My Winnipeg Archives - The Playlist

Guy Maddin Postpones Battle Of The Sexes ‘Keyhole’ Noir For NFB Short ‘Night Mayor’

March 9, 2009 7:58 pm

The Playlist has admittedly drifted off in the wrong direction of late. Let's try and reign it in and get back to the good stuff. Canadian filmmaker of the wintry and melodramatically delirious mien Guy Maddin ...

RIP: Anne Savage (1921-2008)

Rodrigo Perez

December 29, 2008 1:46 am

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Anne Savage, the 1940s pulp fiction film femme fatale, died in her sleep at a nursing home on Christmas Day from complications following a series of strokes according to the AP.Best known for her work in the 1...

Top Top Films Of 2008 Lists Start Making The Rounds

Rodrigo Perez

December 8, 2008 5:25 pm

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Has everyone seen everything released so far this year, yet? We're not making our list until we see "Seven Pounds," "Revolutionary Road," "Defiance" and "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button." We have screenings...

The Playlist’s Best Films Of The Year… So Far

Rodrigo Perez

July 7, 2008 2:23 pm

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We kind of hate lists. We really do. They perturb us. As Glen Kenny just wrote in his evaluation of the recent "New Classics" list by Entertainment Weekly, "Lists are bullshit. Lists are such blatant bullshit ...

Guy Maddin’s Does The Best Oversharing Imaginable In His “Docu-Fantasia” ‘My Winnipeg’

Rodrigo Perez

June 13, 2008 5:55 pm

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Emo-folk like Dashboard Confesional, Alanis Morrissette, Emily Gould and a world of bloggers have served to teach us the cautionary – and embarrassing – tale of oversharing (really, have you no shame?).But, if ...

Trailer: Guy Maddin’s Snow Globe Aesthetics Still Alive In Fabulist ‘My Winnipeg’ Docu-Fantasia

Rodrigo Perez

May 27, 2008 6:47 pm

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The trailer for Guy Maddin's fabulist documentary "My Winnipeg," one our favorite films of 2008 thus far, is online. The film opens June 13 in presumably limited release (IFC is distributing) and we loved the s...

The Playlist Summer Movie Preview, Let’s Do This

Rodrigo Perez

May 18, 2008 6:24 pm

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For most movie fans, summer is the grand season; the blockbusters, the spectacles, the tent-pole, flagship studio films, etc. etc. But for film enthusiasts, and us the summer is generally a wasteland if you hav...

Tribeca Review: Guy Maddin Continues His Wintry Obsessions In ‘My Winnipeg’

Rodrigo Perez

May 7, 2008 10:50 pm

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Guy Maddin must be OCD. The distinctively arcane Canadian filmmaker has been obsessed with wintry, snowglobe aesthetics, eroticized adolescent Freudian examination and '50s like paranoiac melodrama almost since...

Isabella Rossellini’s ‘Green Porno’ Insect Sex Shorts Are To Die For

Rodrigo Perez

May 6, 2008 6:26 pm

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So we got an unexpected treat when we saw Guy Maddin's amazing docu-fantasia "My Winnipeg," at the Tribeca Film Festival this weekend (more on that later) - an unannounced screening of all of Isabella Rossellin...

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