The New World

Dec 29, 2016 — Repertory Picks Wes Anderson fans in Oklahoma City can beat those lingering holiday blues with a complete retrospective of his feature films, including a 35 mm screening of 2004’s The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. Cowritten by Noah Baumbach, this...

Nov 14, 2016 — For his first foray into romantic comedy, Paul Thomas Anderson worked closely with Jon Brion on a score that combines melodic orchestration with startling dissonance.

Sep 1, 2016 — Balancing epic scale with lyrical intimacy, Orson Welles inflects the spirit of Shakespeare’s history plays with his own zest for cinematic invention.

Apr 14, 2016 — Before he became one of cinema’s greatest directors, Howard Hawks was a pilot for the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War I. And in the years following the war, Hawks took advantage of his flying expertise and the public’s...

May 30, 2014 — The long relationship between director and festival has never been without its complications.

Jan 11, 1994 — A harrowing nightmare about life in inner-city hell, this 1993 sleeper-hit is a powerhouse filmmaking debut by the Hughes brothers.

Feb 12, 2021 — In an interview with bell hooks published in 1996, Camille Billops responded to a question about the transgressive candor of her films by saying “It is probably exhibitionism on my part [. . .] some people say our films have...

Oct 4, 2018 — Repertory Picks Tonight at 7, as part of its tuneful series Cinema Jukebox, the Coolidge Corner Theatre in Brookline, Massachusetts, throws the spotlight on one of the last great American films of the 1970s, as Bob Fosse’s showstopping All That...

Oct 28, 2014 — What you hear is as crucial—and as funny—as what you see in Tati’s films.

Jun 25, 2013 — For our new release of Shoah, director Claude Lanzmann sat down with critic Serge Toubiana to talk about his philosophy and approach in making the formidable investigation into the Nazi extermination of Jews during World War II. One of the...