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147com/2012/01/american-history-from-the-mind-of-ken-jacobs-in-seeking-the-monkey-king/">American History, from the Mind of Ken Jacobs, in Seeking the Monkey King</a> 148 <time class="date" datetime="2012-01-04T11:49:19+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 149 </hgroup> 150 </dt> 151 <dd> 152 One of last year’s best films, Ken Jacobs’ Seeking the Monkey King is showing Saturday at Anthology as part of a program presented in support of Occupy Wall Street. An exhilarating audiovisual workout that simultaneously engages multiple parts of the brain, Jacobs’s 40-minute movie is a sort of hallucinatory jeremiad. Read more… <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2012/01/american-history-from-the-mind-of-ken-jacobs-in-seeking-the-monkey-king/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘American History, from the Mind of Ken Jacobs, in Seeking the Monkey King’</span>.</a> 153 </dd> 154 <dt> 155 <hgroup> 156 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/you-be-the-judge-in-the-high-stakes-iranian-legal-drama-a-separation/">You Be the Judge in the High-Stakes Iranian Legal Drama, A Separation</a> 157 <time class="date" datetime="2011-12-30T21:21:01+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">December 30, 2011</time> 158 </hgroup> 159 </dt> 160 <dd> 161 A Separationâthe fifth feature by Iranian writer-director Asghar Farhadiâis an urgently shot courtroom drama designed to put you in the jury box. Dispensing with preliminaries, it opens at a judicial hearing where, facing the camera that stands in for the judge, a quarrelsome husband and wife each make their case. Read more… <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/you-be-the-judge-in-the-high-stakes-iranian-legal-drama-a-separation/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘You Be the Judge in the High-Stakes Iranian Legal Drama, A Separation’</span>.</a> 162 </dd> 163 <dt> 164 <hgroup> 165 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/looking-back-on-laura/">Looking Back on Laura</a> 166 <time class="date" datetime="2011-12-30T21:18:11+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 167 </hgroup> 168 </dt> 169 <dd> 170 Strange by even film noir standards, Otto Preminger’s 1944 Laura, which is showing in a new 35mm print at Film Forum, starts out with a voiceover narration delivered from beyond the grave by hornet queen Waldo Lydecker (Clifton Webb):) “I will never forget the weekend Laura died.” Read more… <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/looking-back-on-laura/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Looking Back on Laura’</span>.</a> 171 </dd> 172 <dt> 173 <hgroup> 174 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/the-year-in-film-j-hobermans-personal-best/">The Year in Film: J. Hoberman’s Personal Best</a> 175 <time class="date" datetime="2011-12-21T03:58:15+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">December 21, 2011</time> 176 </hgroup> 177 </dt> 178 <dd> 179 The past 12 months brought a number of powerful, introspective, big-theme cine-statements, many of them by old masters (see below). Some pondered historyâas well as its end. A few upended the old-fashioned movie-house paradigm. In recognition of the medium’s ongoing mutation, my annual list is bookended by two such extra-theatrical projections. Read more… <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/the-year-in-film-j-hobermans-personal-best/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘The Year in Film: J. Hoberman’s Personal Best’</span>.</a> 180 </dd> 181 <dt> 182 <hgroup> 183 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.
