‘The Maltese Falcon’ Returning to Theaters,’ ‘Yojimbo’ vs. ‘Fistful,’ Godard and Karina, and More

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For its 75th anniversary, The Maltese Falcon is returning to theaters on Feb. 21st and 24th nationwide.

Watch a shot-by-shot comparison with Yojimbo and Fistful of Dollars:

Jean-Pierre Léaud discusses his career with Purple:

The day after the screening [of The 400 Blows], I was in my hotel room, and someone brought me a bouquet of white car- nations. It was a Japanese woman. She had come with the delegation from her country. She had fallen in love with me during the screening. And yes, my dear, that evening I stole her from Pedro Armendáriz, who at the time was the biggest Mexican film star. [Born in 1912, Pedro Armendáriz shot himself with a revolver in Los Angeles right after he shot his scenes in From Russia with Love.] He was a complete gentleman when he saw that he had lost her, and he lifted his glass in my direction and left the hotel.

Watch Vice’s recent 20-minute talk with Todd Haynes:

A.O. Scott talks to Slate about criticism and more:

Criticism or reviewing is a present tense, very in the moment thing. Part of what we’re doing is the opposite of a definitive judgment. It’s a very early, very provisional, kind of putting down a marker and initiating something that’s going to go on for a very long time. I read some of my favorite critics, like Susan Sontag or Pauline Kael or Roger Ebert, and over the course of their careers they were wildly inconsistent.

Watch a video on Jean-Luc Godard and Anna Karina‘s films:

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