Iranian-French cinematographer Darius Khondji turned 70 in October of this year and shows no sign of slowing down in any way. His credits include such masterpieces as Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s 1991 Delicatessen and 1995 The City of Lost Children, David Fincher’s […]

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The centerpiece of the bonus materials is The Extraordinary Voyage, a 75-minute documentary that traces Méliès’ career through his later years, when his weakness as a storyteller led to a decline in his box office revenues.

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Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan is a labor of love that took 10 years to make. It was released in 2011, just two years before its subject passed away, so it's fortunate that the filmmakers were able to create a complete chronicle of his life and talk to so many influential people before he was gone.

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(Taxidermia is being distributed theatrically in America by Here Films & Regent Releasing. It opened at Cinema Village on Friday, August 14th, 2009 and is now available on DVD. Visit the film’s official website to learn more.) It’s taken me […]

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