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Aug 27, 2025 — The summer’s been terrific for new movie magazines and filmmaker biographies.
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Dec 16, 2024 — News, reviews, and recommendations featuring Paul Schrader, Cher, Terrence Malick, and more.
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Dec 11, 2024 — Sean Baker’s eighth feature has been picking up awards and nominations and landing on several best-of-2024 lists.
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Jul 17, 2024 — Summer reading options range from fiction to philosophy, from the fog of war to finicky fame.
Jun 21, 2024 — Join us on Sunday, June 30, for the premiere; afterwards, Opus will stream exclusively on the Criterion Channel.
Feb 28, 2023 — One of the towering figures of postwar French literature, Marguerite Duras was also an innovative filmmaker whose rarefied cinematic style dared audiences to see less and listen more.
Mar 10, 2021 — For about five minutes in Alan J. Pakula’s The Parallax View, the lights go down on our movie and we’re shown another—an increasingly deranged propaganda short designed to suss out whether someone is Parallax material. That is to say, an...
Apr 30, 2019 — With these twin monuments of Hong Kong action filmmaking, Jackie Chan catapulted to international stardom, perfecting a unique blend of athleticism and populism.
Feb 23, 2017 — The week before Get Out opened to groundbreaking box-office success, we spoke with the director about the fine line between comedy and horror.
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Feb 3, 2017 — Created, hosted, and written by independent-cinema pioneer John Pierson, the magazine-format TV series Split Screen premiered on IFC in 1997, giving viewers an insider’s look at some of the country’s most exciting young filmmakers and their communities. The first six...