For the Children

Jun 17, 2014 — The brutal lessons of Vietnam remained in America’s national consciousness for a generation. September 11 gave us collective amnesia, and they’ve had to be learned again.

Jan 29, 2001 — In Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s drama, the characters abandon their twin faiths, in God and the British Empire, and turn themselves over to more ancient and dangerous powers.

Aug 28, 2000 — The acclaimed humorist’s work sees the range of human folly sans romance and piety.

Jun 17, 2015 — From a shrewd adaptation by André Gregory and Wallace Shawn, Jonathan Demme fashions a visually inventive dreamscape out of an Ibsen classic.

Apr 21, 2008 — Juan Antonio Bardem combines neorealism with noir thriller to create a new dialect that would forge a new Spanish cinematic language.

Stephanie LaCava is a writer based in New York City. She is the founder of Small Press, an independent publisher of works in translation and artist-led narratives for children. Her novel The Superrationals will come out next year from Semiotext(e).

Jul 27, 2022 — Beat the heat with our extensive survey of Chinese representation in American film as well as tributes to Yaphet Kotto, David Gulpilil, and Myrna Loy.

Jul 26, 2022 — The festival selects urgent documentaries, starry portraits, and family dramas.

Nov 25, 2016 — In his deeply personal third feature, Noah Baumbach charts a family’s dissolution against the backdrop of 1980s literary Brooklyn.

Nov 27, 2024 — The week offers evasive icons, an archive to rummage through, and a great but overlooked critic.