Jun 19 Forum: Submit Questions for Werner Herzog By Arts Desk Due out at the end of the month is "Conquest of the Useless," a collection of Herzog's "Fitzcarraldo" journals (or, as he describes them in the book's preface, "inner landscapes, born of the delirium of the jungle.")… Continue reading
Jun 17 SILVERDOCS Festival Opens With a Slam Called the "premier showcase for documentary films" by the Hollywood Reporter, the American Film Institute SILVERDOCS festival brings a full slate of documentary films and the International Documentary Conference to Silver Spring, Md. Continue reading
May 29 Around the Nation, Friday Round-up Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading
May 27 Tonight on PBS: 'Hollywood Chinese' Wednesday night on PBS, WNET's American Masters presents the national premier of "Hollywood Chinese," the highly acclaimed documentary that tells the story of Chinese-American cinematic history. Continue reading
May 22 Around the Nation, Friday Round-Up Here are some of this week's arts and culture headlines from public broadcasters around the nation. Continue reading
May 12 Cinema and Shoplifting: John Waters at the Maryland Film Festival While movie stars are gathering on the Riviera for a splashy time at Cannes, moviegoers flocked last weekend to Charm City for the 11th annual Maryland Film Festival. Held at Baltimore's Charles Theater, one of the main attractions is always… Continue reading
Apr 23 An Evening With Mike Nichols The works of celebrated director Mike Nichols are on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York during a two-week retrospective that closes May 4. Continue reading
Apr 15 'Sin Nombre': Strangers on a Train While all independent filmmaking could be considered dangerous in these economic times, what young American director Cary Joji Fukunaga did to make "Sin Nombre" is a more literal interpretation. Continue reading