On Film
Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling
The first film to premiere in competition in Cannes this year is already being discussed as a serious contender for the Palme d’Or.
Restored and Rediscovered, Year Two
The festival presents new restorations of films by Chantal Akerman, Charles Burnett, John Ford, and James Ivory.
Previewing Cannes 2025
Here’s a sampling of what we can look forward to in each of the festival’s programs.
The Wind Will Carry Us: Dust to Dust
In this masterpiece of lived-in ethical complexity and high spiritual stakes, Abbas Kiarostami explores the tensions between provinciality and modernity, and between artists and their subjects.
Pabst and Riefenstahl
Daniel Kehlmann’s new novel The Director reimagines the life of G. W. Pabst, and there’s a minor role in it for Leni Riefenstahl.
Sequences from History
Voices come in pairs this week: Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao, Daney and Rivette, Patrick Bateman and his fans.
Cannes Classics 2025
The lineup features newly restored films by Chaplin, Kubrick, Mikio Naruse, Edward Yang, Satyajit Ray, and John Woo.
Sam Fleischner’s Jetty
An absorbing fifty-three-minute meditation on a massive construction project opens in New York on May 14.
Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us
A two-part, thirty-film retrospective opens in New York before traveling to Berkeley, Harvard, Toronto, and Vancouver.
Enduring Hits and Sorry Flops
Audiences carry on flocking to Sinners, but few have seen either version of The Comeback Trail.
Sarah Maldoror at MoMA and UCLA
The director of Sambizanga is celebrated with a full retrospective in New York and a free evening of screenings in Los Angeles.
Wanda and Beyond: The World of Barbara Loden
Elena Gorfinkel has written a new study of Loden’s groundbreaking feature and curated a season for the BFI.
Prismatic Ground, Year Five
The festival of experimental cinema will spotlight Ashish Avikunthak and the late Kumar Shahani.
Tony Bui on the Vietnam War’s Cinematic Legacy
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the fall of Saigon, the director of Three Seasons discusses a selection of landmark films that have shaped how we remember this devastating and divisive conflict.
Prince of Broadway: Out on the Streets
A gritty look at New York City’s underground economy through the eyes of an immigrant street hustler, Sean Baker’s third feature film demonstrates his gift for combining hardscrabble social realism and mischievous humor.
Anora: Let’s Make a Deal
Drawing from a rich tradition of films that depict the lives of sex workers, Sean Baker’s Oscar-winning triumph takes a complex approach to exploring the fundamentally transactional nature of human relationships.
Anora: Love’s Labors
In this exuberant and moving portrait of a Brooklyn sex worker, Sean Baker draws on themes he has explored throughout his career, depicting the workaday grind of twenty-first-century American existence with biting humor and clear-eyed humanity.
Basquiat: Rebirth Art
A black-and-white version of Julian Schnabel’s portrait of his fellow artist and friend Jean-Michel Basquiat accentuates the film’s melancholy mood while highlighting the deep commitment of Jeffrey Wright’s performance.
Cinema Reborn 2025
Australia’s festival of recent restorations celebrates Hollywood classics and rediscoveries from around the world.
Diverging Futures
A busy week brings writing on the LA Rebellion, Jean-Luc Godard, and Elaine May, and a conversation with Pedro Almodóvar.
Cannes Adds Sixteen Films
New features from Lynne Ramsay, Saeed Roustaee, Kristen Stewart, Hlynur Pálmason, and Ethan Coen join the lineup.
TCM Classic Film Festival 2025
World premieres of new restorations and plenty of anniversaries will be celebrated this year.
April Books
Adaptations, Hollywood histories, and Satyajit Ray’s cover designs feature in this month’s roundup.
IFFBoston 2025
This year’s edition spotlights work by Dea Kulumbegashvili, Alex Ross Perry, Eva Victor, and Ryan White.