Featured Articles

Features

Disease, Delusion, and Delight

Disease, Delusion, and Delight

The Museum of the Moving Image is screening the complete films of David Cronenberg from January 21 – February 12.

Deutsche Docs: A Mixtape for the Spotify Generation

Deutsche Docs: A Mixtape for the Spotify Generation

Deutsche Docs: The Contemporary German Documentary is showing at Anthology Film Archives from January 26 – February 6.

Driving Miss Misery

Driving Miss Misery

In the latest installment of “Soundtrack of the Week,” Allie Conti discusses the use (and abuse) of several Elliott Smith songs in Gus Van Sant’s 1997 film “Good Will Hunting.”

Godzilla’s 21st Century Legacy

Godzilla’s 21st Century Legacy

The Criterion Collection is releasing “Godzilla” on DVD and Blu-ray on Tuesday, January 24.

Investigation of a Composer of Boundless Invention

Investigation of a Composer of Boundless Invention

Our Soundtrack of the Week: Ennio Morricone’s score for the 1970 film “Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion.”

“The Interrupters” Wins Big at Cinema Eye Honors

“The Interrupters” Wins Big at Cinema Eye Honors

The 5th Annual Cinema Eye Honors, a celebration of the best in documentary film, was held last night at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens.

Reviews

Prepare the Bottle & Prepare for Battle

Prepare the Bottle & Prepare for Battle

Valérie Donzelli’s emotional family drama “Declaration of War” opens Friday, January 27 at IFC Center.

Belle of the Bala

Belle of the Bala

Filled with great visuals and terrific performances, “Miss Bala” is a strong, albeit uneven piece of social commentary on the Mexican drug war.

A Very Sexy Documentary

A Very Sexy Documentary

Frederick Wiseman’s “Crazy Horse” documents in lovely, loving detail quite possibly the world’s sexiest nude dance revue, Le Crazy Horse de Paris.

Unbearable Brightness

Unbearable Brightness

Ian Cheney’s “The City Dark” should be required viewing for every inhabitant of this planet, but particularly for young people, as their future is looking unbearably bright.

It’s the End of the World and I Feel Awful

It’s the End of the World and I Feel Awful

“The Divide” is a stylish horror film concerned both with having an idiosyncratic look and with deeply disturbing the masses.

Biopic do Brasil

Biopic do Brasil

Fábio Barreto’s “Lula, Son of Brazil” is a thought-provoking yet problematic film about the early life of beloved Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Interviews

Q&A with Kickstarter’s Yancey Strickler

Q&A with Kickstarter’s Yancey Strickler

Alexandra Marvar talks with Kickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler about how crowdfunding is changing filmmaking at Sundance and beyond.

Q&A with Filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa

Q&A with Filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa

Cinespect recently spoke with filmmaker Sergei Loznitsa, whose work is featured in the Anthology’s Compilation Film series.

Q&A with Global Film Initiative Chairwoman Susan Weeks Coulter

Q&A with Global Film Initiative Chairwoman Susan Weeks Coulter

An interview with Susan Weeks Coulter, the founder and chairwoman of the Global Film Initiative.

Q&A with Editor and Author Richard Porton

Q&A with Editor and Author Richard Porton

Cinespect spoke with editor, author and curator Richard Porton on anarchist cinema and the upcoming Anthology Film Archives series on the subject itself, also co-curated by Porton.

Q&A with Filmmaker Virginia García del Pino

Q&A with Filmmaker Virginia García del Pino

Virginia García del Pino’s “Me and My Sister” (“Mi Hermana y Yo”) (2009) screens on December 10 at Anthology Film Archives.

Q&A with Charlotte Rampling and Angelina Maccarone

Q&A with Charlotte Rampling and Angelina Maccarone

Q&A with legendary actress Charlotte Rampling and filmmaker Angelina Maccarone.

From the Vault

Hands Off, Westerner

Hands Off, Westerner

Lionel Rogosin’s “Come Back, Africa” is screened and celebrated at Film Forum, January 27 – February 2.

A Double-Shot of La Cava, Please

A Double-Shot of La Cava, Please

Anthology is screening Gregory La Cava’s “She Married Her Boss” (1935) & “Unfinished Business” (1941) from January 27-29.

The Picture of Laura Hunt

The Picture of Laura Hunt

Otto Preminger’s “Laura,” the supreme film noir/romance, is showing at Film Forum from December 30 to January 5.

Comic Gold

Comic Gold

Paul Anthony Johnson reviews Charles Chaplin’s 1925 film “The Gold Rush,” which is showing from December 23-29 at Film Forum.

Remembrance of Affairs Past

Remembrance of Affairs Past

Even fifty years after its initial release and countless imitations, “Last Year at Marienbad” is a show-stopper that hasn’t lost any of its impact. Showing at Film Forum from Dec 23-29.

The Success of Catastrophe

The Success of Catastrophe

Frank Capra’s Christmas-themed 1946 classic “It’s a Wonderful Life” is showing at IFC Center from December 16-27.

Screenings

“Santa’s Cool Holiday Film Festival”

“Santa’s Cool Holiday Film Festival”

Chad V. Sims reviews the holiday film series, happening December 16 & 17 at Landmark’s Sunshine Cinema.

Stanley Kubrick’s “Fear and Desire”

Stanley Kubrick’s “Fear and Desire”

The celebrated auteur’s 1953 debut feature will be shown on TCM this Wednesday at 8 P.M.

Saving, Projecting & Celebrating Cinema at MoMA

Saving, Projecting & Celebrating Cinema at MoMA

The ninth annual international festival of film preservation To Save and Project runs from October 14 – November 19 at MoMA.

Arabian Springs!

Arabian Springs!

Part II of MoMA’s series “Mapping Subjectivity: Experimentation in Arab Cinema from the 1960s to Now” promises a great selection of interesting finds.

A Test of Wills: the Films of Richard Kern

A Test of Wills: the Films of Richard Kern

The work of Richard Kern tests one’s patience as well as the urge to call the authorities. Anthology Film Archives programs two days of Kern, Sept 23 & 24.

“Enemy Alien” Screening at Maysles Cinema

“Enemy Alien” Screening at Maysles Cinema

Tonight at 8PM