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Jul 24, 2019 — Ida Lupino had long since established herself as a Hollywood star when, in 1949, she stepped behind the camera for the first time. She didn’t intend to direct Not Wanted, a drama about an out-of-wedlock pregnancy that she cowrote and...
Jan 31, 2014 — Did You See This?• Naked Lunch and other adaptations of the unadaptable • David Bordwell on the great critics of yore • The Hitchcock-Nabokov collaboration that never was • A pas de deux from Chantal Akerman and Pina Bausch •...
Jul 26, 2013 — Did You See This?• On his birthday, a few of Staney Kubrick’s favorite things . . .• . . . plus one more • Bon voyage, Bernadette Lafont• RIP Dennis Farina• Martin Scorsese on cinema and the mind’s eye• Life...
Jun 14, 2013 — Did You See This?• Die poster-geist • Notes on camp • Lost writing from James Agee comes to light. • Michael Atkinson’s golden silents • Cronenberg is coming! • Tokyo stories • Fatalistic faves • The Wire man on the...
May 10, 2013 — Did You See This?• J. Hoberman bids farewell to Taylor Mead, original underground star. • The Chaplin fan club, youth chapter • Terry Gilliam unleashed • Isabella Rossellini, toadally • Greta Gerwig on repeat • A tribute to Ray Harryhausen,...
Short Takes
Mar 5, 2018 — On the anniversary of his birth, we look back on the films of Pier Paolo Pasolini, one of the most radical figures of Italian cinema.
Short Takes
Jan 22, 2018 — Today, we celebrate Jim Jarmusch’s birthday with a look back at some of the writing we’ve published on his films over the years.
Oct 3, 2016 — Polish music icon Zbigniew Preisner, who first worked with the Dekalog director on 1985’s No End and went on to contribute to all of his subsequent films. Here, we present a selected playlist of Preisner’s most memorable work for Kieślowski.