The Robe

Sep 2, 2015 — In preparation for our upcoming release of D. A. Pennebaker’s groundbreaking 1967 Bob Dylan documentary Dont Look Back, we recently visited the legendary filmmaker at his home, where he introduced us to an old friend. Photo by Grant Delin That’s...

Jun 17, 2015 — From a shrewd adaptation by André Gregory and Wallace Shawn, Jonathan Demme fashions a visually inventive dreamscape out of an Ibsen classic.

Oct 21, 2014 — There were plenty of advantages to living in Paris in the early 1970s, especially if one was a movie buff with time on one’s hands. The Parisian film world is relatively small, and simply being on the fringes of it...

May 30, 2014 — Did You See This?• Traveling back to Slacker’s Austin • Robert De Niro opens up about his dad. • Actor-director matches made in heaven • The fascinating saga of Bernard Natan • Adrian Martin loves Brian De Palma. • Hollywood’s...

Jan 13, 2014 — With economy and panache, Michael Mann established his existential crime drama style with this breakthrough first feature.

Dec 11, 2013 — This political drama was made in Mexico at a revolutionary moment and represents an extraordinary confluence of international talent.

Dec 10, 2013 — Djibril Diop Mambety’s Senegalese masterwork is remarkable for both its technical audacity and its postcolonialist expressionism.

Jun 6, 2013 — Repertory PicksOne doesn’t necessarily think of ascetic cinema master Robert Bresson as an action director, but he undoubtedly made one of the most elegant and suspenseful prison break movies of all time. His 1956 masterpiece A Man Escaped, based on...

May 14, 2013 — Delmer Daves’s classic western is psychologically probing, magnificently shot, and fascinatingly ambiguous.

Mar 27, 2013 — You can’t talk about Robert Bresson for long before his use of sound comes up. His stripped-down masterpieces are memorable for the way they engage the ear as well as the eye. A Man Escaped, out this week on Blu-ray...