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Jul 19, 2018 — Damien Chazelle’s First Man will open Venice, and Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma will be the NYFF’s Centerpiece presentation.
Jul 12, 2018 — The French director’s English-language debut and first science fiction film is one of the first seven films selected to compete in San Sebastián.
Jul 10, 2018 — The martial-arts film was never the same after King Hu got his hands on it, reinventing the genre with subtle editing and dazzling choreography.
Short Takes
Jun 8, 2018 — On a rainy Saturday in May that called to mind the foggy Pacific Northwest atmospheres of Twin Peaks, a crowd gathered at the music venue Brooklyn Steel for a journey through the world of David Lynch. Celebrating its third annual...
Jun 5, 2018 — Both award-winning directors are committing to television projects even as they carry on making feature films.
Production Notes
May 28, 2018 — Alan Bean, one of twelve astronauts to leave their footprints on the moon, left us last weekend at the age of eighty-six.
On the Channel
May 20, 2018 — A lifelong movie collector remembers the thrill of discovering the granddaddy of all monsters on Super 8.
May 17, 2018 — Gaspar Noé’s nightmare party movie takes the top prize.
Essays
May 4, 2018 — What do we mean when we say a narrative film is poetic? The answer lies in this visionary western from director Jim Jarmusch.
Apr 19, 2018 — Following yesterday’s news that David Cronenberg will be heading up the International Jury at the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival in July, the Venice International Film Festival has announced that Cronenberg will receive the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement for...