Rip This Joint
We’re sorting through the Sight and Sound poll and reading about Paweł Łoziński, the Sankofa Collective, and the first films ever made.
Godard and Straub-Huillet
Three complementary series in New York will serve as tributes to Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Marie Straub.
Buster by the Bay
Three Keaton shorts will open A Day of Silents at the Castro before a series runs through December 21 in Berkeley.
The Gothams Open Awards Season
Everything Everywhere All at Once scores Best Feature and the Outstanding Supporting Performance award for Ke Huy Quan.
Who’s the Greatest?
When Sight and Sound announces the results of its decennial poll this week, we’ll see what a list of all-time great films looks like in 2022.
November Books
Featured in this month’s roundup: Maya Deren, Joyce Chopra, Michael Almereyda, Nabokov, Pasolini, and Miyazaki.
Jean-Marie Straub: “I Am the Terrorist”
Straub and his life and filmmaking partner Danièle Huillet have been described as “cinema’s conscience.”
But the World Goes ’Round
Nikyatu Jusu, Douglas Sirk, Mike De Leon, Donald Sutherland, and Sam Raimi are on our minds this week.
KVIFF Classics Kick-Off
Ten films will screen over three days in two theaters in Prague.
Present Past at the Academy Museum
Fifty new and recent restorations will screen at the Museum’s first-ever festival of preservation.
From the East to Madrid
An ongoing series spotlights films by women directors made in eastern Europe during the Soviet era.
Quentin Tarantino’s Cinema Speculation
Most reviewers are getting a kick out of Tarantino’s blend of memoir and film criticism.
Driven to Create
This week we’re celebrating Scorsese, rediscovering Noriaki Tsuchimoto, and doing a little close reading with Frederick Wiseman.
Taiwanese New Waves in New York
Film Forum presents a survey featuring work by Edward Yang and Hou Hsiao-hsien as well as Second Wavers Ang Lee and Tsai Ming-liang.
Starring Tang Wei
New York’s Metrograph presents films by Park Chan-wook, Bi Gan, Ang Lee, Johnnie To, and Michael Mann.
The Female Gaze in Japan
New York’s Japan Society presents a selection of films written, produced, and/or directed by women.
LA Rebellion at LEFFEST
The Portuguese festival presents one of the largest retrospectives dedicated to the movement ever staged in Europe.
Tentative Destinies
New Senses of Cinema! We’re also reading about John Garfield, Anna Karina, Asghar Farhadi, and Mike Leigh.
Fassbinder: Politics and Patrons in Berlin
Wolf Kino invites filmmakers, writers, and curators to host screenings of six films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Pam Grier in the ’70s, ’90s, and Now
While the Wexner Center surveys her career, TCM’s podcast tells the full life story of Pam Grier.
Fireflies Celebrates Pasolini
The independent publisher launches a two-volume collection and a film series in New York.
A Second Look at Armageddon Time
As James Gray’s latest feature arrives in theaters, critics focus on the treatment of his surrogate’s Black best friend.
Survival Skills
Iranian cinema, the history of horror, and malevolent conspiracies are on our minds this week.
Scares and a Happy Ending from Guillermo del Toro
The director conjures fresh monsters in the horror anthology Cabinet of Curiosities and in the stop-motion animated Pinocchio.