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“Silent” Films
The BAM series focuses on filmmakers who “turn the visual language of the silents to new purposes.”
Teri Garr’s Singular Charm
She brought a winning intelligence to suffering characters in such films and Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, and After Hours.
Paul Morrissey, Before and After Warhol
The filmmaker struggled to emerge from the long shadow of one of the world’s most famous artists.
Giant Robot Turns Thirty
The legacy of the zine touting Asian American pop culture is celebrated with a new book and film series.
Nocturnal Cinemas
An underseen gem of the Czechoslovak New Wave and an ambitious history of Hindi cinema are among this week’s highlights.
The Criterion Mobile Closet Rolls On
A hit at the New York Film Festival, the Mobile Closet heads to Brooklyn this weekend.
Directors’ Fortnight Extended
Selections from this year’s lineup will screen in New York and Los Angeles.
October Books
This month brings new books on Brian De Palma, Tobe Hooper, unhappy writers, and classic documentaries.
Rohmer and Løchen in Brooklyn
Nick Newman presents A Tale of Autumn (1998) and The Chasers (1959) on Tuesday evening.
American Identities
Names in the news this week: Bette Gordon, Robert Frank, Don Hertzfeldt, Alfonso Cuarón, Cate Blanchett, and Quentin Tarantino.
Viennale 2024
Featuring a Robert Kramer retrospective, this year’s Viennale opens with Leos Carax and closes with Mati Diop.
Chicago: Sixty Years of CIFF
This year’s special anniversary edition will open with Malcolm Washington’s August Wilson adaptation, The Piano Lesson.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Kris Kristofferson’s Freedom
The singer and songwriter who rerouted Nashville’s course became an unlikely but winning movie star.
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.
Critical Returns
The times call for revisiting work by Robert Bresson, John Ford, Shu Lea Cheang, Brian De Palma, and Robert Towne.
Alain Guiraudie’s Misericordia
Steeped in Catholic guilt and erotic tension, Guiraudie’s eighth feature draws comparisons with Pasolini’s Teorema.
The NYFF’s 2024 Revivals
A dozen newly restored films from the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s will screen in this year’s program.
Trailer Premiere: In Her Skin
Films by Agnès Varda, Chantal Akerman, and Rungano Nyoni screen in the Metrograph series.
Beyond Fest 2024
Anniversary screenings of The Babadook, Ed Wood, and The Texas Chain Saw Massacre are among this year’s highlights.
Personal Choices
Catching up with Todd Solondz, missing Maggie Cheung, and wrapping up the summer of 2024.