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R. Emmet Sweeney

Rep Diary: Broken Lullaby

By R. Emmet Sweeney
April 7, 2014
Ernst Lubitsch's "Teutonic tearjerker" dramatizes the regret of a Great War veteran

Festivals: NYICFF

By R. Emmet Sweeney
April 2, 2014
After Miyazaki: two movies at the New York International Children’s Film Festival remind us that anime continues when one master stops

ND/NF Interview: Ramon Zürcher

By R. Emmet Sweeney
March 26, 2014
The lives of others: The Strange Little Cat director reveals his influences, and what it's like to have Béla Tarr as your teacher

Review: Non-Stop

By R. Emmet Sweeney
February 27, 2014
Fight or flight: Liam Neeson's second career as a silent, vengeful action hero reaches new heights

Review: Pompeii

By R. Emmet Sweeney
February 21, 2014
Ashes of time: the fury of Mount Vesuvius, now with 85 percent more oiled, exposed abs

Film Comment Selects: Blood and Guts Preview

By R. Emmet Sweeney
February 17, 2014
Our annual film series begins today at the Film Society of Lincoln Center! Here's the first installment in our extensive coverage

Review: Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

By R. Emmet Sweeney
December 18, 2013
Funny-Dada: Will Ferrell and Adam McKay bring us the news, again, with anarchic brio

Rep Diary: I Am Suzanne!

By R. Emmet Sweeney
October 22, 2013
MoMA’s To Save and Project series rolls out a doozy: Lilian Harvey in a 1933 love-triangle musical with marionettes

Rep Diary: Footloose Widows & Queen of Aces

By R. Emmet Sweeney
August 13, 2013
The sprightly comedy of two nearly forgotten comediennes

Rep Diary: The American Serial: 1914-1944

By R. Emmet Sweeney
February 4, 2013
Light Industry keeps our correspondent glued to his seat with one tale after another

Interview: Nina Hoss

By R. Emmet Sweeney
December 21, 2012
Back to the GDR: The star of very Cold War drama Barbara on what lies beneath and the reactions of Germans today

Review: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

By R. Emmet Sweeney
December 13, 2012
Does the future of cinema lie in Bilbo’s past?

Review: Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning

By R. Emmet Sweeney
November 26, 2012
In the sixth installment of the JCVD-powered MMA-fight fest, everybody hurts...all the time

Restorative Properties: More on MOMA’s To Save and Project

By R. Emmet Sweeney
October 30, 2012
Ornery Pre-Code females and authentic Benshi treats on display at MoMA's To Save and Project

Interview: Glen MacPherson, 3D DP

By R. Emmet Sweeney
September 19, 2012
Approaching total cinema at breakneck speed, with a leader in 3D cinematography

Personal Repertory: DVD on Demand

By R. Emmet Sweeney
July 31, 2012
Build your own home movie series with studio rarities, burned to order

New York Asian Film Festival

By R. Emmet Sweeney
June 27, 2012
Sentimentality and splatter strike a balance at this year's NYAFF

Festivals: Migrating Forms

By R. Emmet Sweeney
June 1, 2012
When landscapes attack, and other adventures, at the cinephile-friendly fest

Together at Last: The Whitney Biennial 2012 Film & Video Program

By R. Emmet Sweeney
April 23, 2012
Film and video of all shapes and sizes converge and converse in the main exhibition this year

Interview: Béla Tarr, the Complete Works

By R. Emmet Sweeney
February 2, 2012
Béla's back: with the director announcing a new project, revisit his work with our career-spanning 2012 interview