Pierre the Pickpocket

Sneak Peeks

Apr 26, 2013 Among filmmaker Pierre Etaix’s many eclectic accomplishments is his appearance as one of the thieves in Robert Bresson’s Pickpocket. However, you probably won’t be able to spot him: all that’s left of his performance is one of his hands, surreptitiously filching a wallet. In...

Mar 10, 2003 The Swedish director of I Am Curious explains how he fused the themes of eroticism, self-exploration, voyeurism, and nonviolence into a film about the new freedoms of the young. QUESTION: I Am Curious seemed to be a cinematic Tristram Shandy,...

Apr 18, 2019 This year promises a healthy mix of renowned auteurs and younger talents—and there’s more to come.

Holiday Reading

The Daily

Dec 21, 2018 New issues of Senses of Cinema and cléo this week, but also healthy seasonal doses of anxiety and lamentation.

Jun 10, 2026 Early reviews of his thirty-fifth feature may be all over the place, but appreciation of the man himself is universal.

May 19, 2026 New films by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and James Gray are riding high on the Cannes critics’ grids.

Apr 1, 2026 BAMPFA presents a retrospective in conjunction with the filmmaker’s residency at UC Berkeley.

Mar 20, 2026 This week: Thierry Frémaux on the Lumière brothers, Lynne Littman and Jane Alexander on Testament, and Christian Petzold on Hitchcock.

Feb 19, 2026 In more than forty nonfiction features, he tried, as he said, “to create dramatic structures out of ordinary experience.”

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