Brooklyn Rail. November 06.

"It's a measure of Godard's influence that his fragmented narrative - interrupted by long shots of consumer products, epic tableau of building construction and meandering portraits of cars in traffic - proves easy to follow," writes David N Meyer, reflecting on 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her, slated to run November 17 through 30 at NYC's Film Forum. "Forty years ago it might have been confusing. Since then, the larger world of cinema has not caught up to Godard, but it has cannibalized what it can digest."

Also in the November issue of the Brooklyn Rail: David Wilentz on Jigoku and two New York events, the Japan Society's Lolita in Full Bloom series (through next week), featuring "five popular 'idol movies' from the 80s, [and] offering a revealing look at what makes Japanese pop culture tick and what 'kawaii' really looks like," and last month's New York City Horror Film Festival, a fest that "helps sustain a genre that's not exactly thriving."

Williams Cole talks with James Longley about Iraq in Fragments and reviews Shut Up & Sing! and The Bridge.

Matt Peterson reviews Godard's Hail Mary and Wim Wenders's Land of Plenty and Tokyo-Ga.

Like many reviewers, Tessa DeCarlo is impressed with The Queen but disappointed in Marie Antoinette.

Posted by dwhudson at November 12, 2006 12:39 PM