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Jan 1, 2020 — See if you can guess what we have coming up in 2020.

Jun 21, 2019 — Can the movies survive? Can rotten people be great artists? Are we all doomed?

Jan 1, 2019 — See if you can guess what we have coming up in 2019.

Nov 22, 2018 — A costume designer can make characters come alive. In this new interview, two historians explore how Orry-Kelly’s gowns helped Marilyn Monroe embody one of her finest roles.

Sep 29, 2018 — This “lean but evocative allegory” can be read in a surprising number of ways.

Jun 21, 2018 — How much can a film turn the tide on American violence? Michael Moore and archivist Carl Deal reflect on the moral urgency that gave rise to one of the most talked-about documentaries of all time.

Apr 6, 2012 — Images by the avant-garde icon can be seen at Anthology Film Archives this weekend.

The history of cinema: one hundred years of do-overs. But no matter how hard the remakers try, no one can surpass these originals.

Phoebe Chen is a writer, lecturer, and historian of visual culture based in Brooklyn. Her essays and criticism can be found in the New York Times, Artforum, the Nation, the New York Review of Books, Apartamento, Aperture, and more. She...

Jonathan R. Lack is a PhD candidate in Cinematic Arts at the University of Iowa, the host of the anime history and review podcast Japanimation Station, and the author of the book 200 Reviews. You can read his work at...