183com/2011/12/the-year-in-film-handicapping-the-poll/">The Year in Film: Handicapping the Poll</a> 184 <time class="date" datetime="2011-12-21T03:55:53+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 185 </hgroup> 186 </dt> 187 <dd> 188 “A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees,” per William Blake. Ain’t that the truth! Although listed by barely half of the 95 participating voters, Terrence Malick’s polarizing Tree of Life sits comfortably atop the 2011 Voice Film Critics’ Poll. Part Brakhage, part Tarkovsky, part Captain Billy’s Whiz Bang, Malick’s cosmic […] <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/the-year-in-film-handicapping-the-poll/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘The Year in Film: Handicapping the Poll’</span>.</a> 189 </dd> 190 <dt> 191 <hgroup> 192 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/taming-creatures-wwi-gets-spielbergd-finchers-new-girl-in-town/">Taming Creatures: WWI gets Spielbergâd, Fincherâs new girl in town</a> 193 <time class="date" datetime="2011-12-21T01:38:29+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 194 </hgroup> 195 </dt> 196 <dd> 197 Consummate technicians with bankable interests and personal trademarks, Steven Spielberg and David Fincher are something more than auteurs, but also something lessâcloser to skilled craftsmen than creative artists. 198 <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/taming-creatures-wwi-gets-spielbergd-finchers-new-girl-in-town/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Taming Creatures: WWI gets Spielbergâd, Fincherâs new girl in town’</span>.</a> 199 </dd> 200 <dt> 201 <hgroup> 202 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/former-prom-queen-tries-to-go-home-again-in-young-adult-2/">Former Prom Queen Tries to Go Home Again in Young Adult</a> 203 <time class="date" datetime="2011-12-07T11:45:01+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">December 7, 2011</time> 204 </hgroup> 205 </dt> 206 <dd> 207 Described as a “psychotic prom-queen bitch,” the anti-heroine of Young Adult is a prize part that affords Charlize Theron one of the season’s prize performancesâalthough, to judge from the voting at the New York Film Critics Circle conclave last week, few of my colleagues seem to agree. Read more… <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/former-prom-queen-tries-to-go-home-again-in-young-adult-2/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Former Prom Queen Tries to Go Home Again in Young Adult’</span>.</a> 208 </dd> 209 <dt> 210 <hgroup> 211 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/back-to-the-cold-war-with-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy/">Back to the Cold War with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy</a> 212 <time class="date" datetime="2011-12-07T11:38:46+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 213 </hgroup> 214 </dt> 215 <dd> 216 John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, the 1974 spy novel generally regarded as the writer’s finest, is predicated on a pair of enigmatic personalities: the colorless bureaucratic master-spook George Smiley and the double agent the Soviets have planted near the top of British intelligence whom Smiley must unmask. Although not without violence, the novel […] <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/back-to-the-cold-war-with-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Back to the Cold War with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’</span>.</a> 217 </dd> 218 <dt> 219 <hgroup> 220 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.
220com/2011/12/harvey-weinstein-is-back-ny-film-critics-4/">Harvey Weinstein is Back — NY Film Critics</a> 221 <time class="date" datetime="2011-12-01T19:21:26+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">December 1, 2011</time> 222 </hgroup> 223 </dt> 224 <dd> 225 The big news to emerge from yesterday’s New York Film Critics Circle voting–held early this year to scoop the other year end awards–is, of course, the second coming of homeboy Harvey Weinstein. Not only was The Artist voted best picture and its director Michel Hazanavicius anointed Best Director but NYFCC perennial Meryl Streep, who stars […] <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/12/harvey-weinstein-is-back-ny-film-critics-4/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Harvey Weinstein is Back — NY Film Critics’</span>.</a> 226 </dd> 227 <dt> 228 <hgroup> 229 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/extreme-sex-addiction-in-shame-extreme-everything-in-possession/">Extreme Sex Addiction in Shame; Extreme Everything in Possession</a> 230 <time class="date" datetime="2011-11-30T11:36:38+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">November 30, 2011</time> 231 </hgroup> 232 </dt> 233 <dd> 234 Steve McQueen‘s first two films both star Michael Fassbender, feature virtually interchangeable titles, and are nearly as grueling to watch as they must have been to make. But where Shame might be almost as excruciating as 2008’
