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At Interview Magazine, Matthew McConaughey talks to Richard Linklater.
Watch David Lynch‘s introduction for the premiere of Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces last night, coming soon to Blu-ray:
Filmmaker Magazine on the 25 new faces of independent film:
Welcome to our 2014 25 New Faces. Started almost on a whim back in 1998, as a way to generate content during the independent film doldrums of summer, the 25 has grown to be the feature we devote our most time and attention to. Year round we note new work by young (as in careers, not age) filmmakers that inspires us, we reach out to members of our community for suggestions, and we challenge ourselves to both fall in love and make bets. We keep tracking lists, making sure to check back in with some early-stage filmmakers the following year, and we try not to be too clever about the whole thing. In other words, when we make our selections, we’re not trying to predict next year’s Sundance Grand Prize winners – although with recent 25s Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station) and Andrew Droz Palermo (Rich Hill) we wound up doing just that.
BAM Cinematek is holding a month-long Chris Marker retrospective, Criterion Cast reports.
At Forbes, Scott Mendelson on when Eyes Wide Shut failed to save the NC-17 rating:
Today is the 15th anniversary of the domestic theatrical release of Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut. The Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman erotic drama is mostly known for being Kubrick’s final film, as he died before it was released. But no matter what you think of the film (I find it entertaining, but weirdly conservative in its sexual politics), the film’s largest legacy is what it didn’t achieve. Fifteen years ago, Warner Bros. (a division of Time Warner, Inc.) had a chance to legitimize the NC-17 rating as a rating for artistically respectable adult films. Instead they cut the film to an R and blew a golden opportunity.
Watch a trailer for Leos Carax‘s restored Boy Meets Girl, arriving August 8th: