Monthly Archives: October 2012

Where Have You Been All My Life?

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Mark Stern

Pierre Étaix, director and actor, is a comedic genius and a cinematic innovator whose work–five features and three shorts, made in the 60s–long unseen because of tangled rights issues, had fallen into obscurity.  Neither I nor any of my constantly … Continue reading →

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Totally Requited

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Mark Stern

I’m thrilled and honored that the newest “Movie Lovers We Love” column in Indiewire by Bryce Renninger features my longtime, on-going project–portraits of directors–and a gallery (“From Sirk to Zeitlin”) of 16 of my favorite images: http://www.indiewire.com/article/movie-lovers-we-love-from-sirk-to-zeitlin-robin-holland-has-her-cameras-eye-on-films-greatest-directors?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Indiewire%20Today&utm_content= Thank you, Bryce.  … Continue reading →

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“Gaymazing”

Posted on October 10, 2012 by Mark Stern

Self-aware and self-conscious–and very funny–the 30-something New Yorkers who populate “Gayby,” writer/director Jonathan Lisecki’s new feature, are trying to anchor themselves in real life, working to sort out relationships (romantic and otherwise), careers, and the possibility of the ultimate adult … Continue reading →

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The Original

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Mark Stern

Before the half-life of everything hip (art, music, film, street fashion, etc.) went by in a flash and everything was endlessly co-opted, made consumable for everyone, available at Macy’s, the one and only Patti Astor–ballerina, SDS political activist, actress, blonde … Continue reading →

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Fright Nights

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Mark Stern

John Grant, a sophisticated young teacher, posted to a (literally) two-house town in the dusty Australian outback, dismisses his students for Christmas break, downs a beer and catches a train to a much larger but only slightly less remote town, … Continue reading →

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