Author Dan Harper

La Peau douce (1964 France 113 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Les Films du Carrosse/SEDIF/SIMAR Dir: François Truffaut Scr: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard Phot: Raoul Coutard Ed: Claudine Bouché Mus:...

“I would like to be able to take hold of the past and make it stand still so that I can examine it from different angles.” - Masahiro Shinoda (1) In the long history of Japan, few moments were as volatile and...

At the risk of sounding like the devil, probably, to Bresson’s admirers, Harper expresses some personal doubts about the stature of Bresson’s cinema.

I write about the cinema because I believe that it is the true Gesamtkunstwerk (or total work of art) and therefore has greater expressive capacity than any other art; because I agree with the pronouncement tha...

Red Beard/Akahige (1965 Japan 185 mins) Source: ACMI Collections/NFVLS Prod Co: Kurosawa Productions Co./Toho Prod: Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka Dir: Akira Kurosawa Scr: Ryuzo Kikushima, Masato Ide, ...

Ugetsu Monogatari (1953 Japan 96 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Daiei Prod: Masaichi Nagata Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi Scr: Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda based on stories by Akinari Ueda Phot: Kazuo Miyaga...

A Tale of Springtime/Conte de Printemps (1990 France 107 mins) Source: Level Four Films Prod Co: Les Films du Losange/Roissy Films Prod: Margaret Menegoz Dir, Scr: Eric Rohmer Phot: Luc Pages Ed: Maria L...

Winter Light/Nattvardsgasterna (1963 Sweden 81 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Prod Co: Svensk Filmindustri Prod: Allan Ekelund Dir, Scr: Ingmar Bergman Phot: Sven Nykvist Ed: Ulla Ryghe Art Dir: P.A. Lun...

Street of Shame (Japan 1956 85 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Prod Co: Daiei Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi Scr: Masashige Narusawa, based on the novel Susaki no Onna by Yoshiko Shibaki Phot: Kazuo Miyagawa Prod D...

Lulu's story is as near as you'll get to mine. – Louise Brooks There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks! – Henri Langlois It is easy to see the great films of the short-lived W...

La Peau douce (1964 France 113 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Les Films du Carrosse/SEDIF/SIMAR Dir: François Truffaut Scr: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard Phot: Raoul Coutard Ed: Claudine Bouché ...

David Thomson's film criticism continues to incite passion and debate. Harper takes a chilly view of the latest edition of his New Biographical Dictionary of Film...