234s Hunger, it’s a lot less exalted. In Hunger, Fassbender’s imprisoned Irish revolutionary Bobby Sands starved himself to death; […] <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/extreme-sex-addiction-in-shame-extreme-everything-in-possession/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Extreme Sex Addiction in Shame; Extreme Everything in Possession’</span>.</a> 235 </dd> 236 <dt> 237 <hgroup> 238 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/birth-of-psychoanalysis-in-a-dangerous-method-last-days-of-the-brothel-in-house-of-pleasures/">Birth of Psychoanalysis in A Dangerous Method; Last Days of the Brothel in House of Pleasures</a> 239 <time class="date" datetime="2011-11-23T13:15:13+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">November 23, 2011</time> 240 </hgroup> 241 </dt> 242 <dd> 243 A Dangerous Method, the title of David Cronenbergâs viscerally cerebral new film, is something of an understatement. As cataclysmic as it is, this historically scrupulous science-fiction romance concerning the discovery of the unconscious mind might have been titled War of the Worlds or The Beast From 5,000 Fathoms. Adapted by Christopher Hampton from his play, […] <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/birth-of-psychoanalysis-in-a-dangerous-method-last-days-of-the-brothel-in-house-of-pleasures/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Birth of Psychoanalysis in A Dangerous Method; Last Days of the Brothel in House of Pleasures’</span>.</a> 244 </dd> 245 <dt> 246 <hgroup> 247 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/fantasy-island-alexander-paynes-feel-good-hawaiian-excursion-the-descendants/">Fantasy Island: Alexander Payne’s Feel-Good Hawaiian Excursion, The Descendants</a> 248 <time class="date" datetime="2011-11-16T15:21:57+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">November 16, 2011</time> 249 </hgroup> 250 </dt> 251 <dd> 252 As life-or-death dramedy, The Descendants poses several important questions: Why has it taken Alexander Payne seven years to follow up on his critically beloved, box-office boffo, merlot-squelching Sideways? And what has blunted this gifted writer-directorâs edge? Payne topped his debut feature, the provocatively obnoxious abortion comedy Citizen Ruth (1996), with Election (1999), an even sharper […] <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/fantasy-island-alexander-paynes-feel-good-hawaiian-excursion-the-descendants/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Fantasy Island: Alexander Payne’s Feel-Good Hawaiian Excursion, The Descendants’</span>.</a> 253 </dd> 254 <dt> 255 <hgroup> 256 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/satirizing-war-in-technicolor-the-life-and-death-of-colonel-blimp/">Satirizing War in Technicolor: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp</a> 257 <time class="date" datetime="2011-11-16T15:18:35+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 258 </hgroup> 259 </dt> 260 <dd> 261 For those combatant nations able to produce movies, World War II inspired all manner of morale-boosting epics. The Nazis conjured up the peri
261od extravaganza Kolberg; Japan released The War at Sea From Hawaii to Malaya. Hollywood uncorked Since You Went Away and, on behalf of our Soviet allies, Song of Russia. The Russians themselves had […] <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/satirizing-war-in-technicolor-the-life-and-death-of-colonel-blimp/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Satirizing War in Technicolor: The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp’</span>.</a> 262 </dd> 263 <dt> 264 <hgroup> 265 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/robert-gardners-visions/">Robert Gardner’s Visions</a> 266 <time class="date" datetime="2011-11-09T11:53:09+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">November 9, 2011</time> 267 </hgroup> 268 </dt> 269 <dd> 270 A man of many worlds, Robert Gardner is a descendent of Boston aristocrat Isabella Stewart Gardner (as in the Museum), the founder (and funder) of Harvardâs Film Study Center, and mainly the globetrotting ethno-aesthete of American cinemaâa filmmaker whose documentaries have been hailed by the avant-garde’s godfather Stan Brakhage and anthropology’s grand dame Margaret Meade. […] <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/robert-gardners-visions/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Robert Gardner’s Visions’</span>.