
amy taubin
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amy taubin
@AmyOrNot
I write, occasionally and with difficulty. Rather lounge with my cats.




Farewell to Richard Foreman, one of theater's most complete auteurs, who turned human uncertainty into the stuff of crackling, head-spinning spectacle. His annual, expert existential funhouses at St. Mark's Church were where you went to get lost. A titan has left the stage.

Full house at the Walter Reade tonight for this 35mm screening of The Passenger. Many minds will be blown, courtesy of @filmcomment. screenslate.com/articles/passe…

Some news! Amy Taubin (@amyornot) - legendary NYC film writer & contributing editor of Artforum, @FilmComment and @SightSoundmag - will kick off BIG & LOUD 2024 by introducing the Opening Night screening of VERTIGO at 7:00 PM on Friday, August 23! Bit.ly/vertigoparisth…

.@AmyOrNot speaks to Mitra Farahani, Jean-Luc Godard’s co-producer and the director of SEE YOU FRIDAY, ROBINSON (a 2022 doc featuring the iconic filmmaker), to discuss the #Cannes2024 selections SCÉNARIOS and EXPOSÉ DU FILM ANNONCE DU FILM “SCÉNARIO. filmcomment.com/blog/interview…

Agnieszka Holland's searing thriller GREEN BORDER is now playing! Read Holland's conversation with Amy Taubin (@AmyOrNot) for @FilmComment: buff.ly/3RObLdO



First time I saw "A Real Young Girl"(aka "36Fillette") was in the Cannes market, early 90s, and there were two buyers in the room, jerking off. Brilliant coming of age film.

Stills from the 4K restoration of A REAL YOUNG GIRL. Showing as part of "Carnal Knowledge: The Films of Catherine Breillat!" opening @FilmLinc 6/21.

There is a scene in CAUGHT BY THE TIDES where Zhao Tao is wearing a COVID mask in a store and you can read her delicate, fine-grained emotions from her eyes alone. She’s a continual wonder. Ridiculous that she didn’t win for MOUNTAINS MAY DEPART and/or ASH IS PUREST WHITE.

"What flabbergasted me is that the film has champions, at least according to early reactions and the dubious measuring stick of the standing ovation (eleven minutes, among the longest of Cannes 2024 to date)." @bealoayza files a dispatch from #Cannes2024. filmcomment.com/blog/cannes-20…

Very sad news ahead of the closing ceremony #Cannes2024: Jia Zhangke just posted on Weibo that CAUGHT BY THE TIDES won’t win any awards tonight. He thanked all the rave reviews and encouragement and will start to work his next film soon

To note, I generally love Amy Taubin’s writing and insights, but this comment just seems silly in retrospect.
