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Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors

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Marker, Number 2

The lobby of Film Forum in New York, after a screening of Chris Marker’s THE CASE OF THE GRINNING CAT. [Silent] Click here to watch the video.

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Out One Spectre Specter

A few moments grabbed from Jacques Rivette‘s rarely screened OUT ONE: SPECTRE. Shot at the Anthology Film Archives in New York City. [Silent] Click here to watch the video.

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Tabu

Tabu A sensual island masterpiece, Tabu began as the collaboration between two talented Hollywood outsiders — accomplished documentarian Robert Flaherty (Nanook of the North), who had recently been fired from his first attempt at fiction filmmaking, and German expatriate Friedrich … Continue reading

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The Long Goodbye

The Long Goodbye Robert Altman was at the top of his craft when he made this revisionist detective gem in 1973 — one of a string of similarly skewed genre masterpieces that included McCabe & Mrs. Miller and Nashville. Elliott … Continue reading

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Brutal and Uncivilized

Quotes from “The STROMBOLI Affair” in MY METHOD: ROBERTO ROSSELLINI – We ask Maestro Renzo Rossellini, the director’s brother, also present at the interview, about the working conditions in Hollywood where he was himself at work on the soundtrack of … Continue reading

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The Gift

The Gift Director Sam Raimi delivers a long-awaited gift to fans of his earlier genre triumphs with this slight return to the voodoo of horror pictures past. Cate Blanchett stars as Annie Wilson, a widowed mother of three young boys … Continue reading

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