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The Film Society of Lincoln Center, in collaboration with the George Eastman House in Rochester, N.Y., has added an extremely rare archival find to their felicitously conjoined tributes to Jennifer Jones and Charles Boyer. The series has been imaginatively programmed by Joanna Ney, staff programmer for the society. On May 21, a screening of King Vidor’s Duel in the Sun (1946) at 3:30 will be preceded by a nine-minute series of screen tests of Gregory Peck and Jennifer Jones ordered by David Selznick, and conducted by Josef von Sternberg.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/selznick-surprise#comments Arts & Culture Movies Tue, 13 May 2008 13:40:02 -0400 Andrew Sarris 69140 at http://www.observer.com The Other Brooklyn http://www.observer.com/2008/other-brooklyn

SANGRE DE MI SANGRE
Running time 100 minutes
Written and directed by Christopher Zalla  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/other-brooklyn#comments Arts & Culture Movies Tue, 13 May 2008 13:39:01 -0400 Andrew Sarris 69138 at http://www.observer.com I Am Curious, Yella: German Indie Puts Us on Tightrope http://www.observer.com/2008/i-am-curious-yella-german-indie-puts-us-tightrope

YELLA
Running Time 89 minutes
Written and directed by Christian Petzold  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/i-am-curious-yella-german-indie-puts-us-tightrope#comments Arts & Culture Movies Christian Petzold David Stresow Nina Hoss Tue, 13 May 2008 13:35:55 -0400 Andrew Sarris 69137 at http://www.observer.com French Farce http://www.observer.com/2008/french-farce

OSS 117: CAIRO, NEST OF SPIES
Running time 99 minutes
Written by Jean-François Halin
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/french-farce#comments Arts & Culture Movies Tue, 06 May 2008 12:56:26 -0400 Andrew Sarris 68807 at http://www.observer.com Pieces of Ellen http://www.observer.com/2008/pieces-ellen

THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS
Running time 77 minutes
Written by Maureen Medved
Directed by Bruce McDonald  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/pieces-ellen#comments Arts & Culture Movies Ellen Page Tue, 06 May 2008 12:48:05 -0400 Andrew Sarris 68806 at http://www.observer.com Meet Me in Malta: Middle-Aged Passion with Sublime Juliet Stevenson http://www.observer.com/2008/meet-me-malta-middle-aged-passion-sublime-juliet-stevenson

A PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENT
Running Time 118 minutes
Written and directed by Joan Carr-Wiggin  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/meet-me-malta-middle-aged-passion-sublime-juliet-stevenson#comments Arts & Culture Movies Daniel Stern Juliet Stevenson Tue, 06 May 2008 12:45:44 -0400 Andrew Sarris 68805 at http://www.observer.com Godard: Details http://www.observer.com/2008/godard-details

The Godard series at Film Forum continues on May 5 with Le Petit Soldat (1960), starring Anna Karina and Michel Subor, at 7:30 and 9:40; the presentation will include the short Charlotte et son Jules (1958).  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/godard-details#comments Arts & Culture Movies Jean-Luc Godard Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:36:33 -0400 Andrew Sarris 68499 at http://www.observer.com Middlesex, Part Dos: Genital Ambiguity in Argentina http://www.observer.com/2008/middlesex-part-dos-genital-ambiguity-argentina

XXY
Directed by Lucía Puenzo
Written by Sergio Bizzio and Lucía Puenzo  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/middlesex-part-dos-genital-ambiguity-argentina#comments Arts & Culture Movies Lucia Puenzo Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:33:11 -0400 Andrew Sarris 68497 at http://www.observer.com Not His Worst http://www.observer.com/2008/not-his-worst

MISTER LONELY
Directed by Harmony Korine
Written by Avi Korine and Harmony Korine  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/not-his-worst#comments Arts & Culture Movies Harmony Korine Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:35:08 -0400 Andrew Sarris 68498 at http://www.observer.com Silly Streep http://www.observer.com/2008/silly-streep

The Film Society of Lincoln Center presented a gala tribute to Meryl Streep on Monday, April 14, 2008. It was the 36th such ceremony, all directed and edited by Wendy Keys, with a writing contribution on this occasion by Joanna Ney. Meryl and I have had our publicly aired differences over the years, but in this instance I must say that she and the evening were total triumphs.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/silly-streep#comments Arts & Culture Movies Meryl Streep Tue, 22 Apr 2008 13:47:53 -0400 Andrew Sarris 68198 at http://www.observer.com