</a> 271 </dd> 272 <dt> 273 <hgroup> 274 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/great-man-theories-clint-eastwood-on-j-edgar/">Great Man Theories: Clint Eastwood on J. Edgar</a> 275 <time class="date" datetime="2011-11-09T11:50:28+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 276 </hgroup> 277 </dt> 278 <dd> 279 A resounding âyesâ to the question trembling on every lip: There is life after Hereafter! Clint Eastwood goes deep into Oliver Stone territory and emerges victorious with J. Edgar. Although hardly flawless, Eastwoodâs biopic is his richest, most ambitious movie since the Letters From Iwo JimaâFlags of Our Fathers duo, if not Unforgiven. Read more <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/great-man-theories-clint-eastwood-on-j-edgar/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Great Man Theories: Clint Eastwood on J. Edgar’</span>.</a> 280 </dd> 281 <dt> 282 <hgroup> 283 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/not-with-a-whimper-but-a-bang-the-end-times-of-melancholia/">Not With a Whimper But a Bang: The End Times of Melancholia</a> 284 <time class="date" datetime="2011-11-09T11:47:44+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 285 </hgroup> 286 </dt> 287 <dd> 288 The first thing you see in Lars von Trierâs Melancholia is a tight close-up of Kirsten Dunstâs face. Behind her, slow as molasses, birds are dropping from the sky. Brueghelâs The Flight of Icarus turns leisurely to ash; a passage from Tristan und Isolde swells on the soundtrack as lightning bolts flash from Dunstâs fingertips. […] <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/not-with-a-whimper-but-a-bang-the-end-times-of-melancholia/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Not With a Whimper But a Bang: The End Times of Melancholia’</span>.</a> 289 </dd> 290 <dt> 291 <hgroup> 292 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/deserved-second-act-for-paul-newmans-sometimes-a-great-notion/">Deserved Second Act for Paul Newman’s Sometimes a Great Notion</a> 293 <time class="date" datetime="2011-11-02T10:31:57+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">November 2, 2011</time> 294 </hgroup> 295 </dt> 296 <dd> 297 One great thing about Paris: New prints of old movies from the â70s, â60s, and even the â50s get extended runs in large theaters, aprop
297os of nothing. A nice thing about New York: It sometimes happens here, too, as with this weekâs revivals of François Truffautâs 1968 The Bride Wore Black and Paul Newmanâs 1971 […] <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/11/deserved-second-act-for-paul-newmans-sometimes-a-great-notion/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Deserved Second Act for Paul Newman’s Sometimes a Great Notion’</span>.</a> 298 </dd> 299 <dt> 300 <hgroup> 301 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/the-ghost-of-hunter-thompson-a-tame-rum-diary/">The Ghost of Hunter Thompson, A Tame Rum Diary</a> 302 <time class="date" datetime="2011-10-26T17:20:38+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">October 26, 2011</time> 303 </hgroup> 304 </dt> 305 <dd> 306 Written and directed by Bruce Robinson, The Rum Diary
306is what the Brits might call a rum movieâan oddly inoffensive piece and a personal project for its disconcertingly unengaged star, Johnny Depp. … <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/the-ghost-of-hunter-thompson-a-tame-rum-diary/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘The Ghost of Hunter Thompson, A Tame Rum Diary’</span>.</a> 307 </dd> 308 <dt> 309 <hgroup> 310 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/pop-art-movement-on-roy-lichtensteins-three-landscapes/">Pop Art Movement: On Roy Lichtenstein’s Three Landscapes</a> 311 <time class="date" datetime="2011-10-26T17:18:57+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 312 </hgroup> 313 </dt> 314 <dd> 315 However commonplace today, gallery video or film installations were once seen as blatantly vanguardâevidence of artâs forward march beyond the portable, static object. A bit of this history is excavated at the Whitney with the belated local premiere of painter Roy Lichtensteinâs sole excursion into motion pictures, the 1969 installation Three Landscapes. Read more <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/pop-art-movement-on-roy-lichtensteins-three-landscapes/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Pop Art Movement: On Roy Lichtenstein’s Three Landscapes’</span>.</a> 316 </dd> 317 <dt> 318 <hgroup> 319 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/the-perils-of-communal-living-in-martha-marcy-may-marlene/">The Perils of Communal Living in Martha Marcy May Marlene</a> 320 <time class="date" datetime="2011-10-18T22:49:03+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">October 18, 2011</time> 321 </hgroup> 322 </dt> 323 <dd> 324 As taut and economical as its title is unwieldy, Sean Durkinâs Martha Marcy May Marleneâa first feature that won the Best Director award last January at Sundanceâis a deft, old-school psychological thriller (or perhaps horror film) that relies mainly on the power of suggestion and memories of hippie cult crazies… Read more <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/the-perils-of-communal-living-in-martha-marcy-may-marlene/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘The Perils of Communal Living in Martha Marcy May Marlene’</span>.</a> 325 </dd> 326 <dt> 327 <hgroup> 328 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/dream-act-town-rallies-to-help-an-immigrant-in-utopian-le-havre/">Dream Act: Town Rallies to Help an Immigrant in Utopian Le Havre</a> 329 <time class="date" datetime="2011-10-18T22:36:25+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 330 </hgroup> 331 </dt> 332 <dd> 333 Aki Kaurismäkiâs Le Havre is something of a comeback for the Finnish filmmaker. His warmhearted comedy of underdog working-class solidarity, made with a mixed Finnish-French-Senegalese cast in the French port city Le Havre…Read More <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/dream-act-town-rallies-to-help-an-immigrant-in-utopian-le-havre/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Dream Act: Town Rallies to Help an Immigrant in Utopian Le Havre’</span>.</a> 334 </dd> 335 <dt> 336 <hgroup> 337 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/to-save-and-project-fest-long-live-cinema/">To Save and Project Fest: Long Live Cinema!</a> 338 <time class="date" datetime="2011-10-11T23:01:23+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">October 11, 2011</time> 339 </hgroup> 340 </dt> 341 <dd> 342 Digital might be the future of the motion-picture medium, but for film preservation, itâs a mixed blessing. Archivists polled in a recent Cineaste make it clear that digital technology is part of the solutionâand part of the problem. Read more…
342 <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/to-save-and-project-fest-long-live-cinema/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘To Save and Project Fest: Long Live Cinema!’</span>.</a> 343 </dd> 344 <dt> 345 <hgroup> 346 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/weekend-when-godard-burned-the-movie-house-down/">Weekend: When Godard Burned the Movie House Down</a> 347 <time class="date" datetime="2011-10-05T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">October 5, 2011</time> 348 </hgroup> 349 </dt> 350 <dd> 351 Jean-Luc Godard changed the course of film history with his debut Breathless (1960) and then again when he capped an unprecedented seven-year run with... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/10/weekend-when-godard-burned-the-movie-house-down/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Weekend: When Godard Burned the Movie House Down’</span>.</a> 352 </dd> 353 <dt> 354 <hgroup> 355 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/09/nyff-the-lineup-plus-5-must-sees/">NYFF: The Lineup, Plus 5 Must-Sees</a> 356 <time class="date" datetime="2011-09-28T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">September 28, 2011</time> 357 </hgroup> 358 </dt> 359 <dd> 360 Golden anniversary approaching, the New York Film Festival maintains a singular position. Because it’s curated rather than competitive, the annua... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/09/nyff-the-lineup-plus-5-must-sees/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘NYFF: The Lineup, Plus 5 Must-Sees’</span>.</a> 361 </dd> 362 <dt> 363 <hgroup> 364 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/09/the-long-journey-to-goodbye-in-silent-souls/">The Long Journey to Goodbye in Silent Souls</a> 365 <time class="date" datetime="2011-09-14T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">September 14, 2011</time> 366 </hgroup> 367 </dt> 368 <dd> 369 Russian director Aleksei Fedorchenko surfaced here back in 2005 with First on the Moon, an eccentric, wistful mockumentary inventing a Soviet lunar mi... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/09/the-long-journey-to-goodbye-in-silent-souls/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘The Long Journey to Goodbye in Silent Souls’</span>.</a> 370 </dd> 371 <dt> 372 <hgroup> 373 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/09/ryan-gosling-at-the-wheel-in-the-retro-thrill-ride-drive/">Ryan Gosling at the Wheel in the Retro Thrill Ride Drive</a> 374 <time class="date" datetime="2011-09-14T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 375 </hgroup> 376 </dt> 377 <dd> 378 As stripped-down and propulsive as its robotic title, Drive is the most "American" movie yet by Danish genre director Nicolas Winding Refn. The film, ... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/09/ryan-gosling-at-the-wheel-in-the-retro-thrill-ride-drive/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Ryan Gosling at the Wheel in the Retro Thrill Ride Drive’</span>.</a> 379 </dd> 380 <dt> 381 <hgroup> 382 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/09/george-kuchar-1942-2011/">George Kuchar 1942-2011</a> 383 <time class="date" datetime="2011-09-08T15:37:34+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">September 8, 2011</time> 384 </hgroup> 385 </dt> 386 <dd> 387 ​George Kuchar, the Bronx-raised filmmaker who began his career, along with twin brother Mike, at age 12, died this week in San Francisco after ... <a href="https://j-hoberman.
