Better Parts

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May 22, 2026 This week brings a look back at Cronenberg’s Crash and conversations with Boots Riley and Wallace Shawn.

May 19, 2026 “My history’s burning up out here,” Ned Racine (William Hurt) tells his lover in the opening minutes of Lawrence Kasdan’s directorial debut, Body Heat (1981). Ned, a small-time attorney and local roué in his South Florida beach town, recognizes the...

May 14, 2026 Channel Calendars This month on the Criterion Channel, set out on an epic journey with our Odysseys collection, or revisit the foundational Bond classics that introduced the silver screen’s most iconic superspy. A spotlight on Courtney Love’s acting career reveals...

Nobler in the Mind

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Apr 17, 2026 So many Hamlets! Plus Radley Metzger, Marco Bellocchio, and Tilda Swinton and Orbital.

Apr 14, 2026 Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) is a film about fear. That may not entirely jibe with its reputation as a biblical parody, but it might be the movie’s secret strength—why it continues to strike a nerve today. Many of...

Apr 13, 2026 The Cannes sidebar spotlights first and second features from up-and-coming filmmakers.

Mar 27, 2026 The first documentary feature about the rock legends, Charlie Is My Darling captures the band as a group of consummate musicians coming into their fame, fully committed to their craft and enjoying one another’s company.

Mar 9, 2026 The comprehensive retrospective can be a daunting prospect, but programmer David Schwartz has spotlit five essential features.

February Books

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Feb 25, 2026 A survey of Black cinema and memories of watching movies with John Ashbery are among this month’s highlights.

Feb 24, 2026 Centered on the emotional unraveling of a failed newsman, this darkly prescient satire envisions the collapse of American society as we knew it through an unsparing critique of corporate media and capital accumulation.

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