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Dec 9, 1985 — Movie thrillers may come and go, but after half a century, Alfred Hitchcock’s The 39 Steps still reigns supreme. And not only for the sheer, breathless excitement of the story; the seamless construction; the chilling, beautifully realized atmosphere; and the...
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Aug 4, 2023 — Look who’s talking: Carl Franklin, Claire Simon, Ira Sachs, Jim Jarmusch, Sally Potter, Laura Citarella, Christoph Hochhäusler . . .
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Dec 17, 2019 — She worked with Rivette, Fassbinder, and Visconti, but of course, any discussion of her illustrious career will always circle back to Godard.
Apr 12, 2011 — Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, drew a circle with a piece of red chalk and said: “When men, even unknowingly, are to meet one day, whatever may befall each, whatever their diverging paths, on the said day, they will inevitably come...
Sep 2, 2026 — Shatara Michelle Ford is an African American filmmaker. Their debut feature, Test Pattern, was released by Kino Lorber in 2021 to critical acclaim, landing on over a dozen best-of-2021 lists. It received nominations at the Gotham Awards, Spirit Awards, and...
Dec 4, 2015 — We were touched by the announcement that the 2015 New York Film Critics Circle awards had chosen to honor our late, beloved cofounder William Becker with a special award for him and Janus Films.
Nov 20, 2008 — Recipient of a special New York Film Critics Circle award for visionary programming, Bruce Goldstein is the Repertory Program Director of New York’s Film Forum, for which he has created more than 350 film festivals and spearheaded the rereleases of...
The acclaimed photographer and music video director, whose film work includes Control and Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis), highlights favorite movies by Wim Wenders, Martin Scorsese, and Paweł Pawlikowski.
Jun 30, 2015 — Annie Baker is the writer of the play The Flick, the winner of the 2014 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, which is playing at the Barrow Street Theatre in New York until January 10, 2015. Her other plays include Body Awareness...
Bryan Washington is the author of Lot and Memorial, which was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He is a columnist for the New York Times Magazine.