-Role Performances in Movie History
Inspired by Sam Rockwell in 'Moon,' we count down the best performances by actors playing opposite themselves.
Posted 06/08/09 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Bruce McDonald Clears Dance Floor by Process of Elimination
McDonald’s 1998 short 'Elimination Dance' starts off looking like a meet-cute romantic comedy and then turns into something infinitely weirder.
Posted 06/03/09 in Vulture
Good News, for a Change
Kids From Smile Pinki Faring Way Better Than Ones From Slumdog
Memo to impoverished Indian children: be from the movie that won the Best Documentary Oscar, not Best Picture.
Posted 06/02/09 in Vulture
Hotel Coral Essex
Did We Really See What We Think We Saw During the End Credits of The Hangover?
If we did, the MPAA must've been asleep at the wheel.
Posted 05/29/09 in Vulture
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A Pair of Short Shorts From Filmmakers Ounouri Damien and Eckhard Kruse
The Art by Chance Film Festival celebrates "ultra-short films" by presenting them to us in unexpected, nontheatrical venues.
Posted 05/22/09 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Joel Plotch Pulls One Over
The story does end with a final twist of the knife, but it’s far subtler and more haunting than you might expect.
Posted 05/15/09 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Ken Jacobs in Stereo(graph)
In his 'Capitalism: Slavery,' the director takes a Victorian stenograph of cotton pickers and, essentially, animates it into cinema.
Vegas: Based on a True Story Director Amir Naderi on Gambling Away His Budget
"I had $25,000 ... I thought, 'Oh, I can raise the rest of the money by gambling!'''
Posted 04/29/09 in Vulture
Aspirations
Sasha Grey and the Top Ten Adult Stars Gone Legit
It’s become almost obligatory for any self-respecting adult performer (and some not-so-self-respecting ones) to appear in non-porn media.
Posted 04/27/09 in Vulture
Paolo Sorrentino
Five Reasons Why Paolo Sorrentino Will Save World Cinema
'Il Divo' is the first of his works to open theatrically in the U.S., but Sorrentino has been making some of the most stylistically exciting films of recent years.
Posted 04/24/09 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan Spins a Melancholy Cocoon
It's more abstract than his later films, but it's still clearly his work, as evidenced by its evocative shots of nature, its glimpses at family life, and its lushly melancholy mood.
Posted 04/10/09 in Vulture
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Filmmaker Brendon McQueen Springs Grandma From the Hospital
There have been many films made about Alzheimer's, but few with the sensitivity and (yes) humor of Brendon McQueen's beautifully shot and touching short film 'Skip Rocks.'
Adventureland and the Ten Best ‘One Crazy Summer’ Movies of All Time
'Adventureland,' out this week, is but the latest entry in the 'One Crazy Summer' movie genre — films taking place over a single, wild June–September season.
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