David Hudson

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Conversations with Frederick Wiseman and Quentin Tarantino and rediscoveries of forgotten critics and an Arab filmmaker are among this week’s highlights.

Artforum and Bookforum join Filmmaker and Film Quarterly in offering free access to their latest issues.

Are Snakes Necessary?, an erotically charged tale of revenge and political intrigue, naturally features a nod to Hitchcock.

Cultural institutions around the country are cutting back, but it’s the fear of losing Film Comment that has set off alarms among cinephiles.

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Following a briefing on the crisis, we turn to a few items that might help us take our minds off it.

The director of Re-Animator (1985) who founded a theater company that launched plays by David Mamet was seventy-two.

As the Austin festival announces its award winners, many are wondering whether the entire festival circuit will be going online.

Edgar Wright, Rian Johnson, and Natasha Lyonne have some home viewing recommendations.

The new issue features interviews with Tsai Ming-liang and Heinz Emigholz; plus the latest on the crisis.

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Also this week: Filmmaker and filmmakers make their work freely accessible, an appreciation of Barbara Hammer, and an interview with Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Of the dozens and dozens of lists of streaming recommendations, here are a few that have caught our eye.

The economic impact of the coronavirus crisis is immediate and harsh, but the lessons to be learned have been there for the taking for decades.

This month we’re reading about Helen Scott, a liaison between Paris and Hollywood; Anna Karina’s novels; William Faulkner’s screenplays; and more.

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Maybe in tough times we can draw strength from our passion for great cinema.

Canceled festivals and closed movie theaters: The impact has been tough, and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns (Contagion) discusses what we should be doing next.

Two series, one on each coast, and an exhibition celebrate the work of the German filmmaker and photographer.

Over five days, visiting artists from around the world will present their formally innovative work in New York.

The towering Swede left indelible impressions as a medieval knight, a few tormented artists, two emigrants, and a loving father.

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This week: Kelly Reichardt chats with Bong Joon-ho and Olivier Assayas, Jia Zhangke tells the story behind his debut feature, and more.

One of the most vital showcases of new nonfiction work is now on through Sunday.

A series in New York celebrates the under-recognized work of Alma Reville and Joan Harrison.

Mohammad Rasoulof has won the Berlinale’s Golden Bear, and Eliza Hittman is taking home the grand jury prize.

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Bong Joon-ho picks twenty directors to watch. Also in the spotlight this week are Jennie Livingston, Jerome Hiler, Dušan Makavejev, and Ritwik Ghatak.

Hong Sang-soo’s The Woman Who Ran and Philippe Garrel’s The Salt of Tears premiere in the festival’s main competition.