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The Daily
Apr 28, 2022 — For half a century, the Indian documentarian has won accolades abroad while fighting censorship at home.
The Daily
Mar 4, 2022 — Freud and Jung make surprise appearances in this week’s roundup.
Feb 8, 2022 — A Prohibition-era gangster saga, the Coen brothers’ third feature is an enigmatic fable of violence, loyalty, and existential unease.
The Daily
Oct 20, 2021 — The late director of Canoa: A Shameful Memory aimed “to show people the real Mexico.”
Essays
Jul 20, 2021 — Dismissed as gossip-column fodder in its time, Jacques Deray’s cooly enigmatic villa thriller is an exploration of masculine vanity and feminine disillusion.
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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.
Features
Jun 11, 2021 — “The whole world is dying of panicky fright.” The opening on-screen text of Todd Haynes’s Poison promises an unsettled experience. Yet these words also might as well be predicting the puritanical response to the film that erupted from conservative quarters. After winning...
The Daily
May 5, 2021 — Many lucky enough to have worked with her remember the star who broke through in Moonstruck.
Apr 22, 2021 — Monte Hellman In 1965, Monte Hellman took a cast and crew to a desert in Utah and shot two westerns back to back. With The Shooting and Ride in the Whirlwind, Hellman introduced an existential dread and a Beckettian sense...
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Mar 22, 2021 — Here’s what the critics have been saying about the winners of the two main competitions.