The Way Ahead

Sep 19, 2023 — Franz Kafka’s The Trial, the unfinished tale of a man living under arrest and prosecution for an unspecified offense, is perhaps the iconic author’s most paradigmatic text. Following its posthumous publication in 1925, and its translation into English by Willa...

May 17, 2023 — Now that Jeanne du Barry has opened this year’s edition, critics look ahead to the movies they’re anticipating most.

Oct 6, 2022 — Once again, the New York Film Festival presents not one but two new films by Hong Sangsoo.

Apr 24, 2020 — Paul Schrader and Petra Costa are among the filmmakers determined to make the most of what they’ve got during lockdown.

Mar 5, 2020 — One of the most vital showcases of new nonfiction work is now on through Sunday.

Jan 28, 2020 — The unpredictable story of a family of petty criminals features Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez, Richard Jenkins, and Debra Winger.

Jan 14, 2020 — There’s been a whole of kvetching, but also a bit of celebrating since the nominations were announced on Monday.

Dec 9, 2019 — Hollywood’s foreign press and critics’ groups across the nation pick their favorites of 2019.

Apr 17, 2018 — “Almost every Steven Spielberg movie has its antecedent in a TV show, a movie serial or a comic book,” wrote Michael Sragow when he spoke with Spielberg for Rolling Stone in 1981. “The one he feels [Raiders of the Lost...

Feb 7, 2018 — Looks like we all missed it. Most of us, anyway. Way back, December 27, Craig Hlavaty reported for the Houston Chronicle that Richard Linklater has been working on a film set in the summer of 1969. And not even quietly....