The Four

Dec 6, 2022 — Known for their austerity and shocking moments of violence, the Austrian director’s first three films cultivate a kind of humanism in their dogged refusal to coddle the viewer.

Nov 15, 2022 — A box-office success that buoyed Hong Kong’s beleaguered movie industry in the early 2000s, this suite of crime films combines narrative intricacy and moral complexity with an abundance of megastar charisma.

Oct 26, 2022 — Todd Field’s Tár leads with five, followed closely by Charlotte Wells’s Aftersun with four.

Jul 1, 2022 — Both crowd-pleasing and gleefully subversive, Blake Edwards’s 1982 hit Victor/Victoria remains one of the few Hollywood musicals that explicitly depicts queer life.

May 5, 2022 — A coincidental set of screenings and openings almost seems to be responding to the impending reversal of Roe v. Wade.

Apr 5, 2022 — A series at Vulture and Karina Longworth’s You Must Remember This revisit the erotic movies of the 1980s and ’90s.

Mar 18, 2022 — Ukrainian cinema, suspense vs. dread, and the opposite of synesthesia are on our minds this week.

Mar 16, 2022 — The dark shadow of Putin’s war hangs over much of this year’s program.

Mar 7, 2022 — Maggie Gyllenhaal’s first feature as a writer and director wins three top prizes—and praise from novelist Elena Ferrante

Jan 21, 2022 — Welles, Hitchcock, Malick, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, and Jonas Mekas appear between the covers this month.