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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Interview: Marine Atlan – La Gravida | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

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Interview: Abinash Bikram Shah – Elephants in the Fog | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Making his second splash in Cannes after seeing his...

Interview: Rakan Mayasi – Yesterday the Eye Didn’t Sleep | 2026 Cannes Film Festival

Set within a tightly knit Bedouin community in Lebanon,...