The Last Minute

Sep 29, 2022 — This October, we’re summoning our demons with an expansive collection of ’80s horror and a roundup of Universal monster movies.

Feb 23, 2010 — Like many other French cinephiles, I discovered Make Way for Tomorrow relatively late, although we had been interested in Leo McCarey for years. We had hunted down his Laurel and Hardy pictures, adored Duck Soup, the best of the Marx...

Aug 19, 2025 — The eighth edition brings the Quay Brothers, winners from Sundance and SXSW, and an Alain Tanner restoration.

Jul 27, 2010 — Americans got The Secret of the Grain. In France, they got La graine et le mulet (The Grain and the Mullet)—basically, “Couscous and Fish.” Depending on whose table you eat dinner at, the French title can seem as elemental as...

Jan 3, 2008 — We’ve received a number of letters recently inquiring about the various versions of Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Last Emperor. I’ve been immersed in the film for several months now and wanted to clarify a few misconceptions. When I started working on...

Nov 14, 2024 — BAM revisits the culture wars in a series that includes films by Martin Scorsese, Todd Haynes, and David Cronenberg.

Sep 29, 2022 — An erotically charged “musical fantasia” opens the NYFF’s Currents program.

Sep 14, 2022 — Always innovating, Godard was one of the most vital and influential figures in the history of cinema.

Jun 27, 2022 — A retrospective in Los Angeles celebrates the publication of the director’s first novel.

Jan 31, 2022 — What have the critics been saying about this year’s winners?