The Sin

Sep 30, 2009 — Agnès Varda’s 1962 New Wave masterpiece Cléo from 5 to 7 has gotten a dramatic reinterpretation from Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar, stage directors and founders of New York’s Big Dance Theater. Comme Toujours Here I Stand—which premiered in April...

Aug 21, 2006 — A key Gen-X comedy about postgraduate angst, Noah Baumbach’s debut feature is an uproarious union of wit and trauma.

Jun 21, 1999 — Laurence Olivier’s Henry V today seems like nothing less than a miracle in answer to the Chorus’s call for “a muse of fire that would ascend the brightest heaven of invention.” It’s a dazzling adaptation of a Shakespeare play, made...

Nov 19, 2024 — Ray Yeung is a Hong Kong filmmaker who has made four feature films. His latest work, All Shall Be Well, premiered at the 2024 Berlinale International Film Festival, where it won the prestigious Teddy Award and secured third place for...

Sep 21, 2022 — Owen Kline has been making comic books, fanzines, small joke books, and novelty records since he was in high school. He is the codirector of the short film Jazzy for Joe (2014), starring the late talk-show legend Joe Franklin. Kline’s...

Jan 28, 2019 — Karyn Kusama made her feature debut in 2000 with Girlfight, which won the Award of the Youth at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for best first feature. Since then, she has won acclaim...

Apr 6, 2009 — Paris is turning into Tativille starting tomorrow, April 8, until August 2, with the Cinémathèque française’s appropriately large-scale retrospective of the famously ambitious French filmmaking legend’s work, “Jacques Tati, deux temps, trois movements.” Curated by Stéphane Goudet and Macha Makeïeff,...

May 9, 2005 — Les Blank’s documentary examines the interaction of premodern tribal existence with European modernity, epitomized by a movie narrative about the invidious clash of brute nature and a singular ego bent on his own mission of cultural enlightenment.

Nov 18, 2018 — The powerhouse actors at the center of Persona became two of Ingmar Bergman’s most essential collaborators, bringing a remarkable emotional range to their performances.

Jul 17, 2025 — Among this month’s highlights are a spotlight on ’90s soundtracks, a celebration of Hong Kong icon Sammo Hung, and a retrospective of the work of Spanish auteur Bigas Luna.