The Blog Archive

January 10, 2008

Film Comment Critics Poll: A User's Guide

Parsing the better of the lesser of the best of the seen and the unseen

Storm-y Weather

Seduced and Abandoned: Reconsidering Lee's 1997 drama, with author Moody on hand at Walter Reade

NY Jewish Film Fest Compares and Contrasts

17th annual event hosts two dozen premieres and a spectrum of viewpoints

The News: NYC -- The Disaster Continues

Also: An ode (I think) to Eric Roberts; Pennebaker/Hegedus look back with Lopate

January 9, 2008

Hello, Stranger

Acclaimed Promise to the Dead opens eclectic doc series' winter program

Taking Care of Business

Reeler Flashback: Director Epstein discusses Being Born

The News: Blurb Whore Honored, Mourned

Also: New De Niro hotel promises fine, bankrupting accommodations; industry gripped by payroll panic

January 8, 2008

January in NYC: 'Dances, Docs and Double Bills

Resuming series downtown and on Staten Island augur tough choices for January

Sugar on Top

Intense doc reveals desperate straits for Haitian workers in Dominican Republic

The Indie Box-Office Crash Diet

Revenues, sky fall in congested 2007 marketplace