Best of the Best

May 23, 2019 — One family infiltrates another in one of this year’s top critical favorites.

Dec 8, 2018 — Bluebeard films, German theorists, Fassbinder’s attack, sensory experiences, and the world’s largest movie studio.

Jun 22, 2018 — Cinephiles converge in Bologna for nine days of discovery and conversation.

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.

May 14, 2018 — A fable, a social critique, and a frontrunner for the top prize.

Mar 5, 2018 — Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water has won four Oscars, including best picture, directing, production design, and score. The nominations were announced in January, and you can scan that full list here. Below, a quick overview of all of...

Jan 18, 2018 — One of the landmarks of 1960s Japanese cinema plays at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive this week.

Nov 14, 2017 — Donna Deitch combined tropes of lesbian pulp romance with the sheen of mainstream filmmaking in her beloved debut feature.

Jul 5, 2017 — “Today,” begins Flavorwire’s Jason Bailey, “New York’s Film Forum begins a fabulous new retrospective series, Ford to City: Drop Dead—New York in the 70s, which draws its title from the notorious New York Daily News headline paraphrasing of President Gerald...

Dec 20, 2016 — With only three features under her belt, German director Maren Ade has become one of contemporary cinema’s keenest observers of human behavior.