Watch 'Great Directors' Documentary, With Richard Linklater, David Lynch, Catherine Breillat, And More

By Russ Fischer January 23rd, 2015

The 2009 film Great Directors from doc filmmaker Angela Ismailos is a great introduction to the work, creative philosophies and personalities of ten directors: Bernardo Bertolucci, David Lynch, Liliana Cavani, Stephen Frears, Agnes Varda, Ken Loach, Todd Haynes, Catherine Breillat, Richard Linklater and John Sayles. The film presents conversations and clips from the work of those filmmakers,…

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This Week In Trailers: The Lottery, Harjunpää (Priest Of Evil), Great Directors, The Agony And The Ecstasy Of Phil Spector

By Christopher Stipp June 18th, 2010

Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: I celebrate all levels of trailers and hopefully this column will satisfactorily give you a baseline of what beta wave I’m…

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