To Be and to Have

Mar 16, 2023 — While the competition juries have their say, critics spotlight a few favorites from the gala premieres.

Jan 13, 2023 — This week’s eclectic round touches on experimental milestones, restorations, Mexican cinema, a Japanese series, and movies about movies.

Dec 16, 2022 — This week: Molly Ringwald and Caroline Champetier on Godard, interviews with Tony Kushner and Park Chan-wook, and the new Brooklyn Rail.

Mar 11, 2022 — This week’s roundup roams from pre-Code Hollywood to the New Hollywood of the 1970s.

Jan 26, 2022 — Rotterdam opens as Sundance winds down and Berlin sets up.

Jan 3, 2022 — Both as an art and a business, cinema faces serious challenges, but the past year offers reasons for optimism.

Oct 21, 2021 — This year’s round sees a category shake-up and two female writer-directors out front.

Sep 28, 2021 — The first Black-directed movie musical of the modern film era, Melvin Van Peebles’s drama illuminates the cultural and political concerns of working-class Black people with delight and fancy.

Aug 24, 2021 — Andrzej Wajda’s masterful portrait of postwar Poland pits Communist ideals against the bitter realities of a new order.

Jul 27, 2021 — The directors of Zola and Time will direct adaptations of novels by the acclaimed science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler.