He died last Wednesday. Although he will be best remembered for Mr. Han in ENTER THE DRAGON, Cantonese cinema will always revere him as the adversary to Kwan...
By James Bell Travelling to the Pyongyang International Film Festival in North Korea was going to be a trip like no other. What greeted me at Beijing airport...
... It seems that the person who wrote that very good obituary knew what they were talking about as much as the person who found the still didn't have a clue! ...
... She is really good in RAILROADED and T-MEN and was going to attend the Memphis Film Festival some 8 years ago but once the shoe-bomber incident received...
Sad news. I met King a few years ago at Carleton University in Ottawa when he lectured and showed some of his work. One of the great documentary filmmakers who...
Way better than usual thanks for Eduardo Coutinho's retro. Coutinho is one of my favorite filmmakers current working, so it's great to hear his getting a retro...
I would second Filipe´s comments, only adding that IMHO Coutinho´s Playing should also not be missed, and reinforce that every film not mentioned by Filipe...
Should any of a_film_byers wander around Central Europe in late July, the Era New Horizons Film Festival in Wroclaw is definitely to be recommended. It's one...
http://wellesnet.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=2&p=16833#p16833 If you scroll down this site you will find links to email the Mayor and City Council of Woodstock...
Any "Sarristes" still aboard? A curious article in today's Times, by one Michael Powell (no less!), on Andrew Sarris -- who has unfortunately parted ways with...
... I always find it intriguing when people in and around NY (like, say, a writer for the NY Times) use this put-down, as if somehow NY is a place where people...
... Well, it might be because theaters have matinees only on Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday and few theatergoers these days--including critics--go to three...
It was kind of horrifying passing Manhattan's Symphony Space/Leonard Nimoy Thalia complex and seeing the poster: "Essential Art House ... 12 masterpieces from...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6718273.ece As the obituary states, she was the first girl Bond bedded in Dr. No (1962) but she had...
Here's the thing... You cannot store chemical prints in pristine condition forever. I agree with you, there can be a special density to 35mm that digital...
... Peter, digital storage of motion picture material is a huge can of worms. It can be tremendously expensive and require copying over every couple of years...
Thank you very much, Joe. I will contact you shortly about that pdf file. At the moment, I'd like to leave open a question about archiving: if chemical prints...