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Jul 30, 2013 — Guillermo del Toro’s ghostly fable beautifully reflects the director’s fascination with the personal and the political.
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Jul 30, 2013 — A caption for the video could go here and be however long it needed to be, within reason, of course.
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Jul 29, 2013 — Guillermo del Toro’s historical thriller and supernatural horror film The Devil’s Backbone is clearly the work of a film artist with an immense imagination. But according to the writer-director, it was also inspired by a real-life experience that haunts him...
Jul 26, 2013 — Did You See This?• On his birthday, a few of Staney Kubrick’s favorite things . . .• . . . plus one more • Bon voyage, Bernadette Lafont• RIP Dennis Farina• Martin Scorsese on cinema and the mind’s eye• Life...
Jul 23, 2013 — Asked by French journalists in a 2001 interview what recent films he most admired, Brian De Palma named Ang Lee’s 1997 The Ice Storm. It was surprising to hear one of the leaders of a filmmaking revolution that aimed at...
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Jul 23, 2013 — The Oscar-winning Babette’s Feast has a cinematic flavor unlike any other film. Director Gabriel Axel invites viewers to swoon over the sensual and spiritual experience of the climactic meal as if they were eating it themselves. By the end of...
Jul 22, 2013 — Gabriel Axel’s exquisite adaptation of Isak Dinesen’s short tale of grace through art provides spiritual and sensual sustenance.
Jul 16, 2013 — Theater legend Peter Brook’s approach to bringing the classic fable about human savagery to the screen was radical in its straightforwardness.
Jul 12, 2013 — Did You See This?• Movies and the art that inspired them • Explore the world of Pasolini. • A very Cool Chicago • The Dissolve has materialized. • Discussing the importance of Shoah • Dave Kehr matters. • Peter Bogdanovich...
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Jul 11, 2013 — In this video, contemporary cinema’s preeminent monster lover, Guillermo del Toro (Cronos, The Devil’s Backbone), tells us about his passion for the original Godzilla, a film that is more serious and poignant than most may realize. Del Toro’s latest effort,...