Recent Auteurs News: What some of our key local auteurs have in store for 2012 - Tue, 31 Jan 2012 These filmmakers are busy people. Some do music videos, some do shorts, and some do commercials. Others specialize in feature films or webcasts. Some do it all. But one thing the following folks have in common is that they are cooking stuff we'll see in 2012. Some you may have heard of, others might be new to you. But you can expect to hear from them all this year. And I don't mean a postcard ... This week's new film events - Sun, 05 Feb 2012 Whose Film Is It Anyway? Contemporary Japanese Auteurs , On tour The Japanese movie scene moves faster than we can keep up with over here, so consider this a catch-up on names you might want to remember. Best known might be Yôji "Twilight Samurai" Yamada, whose family drama About Her Brother has been compared to Mike Leigh and Ozu, and Masayuki "Shall We Dance?" Suo, whose I Just Didn't Do It ... Remembering The Violent Death Matches Between Bruiser And The Butcher, Pro Wrestling's Auteurs Of Bloodshed [Video] - Wed, 08 Feb 2012 # deadwrestleroftheweek Dead Wrestler of the Week is an occasional feature in which we honor the sport's fallen and examine their legacies. In (belated) honor of Deadspin's Blood Week, we're looking back at the epic rivalry between Abdullah the Butcher and the late Bruiser Brody. More » A Second Look: 'Three Popular Films by Jean-Pierre Gorin' - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 These documentaries focus on outsiders and subcultures in Southern California. The latest release in the Criterion Collection's Eclipse series, a mid-price line devoted to overlooked auteurs, is titled, with tongue slightly in cheek, "Three Popular Films by Jean-Pierre Gorin." Edgy theatre at The Edge - Mon, 23 Jan 2012 Next month The Edge will be presenting an international line-up of cutting edge theatre practitioners including German documentary theatre mavericks Rimini Protokoll, award winning artists 2b Theatre Company, Fleur Elise Noble and auteurs Frank Van De Ven & Peter Snow.
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