Todd Haynes

Film review: Import/Export

The Observer (Free subscription) | 05/10/2008

An impressive, deeply depressing look at two parallel lives in Austria and Ukraine

Antony and the Johnsons ‘Another World’ EP + video trailer, tour dates

Band Weblogs (Free subscription) | 02/10/2008

Antony and the Johnsons have just released a trailer for the title track from their forthcoming EP 'Another World' (October 7, 2008 Secretly Canadian) ...

Let Me Take Your Photo: Gregory Crewdson

The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 28/09/2008

As American photographer Gregory Crewdson celebrates his 46th birthday today, let’s take a look at his life and methods. (Shown above is one of his untitled photographs from 2004.) 1. Remember that song “Let Me Take Your Photo” that played during Hewlett Packard’s digital camera commercials? The song was the first single released by The Speedies, [...]

ENG 282: I'm Not There (USA: Todd Haynes, 2007)

Bluegrass Film Society (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008

This is a brilliant deconstruction/reconstruction of the nature of celebrity in America filtered through a strong mythological sensibility. Haynes didn't just tell us about what it means to be Bob Dylan, he instead allowed us to re-live the shifting amorphous birth of this artist. The music-celebrity bio pic genre will never be the same. I wanted to immediately watch it again--the highest praise for...

Oscar Prediction Mania 09: Let the Games Begin!

Cinema Blend (Free subscription) | 25/09/2008

You may not be ready, but Katey is already making predictions.

Why you should watch Max Ophuls this weekend.

Slate Magazine (Free subscription) | 19/09/2008

"There's something almost vulgar about trying to describe what [Max Ophuls'] camera does," says Todd Haynes in a DVD extra for Le Plaisir, one of three Ophuls films released this week by the Criterion Collection. The fluid elegance of Ophuls' camera is so subtle, and so organic to the storytelling, that at times the apparatus seems to be attached directly to the viewer's psyche. Ophuls' mise-en-scène...

Frozen River / Wendy and Lucy

Gossip Central (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008

Academy Award winning actress Marcia Gay Harden (for her role as Lee Krasner in "Pollack") seemed to be passing the baton when she introduced Melissa Leo at a private viewing of " Frozen River" at the Sony Screening Room on...

Frozen River /Wendy and Lucy

Gossip Central (Free subscription) | 17/09/2008

Academy Award winning actress Marcia Gay Harden (for her role as Lee Krasner in "Pollack") seemed to be passing the baton when she introduced Melissa Leo at a private viewing of " Frozen River" at the Sony Screening Room on...

The best film about earrings you're likely to see

Material Interest (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008

Out today from the Criterion Collection: The Earrings of Madame de... (1953), Le Plaisir (1952), and La Ronde (1950), three films by the German auteur Max Ophüls, whose fluid camera work and long tracking shots exerted a strong influence on...

Independent Film Week Lands In Manhattan

Festival21.com (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008

Monday, September 15------In celebration of its 30th anniversary, the Independent Feature Project (IFP), one of the oldest filmmaker organizations in America, is hosting this week's Independent Film Week (formerly the IFP Market). The name change reflects the organization's mission of discovering, showcasing, and supporting new independent film projects and talent. For full information, visit: Since...

Michelle Williams: Finding shelter and acclaim in small films

International Herald Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/09/2008

It has been a difficult year, to say the least, and Williams acknowledged in a recent interview - her first in eight months, since the death of her former fiancé Heath Ledger - that she has coped to some extent by throwing herself into her work.

• The New Season Film: For Michelle Williams, It’s All Personal - New York Times
• Michelle Williams Finds Her Way Back - Rotten Tomatoes

Rappin’

RightWingBob.com (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008

And speaking of controversial sermons, thanks a lot to David Urban for the tip about a recent upload to YouTube. It contains the audio of one of Bob Dylan’s most famous “gospel raps,” from a performance in Tempe, Arizona in 1979. Now, I’d heard this before, and maybe you have too — or you might [...]

Elba Working on Jordan Biopic

Screenhead (Free subscription) | 04/09/2008

Idris Elba has revealed to IGN UK that he is working on getting the planned Michael Jordan biopic up and running. “Michael is a very private guy, but we’re working at it slowly. The film that I’m trying to make isn’t about the actual basketball, it’s about the business” he said during the press junket [...]

Dylan is still not there

Things I'd Rather Be Doing (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008

Having just gone through a move, I haven't had the chance to write here much or watch or listen to much. The result is that I have been stewing over things long since digested, drawing parallels and such. The most persistent of these is "I'm Not There," Todd Haynes' anti-biopic about Bob Dylan. I wrote fairly recently about the film, lauding the way it captures the singer's protean nature. I've since...

Sarajevo Film Festival 2008 - Dotty gets spanked

Festival21.com (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008

Sarajevo Film Festival 2008 hosted Todd Haynes, one of the most controversial film authors today. Haynes had his films shown every day on the festival in the program Tribute to. His films are social and cultural essay on a sexuality subject in a traditional Christian American society. Social re-examination in his films and redefinition are one of the most important issues in his films. read more