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Where the movie lovers are: A guest post by Matt St. John and Zachary Zahos
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2024/09/16/where-the-movie-lovers-are-a-guest-post-by-matt-st-john-and-zachary-zahos/
Published: September 16, 2024 14:49
A crowd lined up for a screening at the 2024 Wisconsin Film Festival (Source: Wisconsin Film Festival Facebook) KT here: About a month ago, August 17 to be precise, Variety published an essay by Owen Gleiberman. In it he decries the fact that while…
PERPLEXING PLOTS Prize
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2024/08/10/perplexing-plots-prize/
Published: August 10, 2024 17:16
Back on February 10, less than three weeks before his death, David blogged about the positive reception that Perplexing Plots had had including a nomination for an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He didn’t live to learn the result, but it…
David Bordwell’s Hong Kong Connection: A Guest Post by Li Cheuk-to
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2024/06/30/david-bordwells-hong-kong-connection-a-guest-post-by-li-cheuk-to/
Published: June 30, 2024 20:27
David shopping during his first trip to Hong Kong, 1995 Kristin here: By now many of you have watched the recording of David’s May 18th memorial service, linked in the previous entry. Some have written to tell me how moving it was and how many aspects of…
A recording of David’s memorial service is now online
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2024/06/09/a-recording-of-davids-memorial-service-is-now-online/
Published: June 9, 2024 09:48
KT here: A memorial service for David was held on May 18, 2024. Although many friends and family members traveled to be present, the service was also streamed live for those who could not. For those who were unable to do either, a recording of the service…
Repost of Vancouver: Three gems from Iran and India
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2024/05/26/repost-of-vancouver-three-gems-from-iran-and-india/
Published: May 26, 2024 16:59
The Shepherdess and the Seven Songs (2020). Since David’s death, this blog has not been updated. I do, however, plan to occasionally re-post old entries if they become relevant to current events in the world of film. I also hope to post new entries as the…
Gone but far from forgotten
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2024/03/03/gone-but-far-from-forgotten/
Published: March 3, 2024 21:24
Kristin here: The speed with which the news of David’s death, early on the morning of February 29, 2024, spread has amazed me. I expected many responses: condolences, tributes, and most of all stories of how he had affected people’s lives. I didn’t expect…
Early Hou Hsiao-hsien: Film culture finally comes through (a repost)
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2024/02/26/early-hou-hsiao-hsien-film-culture-finally-comes-through-a-repost/
Published: February 27, 2024 04:11
The Green, Green Grass of Home (1982). David’s health situation has made it difficult for our household to maintain this blog. We don’t want it to fade away, though, so we’ve decided to select previous entries from our backlist to republish. These are…
News about PERPLEXING PLOTS
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2024/02/10/news-about-perplexing-plots/
Published: February 10, 2024 22:54
Edgar Award© Mystery Writers of America. DB here: Some good news for Perplexing Plots. It’s gotten positive reviews in various places; they’re sampled on its Amazon page. Most recently, Geoffrey O’Brien has written a very generous review for the New York…
Women, Oscars, and power (a repost)
https://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/2024/01/28/women-oscars-and-power-a-repost/
Published: January 28, 2024 17:49
Kathleen Kennedy on the 1 January 2013 cover. Kristin here: David’s health situation has made it difficult for our household to maintain this blog. We don’t want it to fade away, though, so we’ve decided to select previous entries from our backlist to…