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Tributes to Thomas Elsaesser
Colleagues, students, and other admirers remember an essential figure of film and media studies.
Globe Nominations and Critics’ Choices
Hollywood’s foreign press and critics’ groups across the nation pick their favorites of 2019.
Pomegranates and Program Notes
Serge Daney on Sergei Parajanov, James Quandt on Robert Bresson, and Cristina Álvarez López and Adrian Martin on Maurice Pialat are among this week’s highlights.
Joe Pesci and the Rest of the Best of 2019
Coaxed out of retirement, the actor and singer is winning plaudits for his powerfully understated performance in The Irishman.
Tantalizing Features Lined Up for Sundance 2020
The year will begin with new films by Josephine Decker, Kirsten Johnson, Dee Rees, Sean Durkin, and Michael Almereyda.
Accolades for Marriage Story and Laura Dern
The Gotham Awards honor Noah Baumbach’s gripping divorce story and pay tribute to an endearing actress.
BIFAs and Indies
For Sama is the surprise winner at the the British Independent Film Awards, and John Waters picks his favorite films of 2019.
The Gang’s All Here
American gangsters, Chinese filmmakers, and a Czech animator are featured in this week’s round.
A Year, a Decade, a Century
The BBC polls 368 critics and programmers to come up with a list of the greatest films directed by women—plus more of the best of the 2010s and 2019.
Greta Gerwig’s Little Women
A smart and lively adaptation of a 150-year-old classic is warmly greeted in the first round of reviews.
Jean Douchet, Socrates of Criticism
The filmmaker, critic, and professor’s passion for cinema was contagious.
A 21-Film Salute to New Korean Cinema
A richly varied showcase of Korean films made between 1996 and 2003 opens in New York.
Manny Farber, Critic and Painter
A new collection of essays connects the dots between Farber’s paintings and film criticism.
2010s: The Listing Begins
Contributors to RogerEbert.com and the A.V. Club as well as Time’s Stephanie Zacharek and more pick their favorite films of the decade.
Susan Sontag’s Duet for Cannibals
A new restoration of the novelist and critic’s debut feature opens in New York on Friday.
How It All Ends
This week’s highlights take us from post-apocalyptic cityscapes to the deepest jungles of Southeast Asia, from the sound stages of Hollywood to the coal mines of West Virginia.
Americans in Paris
Curators Richard Peña and Livia Bloom Ingram bring nine “under the radar” titles by independent American filmmakers to the Cinémathèque française.
Oshima in Toronto
TIFF Cinematheque presents an eclectic selection of eleven films by the Japanese director.
November Books
This month we’re reading about the women (and men) of Hollywood, weighing arguments from all corners, and picking up an overlooked novel.
Criticism, Comment, and CGI
A digital resurrection, an image book, and a painting of a hammer all figure in this week’s round.
Ozu in NYC and LA
Woman of Tokyo (1933) screens tonight in Los Angeles, and Tokyo Twilight (1957) will play for a week in New York.
DOC NYC 2019
Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker’s Town Bloody Hall (1979) is one of the highlights in a program of over 300 films.
Scorsese and the State of the Art
What began as an artificially stoked-up controversy has led to a vital statement on the present and future of cinema.
Gustav Deutsch: Film ist.
The Viennese avant-gardiste recontextualized found footage to create a landmark trilogy.