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Franklin Laviola

Irreversible: Rape, Murder, and Dizzying Camerawork

At the 1998 New York Film Festival question and answer session following the screening of his I Stand Alone, Franco-Argentinian director Gaspar Noé mentioned that his goal was to make a film

At the 1998 New York Film Festival question and answer session following the screening of his I Stand Alone, Franco-Argentinian director Gaspar Noé mentioned that his goal was to make a film

A Horror Movie that Scares to Death

One of the many pleasures of Gore Verbinski's surprisingly creepy The Ring is watching Naomi Watts in her first big-budget Hollywood starring role.

One of the many pleasures of Gore Verbinski's surprisingly creepy The Ring is watching Naomi Watts in her first big-budget Hollywood starring role.

A Strong Man in a Strange Land

Besides the minor misstep of lending his services as actor and maniacal presence to "avant-hack" Harmony Korine for the latter's otherwise odious Julian-Donkey Boy (1999), German auteur Werner Her

Besides the minor misstep of lending his services as actor and maniacal presence to "avant-hack" Harmony Korine for the latter's otherwise odious Julian-Donkey Boy (1999), German auteur Werner Her

Talking movies: Discussing Visconti's Senso

When the introduction of a half-dozen complimentary six-foot subs from Milano Market into the Schapiro Hall lounge created a natural setting for a symposium, Spectator film critics Ben Letzl

When the introduction of a half-dozen complimentary six-foot subs from Milano Market into the Schapiro Hall lounge created a natural setting for a symposium, Spectator film critics Ben Letzl

Talking with the Minds Behind Human Nature

Rhys Ifans

Rhys Ifans

The Untamed Quality of Human Nature

Charlie Kaufman had the type of big-screen debut most screenwriters only dream about with his surreal 1999 comedy Being John Malkovich.

Charlie Kaufman had the type of big-screen debut most screenwriters only dream about with his surreal 1999 comedy Being John Malkovich.

Mind Games, Masochism, and Masturbation

Austrian auteur Michael Haneke's (Benny's Video, Code Unknown) The Piano Teacher, the second cinematic provocation of the season after Claire Denis's gruesome Trouble Every

Austrian auteur Michael Haneke's (Benny's Video, Code Unknown) The Piano Teacher, the second cinematic provocation of the season after Claire Denis's gruesome Trouble Every