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Jul 19, 2021 — The Palme d’Or, Caméra d'Or, Un Certain Regard Prize, and Palme d’Or for best short film have all gone to women directors.
Jan 14, 2020 — Born in Fortaleza, Brazil, Karim Aïnouz is an award-winning film director, screenwriter, and visual artist. His first feature, Madame Satã, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes Film Festival in 2002. He has also directed Love for...
Short Takes
Apr 4, 2018 — On what would have been his eighty-sixth birthday, we’re celebrating Andrei Tarkvosky’s legacy with a look back at some of the essays and videos we’ve published on his work.
Jun 30, 2016 — Since presenting her first runway show in 1991, fashion designer Anna Sui has transformed her singular sensibility into a clothing empire. Now a fashion icon whose designs can be found all over the world, her distinctive style is eclectic, vibrant,...
The Cannes Film Festival may have star-studded red carpets, but the winners below are its true legacy.
Aug 4, 2010 — Québécois filmmaker Xavier Dolan’s debut feature, I Killed My Mother, won three prizes in the Directors’ Fortnight section of the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, and his follow-up, Heartbeats, competed for the festival’s Un certain regard. An avowed Criterion addict, Dolan...
Oct 30, 2008 — This week, the New York Times compiled its special annual holiday movie preview, and judging by Charles Taylor and Stephanie Zacharek’s enthusiasm for a slew of upcoming DVD releases for November and December, it seems critics are looking forward to...
No one has influenced modern filmmaking more than this French New Wave pioneer. He was one of our greatest lyricists on historical trauma, religion, and the legacy of cinema.
Essays
Jan 16, 2007 — The marvel of Mouchette inheres in the elegance, obstinacy, and capaciousness of Bresson’s double-mindedness.
Nov 6, 2006 — The New York Times ran a really nice piece about the Janus box this morning. It started on the front page of the Arts section and jumped to another half page inside. It featured big pictures from M, L'Avventura, Seven...