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links to capsule-review pages 1. Documentaries in competition (5x100w) 2. Features in competition (part one) (6x100w) 3. Features in competition (part two) (6x100w) 4. Non-competing new films (5x125w) 5. Los Angeles - A City on Film (8x100w) 6. 'Archive' films (4x125w)
from Agnes to ramZinsky Viennale 2008 feature-film capsule-reviews, all together on one handy page
Rourke's Drift... to Oscar Glory? V'08 overview for Tribune
Thom's Place piece for FIPRESCI website
For The Hollywood Reporter THE BEACHES OF AGNES FOR A MOMENT, FREEDOM THE INHERITORS MARCH A WEEK ALONE <<<< added 29.Dec.08
upcoming 1. 3,500w+ report for Senses of Cinema {online Dec/Jan} 2. 400w stand-alone reviews of The Wrestler and Wendy and Lucy for Tribune {online in relevant weeks of UK release, Jan 09}
new feature-length films THE BEACHES OF AGNES : [7/10] : Les plages d'Agnes : France 2008 : Agnes VARDA : 110m M, 28.10 BIRDSONG : [5/10] : El Cant dels ocells aka The Song of the Birds : Spain 2008 : Albert SERRA : 96m G, 22.10 THE BLUE BULL : [5/10] : Spain 2008 : Daniel V. VILLAMEDIANA : 63m U, 26.10^ END OF THE RAINBOW : [6/10] : aka Tout l'or du monde : Australia/France 2007 : Robert NUGENT : 83m V, 22.10^ EVERYTHING IS FINE : [5/10] : Tout est parfait : Canada 2007 : Yves-Christian FOURNIER : 115m V, 24.10^ FLOWER IN THE POCKET : [5/10] : Malaysia 2007 : LIEW Seng Tat : 97m V, 23.10^ FOR A MOMENT, FREEDOM : [4/10] : Ein Augenblick, Freiheit : Austria (Aus/Fr/Tur) 2008 : Arash T. RIAHI : 110m V, 23.10^ (HOW) TO BE DEAD : [3/10] : Como estar muerto / Cómo estar muerto aka To Be Dead / How To Be Dead : Argentina 2008 : Manuel FERRARI : 77m U, 23.10^ THE INHERITORS : [7/10] : Los Herederos : Mexico 2008 : Eugenio POLGOVSKY (Ezcurra) : 90m V, 25.10^ LIVERPOOL : [6/10] : Argentina (Arg/Fr/Neth/Spn/Ger) 2008 : Lisandro ALONSO : 85m G, 25.10 MARCH : [6/10] : März : Austria 2008 : Händl KLAUS : 83m M, 23.10^ MEDICINE FOR MELANCHOLY : [6/10] : USA 2008 : Barry JENKINS : 87m V, 25.10^ MUST READ AFTER MY DEATH : [6/10] : USA 2008 : Morgan DEWS : 76m V, 26.10^ THE ORDER OF MYTHS : [7/10] : USA 2008 : Margaret BROWN : 80m V, 23.10^ OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST : [5+/10] : Aquele querido mes de agosto : Portugal (Por/Fr) 2008 : Miguel GOMES : 149m G 24.10; and V 27-28.10^ SALAMANDRA : [5/10] : Argentina (Arg/Fr/Ger) 2008 : PABLO Aguero : 91m M, 27.10^ SYMPTOM X : [5/10] : Shorei X : Japan 2007 : YOSHIDA Kohki : 67m V, 22.10^ TONY MANERO : [6/10] : Chile (Chi/Bra) 2008 : Pablo LARRAIN : 97m M, 26.10^ TO SEE IF I'M SMILING : [6/10] : aka Lirot im ani mehayehet : Israel 2007 : Tamar YAROM : 59m V, 27.10^ A WEEK ALONE : [7/10] : Una semana solos : Argentina 2008 : Celina MURGA : 110m V, 25.10^ WENDY AND LUCY : [6/10] : USA 2008 : Kelly REICHARDT : 80m M, 26.10 THE WRESTLER : [10/10] : USA 2008 : Darren ARONOFSKY : 105m G, 23.10
