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Rohmer on the Lower East Side

August 14, 2008 – 3:53 pm

Yes, there’s a new Eric Rohmer movie, and yes, it’s premiering in New York tonight. How come you didn’t know about it? I don’t know, but I barely knew about it (or at least, about its scheduled premiere), so don’t feel too bad. The Romance of Astree and Celadon screened last year at the Toronto [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Indies, Reviews | Comments (3)

Review: La France

July 9, 2008 – 1:00 pm

A war film, a musical, a romance. All that, and none of the above.

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Festivals, LAFF 2008, Reviews | Comments (0)

Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness: Your Last Chance

February 7, 2008 – 10:44 am

Last week, I posted about Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness, Laurin Federlein’s highly-improvised, Hi8-sourced, sorta-doc/sorta-musical, which wraps up its one week run at the Anthology Film Archive here in New York tonight. That afternoon, I got a Facebook message from someone associated with the film, urging me *not* to go see it. I don’t [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Indies | Comments (0)

Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness in NY

January 31, 2008 – 12:04 pm

A low budget musical, highly improvised, shot on consumer video and blown up to film? I’m there. I’ve been wanting to see Laurin Federlein’s Build a Ship, Sail to Sadness since reading write-ups of its premiere at Rotterdam a year ago, followed by a number of conflicted but non necessarily dismissive reviews from LAFF. I’m [...]

By Karina Longworth | Posted in Indies | Comments (4)