The American Friend

Jul 24, 2023 — One of the UK’s great celebrations of classic cinema opens in Bristol on Wednesday and runs through the weekend.

Apr 27, 2023 — The critic and filmmaker has put together a series that celebrates “a New York of the collective imagination.”

Mar 16, 2023 — While the competition juries have their say, critics spotlight a few favorites from the gala premieres.

Feb 27, 2023 — The Golden and Silver Bears sparkled, but many of the true gems were to be found in the Encounters program.

May 5, 2022 — A coincidental set of screenings and openings almost seems to be responding to the impending reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Mar 18, 2021 — The range this month is wide, from Tsai Ming-liang to Ida Lupino, from Tobe Hooper to Josephine Baker.

Oct 14, 2020 — The first raves are in, but we’ll have to wait until Christmas Day to see it.

May 8, 2020 — The opening and closing credits in a film are a form of housekeeping, fulfilling a legal obligation to compile the names of cast and crew who made the final product possible. Visionary designer Saul Bass saw the aesthetic potential in...

May 4, 2020 — A new 976-page biography delves into the life and work of an ultimately unknowable man.

Jan 21, 2020 — The Mankiewicz brothers, Jonas Mekas, Werner Herzog, Sidney Lumet, and Ja’Tovia Gary all figure in this month’s roundup.