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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.

By David Hudson

Restored and Rediscovered, Year Two

The festival presents new restorations of films by Chantal Akerman, Charles Burnett, John Ford, and James Ivory.

By David Hudson

Previewing Cannes 2025

Here’s a sampling of what we can look forward to in each of the festival’s programs.

By David Hudson

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.

By Kaveh Akbar

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.

By David Hudson

Did You See This?

Sequences from History

Voices come in pairs this week: Jia Zhangke and Zhao Tao, Daney and Rivette, Patrick Bateman and his fans.

By David Hudson

Cannes Classics 2025

The lineup features newly restored films by Chaplin, Kubrick, Mikio Naruse, Edward Yang, Satyajit Ray, and John Woo.

By David Hudson

Sam Fleischner’s Jetty

An absorbing fifty-three-minute meditation on a massive construction project opens in New York on May 14.

By David Hudson

Mikio Naruse: The World Betrays Us

A two-part, thirty-film retrospective opens in New York before traveling to Berkeley, Harvard, Toronto, and Vancouver.

By David Hudson

Did You See This?

Enduring Hits and Sorry Flops

Audiences carry on flocking to Sinners, but few have seen either version of The Comeback Trail.

By David Hudson

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.

By David Hudson

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.

By David Hudson

Prismatic Ground, Year Five

The festival of experimental cinema will spotlight Ashish Avikunthak and the late Kumar Shahani.

By David Hudson

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.

By Will Noah

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.

By Robert Daniels

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.

By Kier-La Janisse

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.

By Dennis Lim

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.

By Roger Durling

Cinema Reborn 2025

Australia’s festival of recent restorations celebrates Hollywood classics and rediscoveries from around the world.

By David Hudson

Did You See This?

Diverging Futures

A busy week brings writing on the LA Rebellion, Jean-Luc Godard, and Elaine May, and a conversation with Pedro Almodóvar.

By David Hudson

Cannes Adds Sixteen Films

New features from Lynne Ramsay, Saeed Roustaee, Kristen Stewart, Hlynur Pálmason, and Ethan Coen join the lineup.

By David Hudson

TCM Classic Film Festival 2025

World premieres of new restorations and plenty of anniversaries will be celebrated this year.

By David Hudson

April Books

Adaptations, Hollywood histories, and Satyajit Ray’s cover designs feature in this month’s roundup.

By David Hudson

IFFBoston 2025

This year’s edition spotlights work by Dea Kulumbegashvili, Alex Ross Perry, Eva Victor, and Ryan White.

By David Hudson