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Tomorrow my personal favorite precursor body, the National Society of Film Critics, will announce their 2009 winners.
Regular awards-watchers will know that the NSFC is generally the most highbrow of the critics’ groups, as well as the most independent-minded — last year, they went wholly against the Oscar grain, giving Best Picture to “Waltz With Bashir” [...]
Predict the NSFC Awards
Posted by Guy Lodge · 7:03 pm · January 2nd, 2010
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Ridley Scott takes on ‘Red Riding’ remake
Posted by Guy Lodge · 4:55 am · October 15th, 2009
You may remember that back in March I raved about “Red Riding,” the British TV adaptation of David Peace’s quartet of Yorkshire-set crime novels that IFC will soon be distributing theatrically in the U.S.
Specifically, I flipped for the first installment of the three-film series, Julian Jarrold’s “1974″ — an exquisitely textured mood piece, with [...]
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‘L.A. Confidential’ gets a deluxe DVD release
Posted by John Foote · 10:06 am · September 19th, 2008
One of the greatest experiences I have ever had at a Toronto festival was the North American premiere of Curtis Hanson’s “L.A. Confidential,” which was instantly declared a masterpiece and one of the great film noirs in movie history.
Dark and entertaining with a twisting and turning narrative that keep viewers guessing throughout, the film was [...]
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Best of the 90’s
Posted by John Foote · 7:43 am · July 4th, 2008
Time is the enemy of all films as it erodes what was once exciting and original. Truly great movies are able to withstand the test of time, but I wonder if enough time has passed to take a look back at the 1990s cinema and make some decisions.
There was a major breakthrough in the decade with filmmaker [...]
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