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Dec 2, 2019 — For Sama is the surprise winner at the the British Independent Film Awards, and John Waters picks his favorite films of 2019.

Nov 27, 2019 — Check out what’s in store next month on our streaming service!

Nov 18, 2019 — A new restoration of the novelist and critic’s debut feature opens in New York on Friday.

Nov 14, 2019 — Curators Richard Peña and Livia Bloom Ingram bring nine “under the radar” titles by independent American filmmakers to the Cinémathèque française.

Oct 31, 2019 — A series of films by one of India’s greatest and most fiercely independent directors opens in New York.

Oct 29, 2019 — Check out what’s in store next month on our streaming service!

Oct 24, 2019 — The nominations are out for the Gotham Awards, the IDA Documentary Awards, and the AACTAs.

Oct 16, 2019 — Deep Dives “I have a feeling that the really crucial moments in a film should be wordless,” the Bengali filmmaker Satyajit Ray once said. He was speaking of his 1964 masterpiece Charulata, whose action consists largely of soulful looks passing...

Oct 15, 2019 — The witch has a long history in Western cinema. Nowadays, we tend to associate her with horror, but early depictions resist easy categorization. She appeared in American silent films as early as 1908 (in a short called The Witch). The...

Oct 15, 2019 — Born in Denmark to a wealthy family in 1879, Benjamin Christensen dropped out of medical school to receive training as an opera singer, only to lose his singing voice to what was diagnosed as an incurable nervous illness. He then...