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“Silent” Films

The BAM series focuses on filmmakers who “turn the visual language of the silents to new purposes.”

By David Hudson

Teri Garr’s Singular Charm

She brought a winning intelligence to suffering characters in such films and Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, and After Hours.

By David Hudson

Paul Morrissey, Before and After Warhol

The filmmaker struggled to emerge from the long shadow of one of the world’s most famous artists.

By David Hudson

Giant Robot Turns Thirty

The legacy of the zine touting Asian American pop culture is celebrated with a new book and film series.

By David Hudson

Did You See This?

Nocturnal Cinemas

An underseen gem of the Czechoslovak New Wave and an ambitious history of Hindi cinema are among this week’s highlights.

By David Hudson

The Criterion Mobile Closet Rolls On

A hit at the New York Film Festival, the Mobile Closet heads to Brooklyn this weekend.

By David Hudson

Directors’ Fortnight Extended

Selections from this year’s lineup will screen in New York and Los Angeles.

By David Hudson

October Books

This month brings new books on Brian De Palma, Tobe Hooper, unhappy writers, and classic documentaries.

By David Hudson

Rohmer and Løchen in Brooklyn

Nick Newman presents A Tale of Autumn (1998) and The Chasers (1959) on Tuesday evening.

By David Hudson

Did You See This?

American Identities

Names in the news this week: Bette Gordon, Robert Frank, Don Hertzfeldt, Alfonso Cuarón, Cate Blanchett, and Quentin Tarantino.

By David Hudson

Viennale 2024

Featuring a Robert Kramer retrospective, this year’s Viennale opens with Leos Carax and closes with Mati Diop.

By David Hudson

Chicago: Sixty Years of CIFF

This year’s special anniversary edition will open with Malcolm Washington’s August Wilson adaptation, The Piano Lesson.

By David Hudson

Jia Zhangke’s Caught by the Tides

Telling a love story in three parts spanning more than twenty years, Jia offers a summing up before he turns a new page.

By David Hudson

Payal Kapadia’s All We Imagine as Light

The winner of the Grand Prix in Cannes is a portrait of three women in Mumbai—and at a crossroads in their lives.

By David Hudson

Did You See This?

Dreams of the Future

The week offers conversations with Francis Ford Coppola and John McNaughton, deep dives into a horror classic, and a guide to Indie’a Parallel Cinema.

By David Hudson

Albert Serra’s Afternoons of Solitude

The winner of the top prize in San Sebastián, Serra’s first nonfiction feature screens at the New York Film Festival.

By David Hudson

Kris Kristofferson’s Freedom

The singer and songwriter who rerouted Nashville’s course became an unlikely but winning movie star.

By David Hudson

The Piercing Presence of Maggie Smith

Showered with accolades, loved, admired, and feared, Smith was one of the most accomplished stars of the stage and screen.

By David Hudson

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Critical Returns

The times call for revisiting work by Robert Bresson, John Ford, Shu Lea Cheang, Brian De Palma, and Robert Towne.

By David Hudson

Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia

Steeped in Catholic guilt and erotic tension, Guiraudie’s eighth feature draws comparisons with Pasolini’s Teorema.

By David Hudson

The NYFF’s 2024 Revivals

A dozen newly restored films from the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s will screen in this year’s program.

By David Hudson

Trailer Premiere: In Her Skin

Films by Agnès Varda, Chantal Akerman, and Rungano Nyoni screen in the Metrograph series.

By David Hudson

Beyond Fest 2024

Anniversary screenings of The Babadook, Ed Wood, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre are among this year’s highlights.

By David Hudson

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Personal Choices

Catching up with Todd Solondz, missing Maggie Cheung, and wrapping up the summer of 2024.

By David Hudson