To Be and to Have

Feb 3, 2022 — A series at MoMA spotlights overlooked stars of the pre-Code era.

Dec 7, 2021 — As his latest feature arrives in the U.S., the director has already begun work on his next one.

Sep 16, 2021 — For some, it’s “a relentless, propulsive chase movie,” while others find this first part to be “a turgid preamble with little payoff.”

Jul 26, 2021 — The main competition boasts new work from Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Ana Lily Amirpour, and Pablo Larraín.

Mar 16, 2021 — Calls for greater diversity in the Academy’s membership that began with the #OscarsSoWhite campaign have finally begun to bear fruit.

Jan 15, 2021 — This week we’re reading Greg Tate on MLK/FBI, Ian Christie on the decadence of early British cinema, and Reverse Shot’s 2020 top ten.

Sep 17, 2020 — Antonio Campos’s The Devil All the Time and Sean Durkin’s The Nest have A.V. Club writers revisiting the films they’ve made with Josh Mond.

May 22, 2020 — In the wake of the #MeToo movement, “listen to women” became an omnipresent phrase, one that film programmer Nellie Killian found revealing. Giving space for women to talk about their lives has often been framed as a burden or obligation,...

Mar 4, 2020 — A series in New York celebrates the under-recognized work of Alma Reville and Joan Harrison.

Dec 20, 2019 — This week we’re spotlighting directors’ and writers’ appreciations of other directors and writers, plus Céline Sciamma and Agnès Varda.