March 2010

Taking the Temp of SXSW 2010

cristina — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The fact that Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker made its US premiere one year ago at SXSW upped the intrigue this year, prompting me to wonder if one of 2010's 134 features or 126 shorts would achieve that rarefied status.

Best of New Directors/New Films 2010: Shorts

erin — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Best of 11 Short Films from New Directors/New Films

Logorama
(H5: François Alaux, Hervé de Crécy, and Ludovic Houplain. 2009. France. 17 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: Bill Cunningham New York

erin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Bill Cunningham New York
(Richard Press. 2010. USA. 84 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: Samson and Delilah

erin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Samson and Delilah
(Warwick Thornton. 2009. Australia. 101 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: The Evening Dress

erin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The Evening Dress (La Robe du soir)
(Myriam Aziza. 2009. France. 98 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: The Red Chapel

erin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The Red Chapel
(Mads Brügger. 2009. Denmark. 87 min.)

Repression. Imprisonment. Extermination. North Korea’s shameful secret is its network of hidden rural prisons, where over a quarter million dissidents have been locked up to rot and die.

Best of New Directors/New Films: The Father of My Children

erin — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The Father Of My Children (Le père de mes enfants)
(Mia Hansen-Love. 2009. France/Germany. 110 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: Beautiful Darling

erin — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar
(James Rasin. 2010. USA. 86 min.)

Best of New Directors/New Films: The Man Next Door

erin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

The Man Next Door (El hombre de al lado)
(Mariano Cohn & Gastón Duprat. 2009. Argentina. 103 min.)

Advance Look at New Directors/New Films

erin — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0500

For the past 38 years in Manhattan, The Film Society of Lincoln Center and The Museum of Modern Art have collaborated on an annual presentation of New Directors/New Films. This year's 27 features and 11 shorts, representing 20 countries, will screen at both locales between March 24th and April 4th.