On Film

Goings On

New work by the artist and filmmaker is on view in the UK and Norway and at the Big Ears Festival.

In her sole feature-length directorial achievement, Barbara Loden eliminates the boundary between actor and character, crafting a revelatory portrait of a woman without an identity.

One Scene

The great Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhangke recalls what his first encounters with Vittorio De Sica’s masterpiece taught him about the possibilities of cinematic realism.

The artist and pioneering lesbian filmmaker leaves behind paintings, writings, nearly eighty films, and a grant for aspiring filmmakers.

Mark Cousins’s illuminating new documentary about Welles’s work as a graphic artist premieres theatrically in New York this weekend.

Did You See This?

Featured in this week’s round: Edgar G. Ulmer, Stanley Kubrick, Jia Zhangke, and Guy Maddin.

Repertory Picks

A shining model of humanism in cinema, The Rules of the Game screens at the Coolidge Corner Theatre, accompanied by a talk with a noted scholar.

Goings On

As a new collection of Tarkovsky’s writing is released, the Close-Up Film Centre presents presents side-by-side series of work by the two friends.

Women’s stories are central to five of the six top prize winners.

The first few days have also seen premieres of new films by Lynn Shelton, Jonathan Levine, and Olivia Wilde.

There was more to Harold Lloyd than laughter. In one of his best movies, the silent-film legend deftly balanced elements of action and romance with his signature slapstick set pieces.

The director of Black Mother explains how the twin influences of hip-hop culture and international art-house cinema brought him to his artistic calling.

Did You See This?

Claire Denis in Film Comment, an ongoing project at Directed by Women, and Glenda Jackson and Meryl Streep in conversation are among this week’s highlights.

The liberating influence of the painter, filmmaker, writer, and performance artist is immeasurable.

Repertory Picks

Next week at the SXSW Film Festival, the Talking Heads frontman’s first and only feature film screens in our 4K restoration, with the director in attendance.

The art of Orson Welles and David Lynch, the marriage of Fay Wray and Robert Riskin, and the criticism of Adrian Martin and David Thomson are among the subjects in this month’s round.

Performances

The famously blustery comedy veteran transforms into a hilariously timid messenger in Howard Hawks’s fast-talking screwball masterpiece.

In his final years, the Mauritanian filmmaker was thrilled to see his work reaching new audiences.

Working with Demy, Varda, Godard, Bresson, Resnais, and Pialat, the producer was a formidable force in French cinema.

Did You See This?

Barbara Hammer gives an “exit interview,” Béla Tarr discusses Sátántangó, and Neil Jordan writes about the projects that got away.

Who gets to be groomed for a career in the French film industry? Claire Simon’s The Competition takes a look at the grueling admissions process at the country’s most prestigious film school.

The spring 2019 issues are out—and Jonathan Rosenbaum is rolling out a new two-volume collection.

Repertory Picks

A marvel of cinematic resourcefulness, Orson Welles’s low-budget take on Othello plays at the Gene Siskel Film Center next week, with an introduction by Jonathan Rosenbaum.

Goings On

The festival’s announcement that Alejandro González Iñárritu will head the jury has us looking ahead to more highlights on the global calendar.