archive feature-length films CISCO PIKE : [3/10] : USA 1972 : B L ("Bill") NORTON : 94m F, 24.10 CITY OF FEAR : [6/10] : USA 1959 : Irving LERNER : 81m F, 22.10 CRIME WAVE : [7/10] : USA 1954 : Andre DE TOTH : 74m F, 27.10 THE FLOWER OF PAIN : [6/10] : USA 1983 : John GIANVITO : 75m M, 27.10 GONE IN 60 SECONDS : [8/10] : USA 1974 : H.B.HALICKI : 97m F, 27.10 HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD : [4/10] : USA 1937 : Robert FLOREY : 75m F, 24.10 THE KING OF ROSES : [8/10] : Der Rosenkönig : W.Germany (WG/Por) 1986 : Werner SCHROETER : 106m M, 26.10 MURDER BY CONTRACT : [7/10] : USA 1958 : Irving LERNER : 79m F, 22.10 PIT STOP : [7/10] : aka The Winner : USA 1969 : Jack HILL : 92m F, 26.10 RISE AND FALL OF A LITTLE FILM COMPANY... : [7/10] : Grandeur et decadence d'un petit commerce de cinema...* : France (Fr/Swi) 1986 TV : Jean-Luc GODARD : 90m U, 28.10 THE SAVAGE EYE : [6/10] : USA 1960 : Ben MADDOW, Sidney MEYERS, Joseph STRICK : 66m F, 24.10 TOUCH OF EVIL : [8?/10] : USA 1958 : Orson WELLES : 111m M, 29.10
shorts A.Effect : [****] : USA 2008 : Mike OTT : 15m : 22.10, V Une catastrophe : aka Une catastrophe - Der Viennale-08-Trailer : [*****] : France 2008 : Jean-Luc GODARD : 1m : various The Cook : [****] : USA 1919 : Roscoe ARBUCKLE : 18m : 28.10, M Expurgation : [**] : USA 1980 : Tom CONSER : 19m : 27.10, M The Life and Death of 9413 - A Hollywood Extra : [**] : USA 1928 : Robert FLOREY & Slavko VORKAPICH : 13m : 24.10, F Man-Bull Fight : [****] : Monsieur qui a mange du taureau : France 1909 : director anonymous : 6m : 28.10, M Muscle Beach : [***] : USA 1948 : Irving LERNER & Joseph STRICK : 10m : 24.10, F Olivia's Place : [****] : USA 1966 : Thom ANDERSEN : 6m : 24.10, F Pass the Gravy : [****] : USA 1928 : Fred L.GUIOL : 22m : 28.10, M 1:42.08 : [***] : USA 1966 : George LUCAS : 8m : 26.10, F Should Men Walk Home? : [***] : USA 1927 : Leo McCAREY : 20m : 28.10, M There It Is : [***] : USA 1928 : Harold L.MULLER : 22m : 28.10, M ratings for shorts are out of five-star maximum; timings from catalogue(s)
new features already seen and reviewed Ballast [7/10] Lance HAMMER (seen at Berlin) Jesus Christ Saviour [6/10] Peter GEYER (Edinburgh) Let the Right One In [6/10] Tomas ALFREDSON (Gothenburg) Man On Wire [7/10] James MARSH (in Newcastle on UK release) Momma's Man [5/10] Azazal JACOBS (Rotterdam) The Mother [6/10] A.CATTIN & P.KOSTOMAROV (Lisbon) My Winnipeg [5/10] Guy MADDIN (in Newcastle on UK release) Of Time and the City [8/10] Terence DAVIES (Edinburgh) Profit motive and the whispering wind [9/10] John GIANVITO (DVD and Bradford) La Rabia [6/10] Albertina CARRI (Berlin) The Romance of Astrea and Celadon [6/10] Eric ROHMER (Rotterdam) Wellness [6/10] Jake MAHAFFY (Edinburgh) With A Girl of Black Soil [9/10] JEON Soo-il (Edinburgh) Wonderful Town [6/10] Aditya ASSARAT (Lisbon)
   
^ = films eligible for Fipresci prize (jury : Markus Keuschnigg, Diego Lerer, Norman Wilner, Neil Young)
Cinemas : G = Gartenbaukino; M = Metro; S = Stadtkino; U = Urania (V = video-room). All (except 'V') public screenings (complimentary tickets). Underlined timings are hand-timed; otherwise are taken from the Viennale/Retrospective catalogues.

* aka Grandeur et decadence d'un petit commerce de cinema d'apres un roman de James Hadley Chase aka Rise and Fall of a Small Film Company, Based On a Novel by James Hadley Chase aka Serie Noire - Grandeur et decadence d'un petit commerce de cinema aka The Grandeur and Decadence of a Small-Time Filmmaker (... and is also known under various other titles)

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