387com/2011/09/george-kuchar-1942-2011/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘George Kuchar 1942-2011’</span>.</a> 388 </dd> 389 <dt> 390 <hgroup> 391 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/09/the-struggle-black-power-mixtape-and-bobby-fischer/">The Struggle: Black Power Mixtape and Bobby Fischer</a> 392 <time class="date" datetime="2011-09-07T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">September 7, 2011</time> 393 </hgroup> 394 </dt> 395 <dd> 396 "The revolution will not be televised." So Gil Scott-Heron asserted in 1970, and so it was not—at least not on American TV. As demonstrated by T... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/09/the-struggle-black-power-mixtape-and-bobby-fischer/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘The Struggle: Black Power Mixtape and Bobby Fischer’</span>.</a> 397 </dd> 398 <dt> 399 <hgroup> 400 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/on-fire-tsui-hark-back-in-action-with-detective-dee-and-the-mystery-of-the-phantom-flame/">On Fire: Tsui Hark Back in Action with Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame</a> 401 <time class="date" datetime="2011-08-31T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">August 31, 2011</time> 402 </hgroup> 403 </dt> 404 <dd> 405 Tsui Hark's visually sumptuous Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame is a strong comeback for the veteran Hong Kong wuxia-maker and anoth... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/on-fire-tsui-hark-back-in-action-with-detective-dee-and-the-mystery-of-the-phantom-flame/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘On Fire: Tsui Hark Back in Action with Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame’</span>.</a> 406 </dd> 407 <dt> 408 <hgroup> 409 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/serge-gainsbourg-boxed-into-a-biopic-in-heroic-life/">Serge Gainsbourg Boxed into a Biopic in Heroic Life</a> 410 <time class="date" datetime="2011-08-31T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 411 </hgroup> 412 </dt> 413 <dd> 414 Sometimes it's easier for life to imitate art than vice versa—witness French cartoonist Joann Sfar's first feature, an ambitious attempt to cage... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/serge-gainsbourg-boxed-into-a-biopic-in-heroic-life/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Serge Gainsbourg Boxed into a Biopic in Heroic Life’</span>.</a> 415 </dd> 416 <dt> 417 <hgroup> 418 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/the-good-old-days-tales-from-the-golden-age-and-ostalgia/">The Good Old Days: Tales From the Golden Age and "Ostalgia"</a> 419 <time class="date" datetime="2011-08-24T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">August 24, 2011</time> 420 </hgroup> 421 </dt> 422 <dd> 423 The 1990s coinage ostalgie, which combines the German words for "east" and "nostalgia," describes a particular sort of longing. Ostalgie is not so muc... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/the-good-old-days-tales-from-the-golden-age-and-ostalgia/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘The Good Old Days: Tales From the Golden Age and "Ostalgia"’</span>.</a> 424 </dd> 425 <dt> 426 <hgroup> 427 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.
