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Jean-Pierre Jeunet Isn’t Anything Like Amélie, but He’s Trying
As the French director’s most beloved movie returns to theaters, he talks about being a pessimist and why he never gets tired of rewatching his films.
As the French director’s most beloved movie returns to theaters, he talks about being a pessimist and why he never gets tired of rewatching his films.
We asked our writers to pick films that they think everyone should see before the end of the year. These are the picks of Robert Daniels.
Another diary dispatch from a critic's time at Cannes, including thoughts on new films by George Miller and James Gray.
A look back at Roger Ebert's list ranking the Top Ten Films of the 1990s.
A tribute to the versatile director.
Who and what you should nominate for Emmys this year.
An essay about revisiting Paul Thomas Anderson's "Punch Drunk Love," as excerpted from the online magazine Bright Wall/Dark Room.
A report on the PBS Press Tour's highlights for the winter and spring of 2018.
The latest on Netflix and Blu-ray, including three fantastic Criterion releases.
An overview of the films that will be theatrically released in the 2015 fall season.
A piece on our obsession with anti-heroes, and an argument for the rewarding arc of the likable character.
Sheila writes: Thank you all for taking the time to answer our survey! We will keep you posted on any changes that may come about. So let's get to the newsletter, shall we? Jack Kerouac famously wrote the majority of "On the Road" on one long scroll of paper. Kerouac found that taking the time to remove the finished pages off of the typewriter and replacing them with a fresh sheet interrupted his flow. California artist Paul Rogers, who has done ten book covers for Random House UK of Hemingway classic, has created an online scroll of beautiful illustrations for Kerouac's novel. Evocative and gritty, they make a great companion piece for "On the Road". You can see more of Paul Rogers' cool work at his site.
Marie writes: There was a time when Animation was done by slaves with a brush in one hand and a beer in the other. Gary Larson's "Tales From the Far Side" (1994) was such a project. I should know; I worked on it. Produced by Marv Newland at his Vancouver studio "International Rocketship", it first aired as a CBS Halloween special (Larson threw a party for the crew at the Pan Pacific Hotel where we watched the film on a big screen) and was later entered into the 1995 Annecy International Animated Film Festival, where it won the Grand Prix. It spawned a sequel "Tales From the Far Side II" (1997) - I worked on that too. Here it is, below.
Marie writes: Belgium club member Koen Van Loocke has submitted the following and it's so awesome, I have no words. But first, background..The Cinematic Orchestra is led by composer/programmer/multi-instrumentalist Jason Swinscoe, who formed his first group "Crabladder" in 1990 while a Fine Arts student at Cardiff College. The group's fusion of jazz and hardcore punk elements with experimental rhythms, inspired Swinscoe to further explore the musical possibilites and by the time the group disbanded in the mid-'90s, he was playing DJ at various clubs and pirate radio stations in and around London.
Marie writes: I love photography, especially B/W and for often finding color a distraction. Take away the color and suddenly, there's so much more to see; the subtext able to rise now and sit closer to the surface - or so it seems to me. The following photograph is included in a gallery of nine images (color and B/W) under Photography: Celebrity Portraits at the Guardian."This is one of the last photographs of Orson before he died. He loved my camera - a gigantic Deardorff - and decided he had to direct me and tell me where to put the light. So even in his last days, he was performing his directorial role perfectly, and bossing me around. Which was precious." - Michael O'Neill
Orson Welles, by Michael O'Neill, 1985
