Learning From The Masters Of Cinema: D.W. Griffith's THE BIRTH OF A NATION

Posted: 12 Aug 2013 02:00 AM PDT

Should The Birth Of A Nation still be revered as a cinematic masterpiece? D. W. Griffith's silent Civil War epic has been dividing opinion ever since it first premiered in 1915, so while this is hardly a new topic of debate, the release of Masters of Cinema's spanking new Bluray prompts us again to evaluate one of the most controversial works of American Cinema. A mammoth undertaking at the time, The Birth Of A Nation cost a whopping US$112,000 to produce and weighed in at a butt-numbing 190 minutes, an alien concept to audiences familiar only with 2-3 reelers up to this point. However, despite hiking up the ticket price to a then-ridiculous $2 (compared with a standard $0.40 ticket), The Birth of a Nation...

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Juan José Campanella's FOOSBALL To Open San Sebastián 2013

Posted: 11 Aug 2013 03:30 PM PDT

Already a box office success this past month in his native Argentina, Juan José Campanella's Foosball (aka Futbolín and also Metegol) will now become the first ever 3D animated title to open San Sebastián. It's a Spanish-Argentinian co-production and Campanella's first flick since picking up the Best Foreign Oscar nod in 2010 for The Secret In Their Eyes. Meanwhile six films will compete for the top prize, The Golden Shell. Three French directors feature with Francois Dupeyron's My Soul Healed By You, Bertrand Tavernier's Quai D'Orsay and Mariana Rondón's Venezualan-produced Bad Hair all up for the accolade. Also in with a chance are Mexican Fernando Eimbcke with Club Sandwich, Roger Michell with Le Week-End and Jonathan Teplitzky's Aussie-Brit co-production The Railway Man. And for...

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