The Criterion Collection
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May 10, 2018 — The followup to Mrs. Fang is an oral history of China’s “Anti-Rightist Campaign” in the late 1950s.
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May 10, 2018 — The underground scene of Leningrad in the early 80s is the real star here.
May 9, 2018 — In this followup to Embrace of the Serpent, a mob story is interwoven with Wayúu Native American rituals.
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May 9, 2018 — Cannes’s Opening Night film is met with a first round of lukewarm reviews.
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May 8, 2018 — In his uncharacteristic final masterpiece, the great Hollywood melodramatist Frank Borzage approaches the shadowy violence of film noir with his unique brand of romanticism.
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May 7, 2018 — And it’s May ’68 all over again in New York, D.C., and London. Plus Bergman in L.A., Tarkovsky in San Sebastián, and more.
May 7, 2018 — With quiet mastery, he depicted lives of faith, humility, and hard work.
May 6, 2018 — Cannes 2018 One of the major highlights of the ongoing, year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ingmar Bergman will be the presentation of a 4K restoration of The Seventh Seal (1957) as part of this year’s...
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May 1, 2018 — Cairo is “the city that made me what I am,” says Tamer El Said.
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Apr 27, 2018 — A survey of the films in this year’s Cannes competition lineup and predictions of what will take home the top prize.