THE FIRST SOUND

Feb 21, 2024 — Combining the influence of the wuxia genre, the Hong Kong New Wave filmmaking of the 1980s, and loony comic-book futurism, these two ass-kicking fantasias are dazzling showcases of female physicality.

Sep 5, 2023 — Pablo Larraín’s Golden Lion contender and upcoming series in New York and Vienna mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Chilean coup d’état.

Feb 13, 2023 — Desperately seeking community in her college years, the writer discovered the world of experimental cinema when she stumbled on a short-film program at an art-house in Manchester, England.

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

Aug 5, 2022 — We wrap the week with melodrama and Odorama, a new magazine, and the summer of 1982.

Jun 10, 2022 — This week: Sarah Maldoror and Wayne Wang, plus new issues and features and the return of Film Studies for Free.

Feb 14, 2022 — The Berlinale’s most adventurous section offers adaptations, inspiration, and a slice of its own history.

Mar 4, 2021 — Andreas Fontana’s Azor and Ramon and Silvan Zürcher’s The Girl and the Spider are competing in the Encounters program at the Berlinale.

Aug 11, 2020 — The Complete Films of Agnès Varda It’s the other famous shot in The Gleaners and I (2000) of Agnès Varda’s reaching hands. Not the one she said was taught around the world as the heart of her documentary-making, where, in...

Jan 29, 2020 — The festival will premiere new work from Christian Petzold, Hong Sang-soo, Philippe Garrel, Sally Potter, Mohammad Rasoulof, and Tsai Ming-liang.