427com/2011/08/raul-ruiz-1941-2011/">Raul Ruiz, 1941-2011</a> 428 <time class="date" datetime="2011-08-19T15:47:18+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">August 19, 2011</time> 429 </hgroup> 430 </dt> 431 <dd> 432 ​One of the most innovative and prolific narrative filmmakers of the late 20th and early 21st centuries, Chilean-born, Paris-based director Raul... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/raul-ruiz-1941-2011/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Raul Ruiz, 1941-2011’</span>.</a> 433 </dd> 434 <dt> 435 <hgroup> 436 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/robert-breer-1926-2011/">Robert Breer, 1926-2011</a> 437 <time class="date" datetime="2011-08-18T20:44:32+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">August 18, 2011</time> 438 </hgroup> 439 </dt> 440 <dd> 441 ​A pioneering kinetic sculptor, a key member of the great generation of American avant-garde filmmakers, and one of the most influential animato... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/robert-breer-1926-2011/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Robert Breer, 1926-2011’</span>.</a> 442 </dd> 443 <dt> 444 <hgroup> 445 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/with-friends-like-these-john-sayles-on-the-philippine-american-war-in-amigo/">With Friends Like These: John Sayles on the Philippine-American War in Amigo</a> 446 <time class="date" datetime="2011-08-17T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">August 17, 2011</time> 447 </hgroup> 448 </dt> 449 <dd> 450 John Sayles's Amigo aspires more to educate than entertain, but it's no less engrossing for that. Torn from the pages of history, if not those of Sayl... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/with-friends-like-these-john-sayles-on-the-philippine-american-war-in-amigo/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘With Friends Like These: John Sayles on the Philippine-American War in Amigo’</span>.</a> 451 </dd> 452 <dt> 453 <hgroup> 454 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/on-the-long-and-winding-road-of-raul-ruizs-epic-mysteries-of-lisbon/">On the Long and Winding Road of Raul Ruiz’s Epic Mysteries of Lisbon</a> 455 <time class="date" datetime="2011-08-03T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">August 3, 2011</time> 456 </hgroup> 457 </dt> 458 <dd> 459 Say what you will about 19th-century literature—they had stories in those days (and stories within stories). None of the 260 books authored by C... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/on-the-long-and-winding-road-of-raul-ruizs-epic-mysteries-of-lisbon/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘On the Long and Winding Road of Raul Ruiz’s Epic Mysteries of Lisbon’</span>.</a> 460 </dd> 461 <dt> 462 <hgroup> 463 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/08/acid-flashback-on-the-road-with-ken-keseys-magic-trip/">Acid Flashback: On the Road with Ken Kesey’s Magic Trip</a> 464 <time class="date" datetime="2011-08-03T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 465 </hgroup> 466 </dt> 467 <dd> 468 The subject of Magic Trip is the LSD-powered, cross-country road movie orchestrated by novelist Ken Kesey in the summer of '64. More than a footnote b... <a href="https://j-hoberman.
468com/2011/08/acid-flashback-on-the-road-with-ken-keseys-magic-trip/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Acid Flashback: On the Road with Ken Kesey’s Magic Trip’</span>.</a> 469 </dd> 470 <dt> 471 <hgroup> 472 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/in-the-future-miranda-july-grows-up/">In The Future, Miranda July Grows Up</a> 473 <time class="date" datetime="2011-07-27T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">July 27, 2011</time> 474 </hgroup> 475 </dt> 476 <dd> 477 Is there such thing as a sincerely calculated naïveté? Or put another way, does Miranda July have any idea of how annoying she is? 478 479On the... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/in-the-future-miranda-july-grows-up/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘In The Future, Miranda July Grows Up’</span>.</a> 480 </dd> 481 <dt> 482 <hgroup> 483 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/shooting-to-kill-and-kill-again-in-french-adrenaline-pumper-point-blank/">Shooting to Kill and Kill Again in French Adrenaline Pumper Point Blank</a> 484 <time class="date" datetime="2011-07-27T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 485 </hgroup> 486 </dt> 487 <dd> 488 Point Blank, a French action film that has nothing to do with the 1967 (and highly Frenchified) John Boorman flick of the same name, opens with a bang... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/shooting-to-kill-and-kill-again-in-french-adrenaline-pumper-point-blank/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Shooting to Kill and Kill Again in French Adrenaline Pumper Point Blank’</span>.</a> 489 </dd> 490 <dt> 491 <hgroup> 492 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/warren-william-as-titan-of-industry-king-of-pre-code/">Warren William: As Titan of Industry, King of Pre-Code</a> 493 <time class="date" datetime="2011-07-20T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">July 20, 2011</time> 494 </hgroup> 495 </dt> 496 <dd> 497 The talkies came, the stock market crashed, and Hollywood ran a race against hysteria. For those who like their movies short, snappy, and sensational,... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/warren-william-as-titan-of-industry-king-of-pre-code/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Warren William: As Titan of Industry, King of Pre-Code’</span>.</a> 498 </dd> 499 <dt> 500 <hgroup> 501 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/back-to-the-future-world-on-a-wire-is-just-in-time/">Back to the Future: World on a Wire Is Just in Time</a> 502 <time class="date" datetime="2011-07-20T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 503 </hgroup> 504 </dt> 505 <dd> 506 A virtually unknown, newly restored 1973 two-part telefilm directed by long-gone wunderkind R.W. Fassbinder at the height of his powers, World on a Wi... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/back-to-the-future-world-on-a-wire-is-just-in-time/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Back to the Future: World on a Wire Is Just in Time’</span>.</a> 507 </dd> 508 <dt> 509 <hgroup> 510 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/scandal-and-subjective-reality-in-errol-morriss-tabloid/">Scandal and Subjective Reality in Errol Morris’s Tabloid</a> 511 <time class="date" datetime="2011-07-13T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">July 13, 2011</time> 512 </hgroup> 513 </dt> 514 <dd> 515 As a documentarian, Errol Morris is less a humanist than a connoisseur of “human interest,” and Tabloid, his ecstatically received and queas... <a href="https://j-hoberman.
