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Agnes Varnum is a freelance writer, film programmer and communications manager for the Austin Film Society. She is the primary contributor to doc it out and Tribeca Film Institute's Resources.

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Good Reads at NYTimes

August 12th, 2007 • Related Posts • Tags

In today’s Times, a very intriguing by A.O. Scott examing movie violence 40 years after Bonnie and Clyde. He writes, “The link between real and pretend violence has been so completely severed that some of the ability of movies to offer a critical perspective — to elicit thought as well as gasps and chuckles — has been lost. We’ve become pretty comfortable watching the infliction of pain, and quick to laugh it off.” Read “Two Outlaws, Blasting Holes in the Screen”>>

Also, Woody Allen offers his thoughts on Ingmar Bergman, and Martin Scorsese on Antonioni. Both excellent reflections on those great directors and interesting in a lineage-of-cinema way.

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