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Screens Aglow

Hiroshi Shimizu and Oscar Micheaux retrospectives open in New York and cinematographer Hélène Louvart talks about working with Varda, Wenders, and more.

By David Hudson

Avant-Garde Visions of New York

The series spotlights rarely seen films by Shirley Clarke, Marie Menken, Bette Gordon, Jack Smith, and dozens more.

By David Hudson

Black Britain at BAM

Films by Horace Ové, Menelik Shabazz, John Akomfrah, Isaac Julien, and more depict Black lives in a tumultuous era.

By David Hudson

MoMA’s Tribute to Bulle Ogier

Jacques Rivette, Marguerite Duras, and Luis Buñuel—more than thirty features and shorts will screen in the monthlong series.

By David Hudson

Cinema Reborn 2024

The festival presents restorations of films by Renoir, Hawks, Malick, and more in Sydney and Melbourne.

By David Hudson

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Mercurial Talents

This week offers reflections on the work of Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Béla Tarr, Satyajit Ray, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Joan Chen.

By David Hudson

Laurent Cantet’s Electrifying Cinema

The director of Human Resources (1999), Time Out (2001), and The Class (2008) has died at sixty-three.

By David Hudson

Cannes Classics and Summer Festivals

The Official Selection is complete, Classics celebrates twenty years, and beyond Cannes, summer events are lining up.

By David Hudson

Lisandro Alonso in LA

The American Cinematheque presents all six features, including the Los Angeles premiere of Eureka.

By David Hudson

April Books

This month brings a collection of Chantal Akerman’s writing, analyses of Ozu and Kubrick, and list of the best Hollywood books ever.

By David Hudson

Cynthia Carr’s Candy Darling

In her new book on the Warhol superstar, “Carr not only meets Darling on her own terms but insists that we do, too.”

By David Hudson

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The Future of the Past Is Bright

Revivals of work by Frank Borzage, Ken Loach, and David Fincher are among this week’s highlights.

By David Hudson

TCM Classic Film Festival 2024

As TCM turns thirty, the festival opens with a thirtieth-anniversary screening of Pulp Fiction.

By David Hudson

The Sympathizer’s Man of Two Faces

Park Chan-wook and Don McKellar’s adaptation of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel stars Hoa Xuande and Robert Downey Jr.

By David Hudson

Directors’ Fortnight and ACID Lineups

Two programs running parallel to Cannes announce a diverse array of world premieres.

By David Hudson

Critics’ Week 2024 Lineup

Eleven first and second features are slated to premiere, seven of them in competition.

By David Hudson

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Purple Gaze

Names in the news this week: Alain Delon, John Akomfrah, Francis Ford Coppola, Vera Drew, Charles Burnett, and Miles Davis.

By David Hudson

Cannes 2024 Lineup

Anticipation builds for new work from Jia Zhangke, Francis Ford Coppola, Andrea Arnold, and David Cronenberg.

By David Hudson

Seven at ND/NF 2024

Heading into its final weekend, the festival presents new work from Singapore, Serbia, Brazil, China, Iran, Georgia, and Taiwan.

By David Hudson

Clip Premiere: Intercepted

Oksana Karpovych’s second feature juxtaposes images of a ravaged Ukraine with the voices of Russian soldiers.

By David Hudson

San Francisco Silent Film Festival 2024

This year’s edition features a rediscovered short starring Clara Bow, a precursor to the folk horror craze, and a whole lot of gags from Harold Lloyd.

By David Hudson

The Darkest Ripley Yet

In Steven Zaillian’s eight-episode series, Andrew Scott gives us what many find to be the definitive Tom Ripley.

By David Hudson

Four New Directors, Four New Films

ND/NF introduces New Yorkers to two family dramas, a Bulgarian thriller, and a Russian road movie.

By David Hudson

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Women in Time

Léa Seydoux is the star of the week, and we’re also reading about Marguerite Duras, Juraj Herz, and Kinuyo Tanaka.

By David Hudson