515com/2011/07/scandal-and-subjective-reality-in-errol-morriss-tabloid/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Scandal and Subjective Reality in Errol Morris’s Tabloid’</span>.</a> 516 </dd> 517 <dt> 518 <hgroup> 519 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/ghetto-bards-romeo-juliet-in-yiddish-and-sholem-aleichem/">Ghetto Bards: Romeo & Juliet in Yiddish and Sholem Aleichem</a> 520 <time class="date" datetime="2011-07-06T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">July 6, 2011</time> 521 </hgroup> 522 </dt> 523 <dd> 524 Where once there were millions, there are now, at best, a few hundred thousand Yiddish speakers—mostly ultra-Orthodox Jews, klezmer revivalists, ... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/ghetto-bards-romeo-juliet-in-yiddish-and-sholem-aleichem/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Ghetto Bards: Romeo & Juliet in Yiddish and Sholem Aleichem’</span>.</a> 525 </dd> 526 <dt> 527 <hgroup> 528 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/robert-sklar-1936-2011/">Robert Sklar, 1936-2011</a> 529 <time class="date" datetime="2011-07-05T18:16:42+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">July 5, 2011</time> 530 </hgroup> 531 </dt> 532 <dd> 533 ​The New York film community was shocked and saddened this past weekend upon receiving news that Robert Sklar, longtime pillar of NYU's Departme... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/07/robert-sklar-1936-2011/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Robert Sklar, 1936-2011’</span>.</a> 534 </dd> 535 <dt> 536 <hgroup> 537 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/06/high-school-outcast-finds-his-place-in-terri/">High School Outcast Finds His Place in Terri</a> 538 <time class="date" datetime="2011-06-29T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">June 29, 2011</time> 539 </hgroup> 540 </dt> 541 <dd> 542 A genially despised genre appealing to a constant and constantly expanding demographic, the high school movie has for years provided ambitious or oddb... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/06/high-school-outcast-finds-his-place-in-terri/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘High School Outcast Finds His Place in Terri’</span>.</a> 543 </dd> 544 <dt> 545 <hgroup> 546 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/06/mystery-killer-on-the-loose-observed-in-aurora/">Mystery Killer on the Loose, Observed, in Aurora</a> 547 <time class="date" datetime="2011-06-29T23:00:00+00:00" pubdate="pubdate"></time> 548 </hgroup> 549 </dt> 550 <dd> 551 Romanian director Cristi Puiu’s follow-up to The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, a bleak comedy following a dying man from hospital to hospital, is in so... <a href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/06/mystery-killer-on-the-loose-observed-in-aurora/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="implied"> – ‘Mystery Killer on the Loose, Observed, in Aurora’</span>.</a> 552 </dd> 553 <dt> 554 <hgroup> 555 <a class="title" href="https://j-hoberman.com/2011/05/cannes-2011/">Cannes 2011</a> 556 <time class="date" datetime="2011-05-02T10:45:48+00:00" pubdate="pubdate">May 2, 2011</time> 557 </hgroup> 558 </dt> 559 <dd> 560 May 11 The Quest to Avoid Lady Ga-Ga Begins May 13 Good Movies Where Are You? May 16 The Tree of Life May 17 Cannes Has Issues May 18 Melanch
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