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The Best & Worst of 2002

There weren’t any parades or celebrations—except maybe in the hearts of retailers—but last year marked the silver anniversary of the…

21 years ago
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Foreign Genre Titles

The sheer number of overseas films now available on DVD in the US is staggering, yet most DVD enthusiasts still…

22 years ago
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Film School on Your Couch

It's sad how easily one can become jaded, isn't it? In the DVD format's infancy only a few years ago,…

22 years ago
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Haskell Wexler

Wexler (right): Even his lesser films are well worth watching. WHEN HASKELL WEXLER WON the 1966 Best Cinematography Oscar for…

25 years ago
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Paul Schrader

With Nick Nolte on the set of Affliction. Every film Paul Schrader has ever made has failed. That is not…

25 years ago
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Beauty Beneath the Brutality: Japanese Masters Mizoguchi and Ozu

The press nicknamed him "The Emperor," and when Akira Kurosawa died in September, his seat on the throne as reigning…

25 years ago
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Myth-making With Natural Light

Almendros in Action. When I think of cinematographer Nestor Almendros's work on Sophie's Choice, I see Meryl Streep's translucent skin.…

26 years ago
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Rus Raves and Rants

Cyclo The Best Cyclo - There is not a wasted image in this film from Vietnamese director Hung Tran Anh…

26 years ago
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Bergman’s Women

A couple of months ago I began an alphabetical journey through the work of the world's great moviemakers, revisiting classics…

27 years ago
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Crooks, Psychos and Soldiers: the Cinema of Sam Fuller

The first scene should give you a woody: Sam on The Big One. In the new Independent Film Channel documentary,…

28 years ago