Jordan M. Smith

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L’inhumaine | Blu-ray Review

Shohei Imamura's brutalist depiction of female resilience in his masterwork of 1963, The Insect Woman, echoes the beloved French filmmaker Marcel L'Herbier's monumental silent avant-garde narrative L'inhumaine, which...

Criterion Collection: The Kid | Blu-ray Review

Outfitted with a new score and title sequence, reedited sans several scenes involving the woman, and rereleased in 1972, Charlie Chaplin's first feature length...

The Iron Ministry | DVD Review

Last year, 2.5 billion people traveled by rail across the wild expanse of China. With each passing year the country continues to sink massive...

Unlocking The Cage | 2016 Sundance Film Festival Review

Breaking Through The Bars: Hegedus & Pennebaker Go Ape In Court With Animal Rights Activist Steven Wise Having long ago been crowned the king and queen...

The Land of the Enlightened | 2016 Sundance Film Festival Review

Something Better Better Come: Afghan Kids Reign Supreme In the opening sequence of The Land of the Enlightened following a radio broadcast from President Obama that announces...

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Ken Russell’s The Devils – 2010 Fantasia International Film Festival

Iconic director Ken Russell was in town to receive a lifetime achievement award from Fantasia for his 50-plus years in the business, a career that has spawned many genre classics including Altered States, Gothic, and The Lair of the White Worm. But it was the little-seen and hard to find The Devils from 1971 that proved to be Russell's most controversial work, and Fantasia managed to snag a copy to be screened on Russell's big night. In the video, Russell discusses the true story behind the film and receives his award with the grace befitting one of the great filmmakers of all time.

Club Kid | Review

Sex, Drugs & Unexpected Parenting: Firstman’s Debut Creates an...

Interview: Jordan Firstman – Club Kid

I first took notice of Jordan Firstman through his...

Interview: Sandra Wollner – Everytime

One of the discoveries of this year's Cannes Film...
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