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Who did Agnès Varda want us to believe she was? Why has the idea that Stanley Kubrick faked the moon landing caught on? And Roger Corman, feminist hero?

Goings On

While the focus is on new films by young directors, the guest of honor will be the renowned Shinya Tsukamoto.

The director’s first film made outside of Japan stars Catherine Deneuve, Juliette Binoche, Ethan Hawke, and Ludivine Sagnier.

The program of more than three hundred films includes new work by Pedro Costa, Koji Fukada, and Jeanne Balibar.

Armando Iannucci will open London, and Locarno and Venice are preparing their 2019 lineups

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This week: Michael Mann, Peter Strickland, Pedro Almodóvar, Luc Moullet, and a forgotten chapter of film history.

The great Italian actress worked with Truffaut, Fellini, Antonioni, Losey, Dassin, Bava, and Robert Wise.

Once again, the Cineteca di Bologna has presented a richly varied showcase of discoveries, rediscoveries, and new restorations.

The accomplished actor could be “compellingly loathsome,” a “titan” of comedy, and “unexpectedly moving.”

Ben Barenholtz and Milos Stehlik helped shape the tastes of generations of cinephiles.

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This week, we look back on the making of If...., black filmmakers in the 1990s, and the golden age of Mexican cinema.

The author of a book on method acting turns her attention to the performances in Do the Right Thing and the work of Juliette Binoche.

Truffaut, Melville, and Jean Epstein open this month’s round of reviews and discussions of the latest noteworthy publications.

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This week’s highlights include an oral history of one of Kubrick’s most challenging sequences and reviews of the latest works from Béla Tarr and Paul Thomas Anderson.

Early reviews of the Hereditary director’s second feature may be mixed, but everyone agrees that it’s quite a trip.

After Franju’s Eyes Without a Face, the French actress starred in films by Duvivier, Buñuel, Ruiz, Rivette, Assayas, and Hansen-Løve.

Festivals across the continent celebrate the eclectic oeuvre of the renowned Egyptian filmmaker.

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Can the movies survive? Can rotten people be great artists? Are we all doomed?

Goings On

Film series around the world are making this year’s Pride Month especially loud and proud.

To mark the anniversary, editors are highlighting some of her best work while critics and acolytes measure her impact.

Renowned for his adaptations of Shakespeare and great operas, the director was also a controversial Italian senator and stood accused of sexual misconduct.

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On the late Peter Whitehead, Jordan Peele’s Us, drag culture, European refugees, and images of incarceration

She turned roles as women past their prime into her greatest triumphs.

Some of the best new independent films of the past year are lined up for the eleventh edition.