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Terrence Malick’s ‘The New World’ & New Titles By Alain Resnais, Arthur Hiller & More Coming To Criterion In July

The Playlist Staff — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 00:59:48 +0000

Terrence Malick's 'The New World' & New Titles By Alain Resnais, Arthur Hiller & More Coming To Criterion In July

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Contest: Win Alain Renais’ Sci-Fi Classic ‘Je t’aime, Je t’aime’ On Blu-Ray

The Playlist Staff — Wed, 11 Nov 2015 19:30:40 +0000

Contest: Win Alain Renais' Sci-Fi Classic 'Je t'aime, Je t'aime' On Blu-Ray

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‘Man With A Movie Camera’ Tops Sight & Sound’s List Of Best Documentaries Of All Time

The Playlist Staff — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:24:35 +0000

'Man With A Movie Camera' Tops Sight & Sound's List Of Best Documentaries Of All Time

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R.I.P. Alain Resnais (1922-2014): Watch Essential Films ‘Night And Fog,’ ‘Mon Oncle d’Amerique’ & More In Full

The Playlist Staff — Sun, 02 Mar 2014 17:01:55 +0000

R.I.P. Alain Resnais (1922-2014): Watch Essential Films 'Night And Fog,' 'Mon Oncle d'Amerique' & More In Full

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Review: Alain Resnais’ ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet!’

The Playlist Staff — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 22:29:00 +0000

Review: Alain Resnais' 'You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet!'

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NYFF Review: Alain Resnais Makes A Delightful Final Film With ‘You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet!’

The Playlist Staff — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:04:16 +0000

NYFF Review: Alain Resnais Makes A Delightful Final Film With 'You Ain’t Seen Nothin’ Yet!'

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Alain Resnais’ ‘Vous N’Avez Encore Rien Vu’ Adds Andre Dussollier, Mathieu Amalric & More

The Playlist Staff — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 07:19:13 +0000

Alain Resnais' 'Vous N'Avez Encore Rien Vu' Adds Andre Dussollier, Mathieu Amalric & More

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In Theaters: ‘Knight & Day,’ ‘Grown Ups,’ ‘Dogtooth’

Hunter McClamrock — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 15:54:00 +0000

No sequels or reboots this week, just two star vehicles from very reliable box-office draws: Tom Cruise and Adam Sandler. The two stars might not have a whole lot in common, but when they appear in the context of their more comfortable genres (action/comedy for Cruise and broad manchild comedy for Sandler) they usually can’t fail. They are both also notable for taking major risks outside of their comfort zones (both have worked with P.T.

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A New ‘Last Year At Marienbad’ Documentary Surfaces By Volker Schlöndorff

Sean Gillane — Tue, 25 May 2010 20:27:00 +0000

Genuine cinephilia interest has just been piqued a few notches.

A new documentary, aptly titled “The Making of Last Year in Marienbad,” examining the production of Alain Resnais’ seminal and enigmatic 1961 picture, “Last Year at Marienbad” has begun screening for select audience members recently. The film is comprised of 8mm footage shot by cast member Francoise Spira (whose character, like all the characters in the film, lacks a name) during the production of Resnais’ mystifying classic.

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‘The Rum Diary’ Headed For Cannes?; ‘Arizona Dream’ Finally Hits DVD & Alain Resnais’ ‘Wild Grass’ Gets Trailer

Kevin Jagernauth — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 14:50:00 +0000

Is “The Rum Diary” headed for Cannes? Maybe. Vulture asked Aaron Eckhart about the status of the film to which he replied, “I don’t know, I don’t know where they’re at. I think they’re trying to get into Cannes, maybe.” That’s about as definitive as anything we’ve heard on the project in a while. The film is an adaptation of the Hunter S. Thompson novel that stars Johnny Depp, Amber Heard, Giovanni Ribisi and Richard Jenkins.

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NYFF ’09: ‘Wild Grass’ Is Alain Resnais At His Weird & Wily Best

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:35:00 +0000

Alain Resnais’ “Wild Grass” was the opening night selection for this year’s New York Film Festival last week. We saw it earlier that day. And yet we’re still grappling with our feelings about the film. Overall, the movie is a triumph, as weird and wily and wonderful as “Last Year at Marienbad,” if not as gorgeous and cutting-edge.

The movie (based on a novel by Christian Gailly – yes, this marks Resnais’ first literary adaptation) concerns the relationship between a man named George Palet (the always-great André Dussolier), who has done something very questionable in his past (but, this being Resnais, that “something” is never quite illuminated) and dentist Marguerite Muir (played by Resnais’ wife, Sabine Azéma).

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Steven Soderbergh Likens His ‘Knockout’ Action Movie To ‘Point Blank’ & ‘Bond’

Rodrigo Perez — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:20:00 +0000

Steven Soderbergh looooves John Boorman’s “Point Blank,” the 1967 existential thriller that’s a bit like if Alain Resnais made an action movie and stars Lee Marvin. It’s not like he hides its grand influence over him either, and he’s admitted several times that the temporal shifting in “The Limey,” is greatly indebted to the picture. He’s referenced it endlessly and went so far as to do the commentary track on the DVD with Boorman (it’s really essential listening).

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Cannes ’09 Reviews: ‘Precious,’ ‘Les Herbes Folles’ & Jury Prize Winner ‘Fish Tank’

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 15:48:00 +0000

Ok, we swear to god this is the end of our Cannes reviews, but we’re obsessive completists and or sometimes slow. It sometimes takes a while for thoughts to marinate and digest (and or, we’re lazy and slow).

“Precious” (Lee Daniels)
A big hit this year at Sundance, picking up virtually every award the festival has to offer, “Precious” (previously and awkwardly titled “Push: Based on a Novel by Sapphire,” but changed due to a similarly titled lame duck sci-fi film) arrives at Cannes as an Un Certain Regard selection amidst some amount of controversy – the film is being warred over by the Weinstein Company and Lionsgate, the former believing they have dibs while the latter claims to have “officially” bought it, so a lawsuit is brewing.

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Blur’s ‘Last Year At Marienbad’ Homage

Rodrigo Perez — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:09:00 +0000

So last night we finally saw the legendary surrealist classic, “Last Year At Marienbad,” at New York’s Film Forum. The glacially-paced, chilly, and hypnotically opaque (not to mention lavishly stylish) abstraction is not for the impatient at heart. We dragged our roommate to the film and she was so peeved (and praying-for-death) by its slow-moving ellipticalness and absence of narrative, she demanded we at least get some sort of blog post out of it. So here we are.

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