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How He Did

“How’m I doin’?” Ed Koch’s ubiquitous question to New York City during his three terms as mayor (1978-1989), an arguably more interesting time in the city than now (and you’ll get no argument from me), was always complicated to answer. … Continue reading

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Enormity of Solitude

Far from the emptiness of the Siberian Taiga where Russian filmmaker Dmitry Vasyukov spent a year shooting spectacular images of a vanishing way of life, Werner Herzog spotted a rare parking place while driving on a friend’s Los Angeles street … Continue reading

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Scenes From the End of a Marriage

Opening with a boom (an apartment door being broken down by police ) and ending in silence (Eva–played by Isabelle Huppert–entering the same apartment, her parents’, and then sitting, engulfed in melancholy, in their living room), Michael Haneke’s great new … Continue reading

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In It for the Long Haul

“Walk Away Renee,” Jonathan Caouette’s sort of sequel to his 2003, wholly original film, “Tarnation” (which he famously made for $218.32), again deals with the near-impossible ties that bind him and his severely mentally ill mother, as they take a … Continue reading

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Totally Requited

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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NYFF50: More is Wondrously More

The New York Film Festival, celebrating its 50th anniversary, opening today and running through October 14, includes a main slate of 32 features (five more than last year), directed by world masters and newcomers, and a significant expansion of the sidebar … Continue reading

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Fall, Back

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Sam’s Centennial

I first saw films directed by the great Sam Fuller (1912-1997) at the Collective for Living Cinema on White Street.  ”Naked Kiss,” “Pickup on South Street,” “Shock Corridor”: they were thrilling.  But his reputation and those of equally remarkable contemporaries, … Continue reading

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A Radiant Baby

  Six-year-old Hushpuppy (luminous, irreplaceable Quvenzhané Wallis), filled with a young child’s sense of wonder (and a survivor’s steel) makes her own sense of the irrational, inexplicable, tragic.  The center of director Benh Zeitlin’s beautiful hyper-real folk tale,”Beasts of the … Continue reading

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Mise-en-scene, now and then

In the last week I’ve been photographing members of a new generation of American filmmakers participating in BAMcinemaFest (June 20-July 1).  The energy reminds me of my first shoots with directors (and actors) in the early 80s, with members of the … Continue reading

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