Shorts, 2/9.

Milos Forman "shot his first American movie on the streets of New York: Taking Off (1971), a comedy centered, like so many of his films, on the distance between parents and their children," writes Dave Kehr. "Starring Buck Henry and Lynn Carlin as a suburban couple whose teenage daughter (Linnea Heacock) has disappeared into the wilds of the East Village, it remains one of the most closely and compassionately observed films of a tendentious decade and will receive a rare screening as part of a two-week retrospective of Mr Forman's films that begins Thursday at the Museum of Modern Art."

Also in the New York Times:

• "'The Pat Hobby Stories' are not all Fitzgerald's best," writes Paul Greenberg. "Some have glitches and a hurried quality that betray the desperation behind the inspiration. But even in these last uneven bits of prose, layers slide across layers, and what starts as a portrait of a hack writer becomes a surprisingly modern lens for looking at Hollywood's perverse way of managing creativity."

• With Diary of the Dead opening Friday, Katrina Onstad profiles George A Romero.

• Anupama Chopra talks with Aishwarya Bachchan about Jodhaa Akbar.

Movie City News lists the winners of the 28th London Critics' Circle Film Awards.

Francine Stock conducts the Guardian/BFI Southbank interview with Julian Schnabel. Related: Peter Bradshaw on The Diving Bell and the Butterfly.

Rob Christopher talks with Bob Balaban for the Chicagoist.

At Stop Smiling: José Teodoro on 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. And Sean Axmaker posts his full interview with Cristian Mungiu at his own site.

At FilmInFocus, Rachel Boynton (Our Brand is Crisis) recommends "Five Political News Sites."

Tim Lucas celebrates Videodrome at 25 and remembers Spanish director Carlos Aured, 1937 - 2008.

Ray Pride notes the passing of Eva Dahlbeck, 1920 - 2008.

Posted by dwhudson at February 9, 2008 2:53 PM