Tag: Les Blank

A Poem is a Naked Person | Review

Taste of Starlight: Blank’s Debut a Fascinating Time Capsule Highly regarded documentarian Les Blank’s 1974 debut finally sees an official theatrical release over forty years...

Criterion Collection: Gates of Heaven / Vernon, Florida | Blu-ray Review

Long before he developed the still controversial cinematic technique of utilizing reenactments in The Thin Blue Line or his confessional-esque straight-to-lens Interrotron which was...

Criterion Collection: Les Blank: Always for Pleasure | Blu-ray Review

Many people may know Les Blank most for his association with Werner Herzog, who he filmed while on the brink of creative madness in...

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The Unknown (L’Inconnue) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

She Who Is Not: Harari Explores Existential Identity Issues...

2026 Cannes Critics’ Panel: Day 6 – Arthur Harari’s ‘The Unknown’

French director Arthur Harari might be best known as...

Hope | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Monster Squad: Hong-jin Goes Full-Blown Extraterrestrial For his fourth feature,...

Strawberries (La más dulce) | 2026 Cannes Film Festival Review

Fruit on the Vine: Marrakchi Harvests Bitter Justice “We give...