William A. Fraker says...

"If you want to take 1 class to learn about the cinema, I'd say you should take 1 year of film editing. Editing is extremely important; that's how I started."

- William A. Fraker, ASC (1923–2010)
Cinematographer of Rosemary's Baby (1968)

Kino International

Kino International was founded in 1977 as a theatrical distribution company specializing in classics and foreign language art films. Here is a selection of classical films you can find and purchase on this site:





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Trailer: I Am

Now this documentary is a perfect example of how a starting point of a documentary not always leads to an intended conclusion. From the director of Bruce Almighty, The Nutty Professor and Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, Tom Shadyac, he offers something quite different than what this director usually offers: a documentary that has a very positive outlook about us. Check the trailer out:



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Trailer: The King's Speech

Something to look forward to next year. Directed by Tom Hooper and featuring three of my favourite actors: Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter.

Steve Martin says...

‎"You know what your problem is - it's that you haven't seen enough movies. All of life's riddles are answered in the movies."

- Steve Martin
Writer, Actor and Producer

Trailer: The Tree of Life

I think this is going to be another masterpiece by Terrence Malick, director of The New World (2005) and The Thin Red Line (1998). Here is its trailer:

Darren Aronofsky says...

"We used a lot of close-ups. For me, the close-up is one of the great inventions of the 20th century; it allows an audience to sit in a dark room and stare into the eyes of a person who’s emoting without being self-conscious. I’m always about getting close to the actors and feeling their emotions and their presence."

- Darren Aronofsky
Director of Black Swan (2010) and Requiem for a Dream (2000)

Fourteen Actors Acting

14 actors under the direction of Solve Sundsbo, acted to form part of a video gallery for the NY Times of classic screen types. Wonderfully shot and presented in black and white, we can see actors like Robert Duvall, Vincent Cassel, Michael Douglas, Matt Damon, Natalie Portman, James Franco, Javier Bardem and Tilda Swinton, perform several classical screen types. A palette of short films, this collection is as good as an actor gets when the camera is focusing solely on his/her performance to transmit emotions, rather than a cathartic build up of events.

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The Science of Sleep

The Science of Sleep struck me in its simple take on the topic, yet the characters are complex and three-dimensional and are the ones that carry the story forward in a very unique way. The way the main character perceives the world is treated in such a unique and playful way, yet his inhibited dreams often tend to toil on his sense of reality.