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On the Channel
Feb 27, 2018 — In a new episode of Observations on Film Art, film-studies scholar Kristin Thompson analyzes the lyrical techniques in Raymond Bernard’s brutal war drama Wooden Crosses.
Feb 22, 2018 — Critic, filmmaker, and festival programmer Tony Rayns explains how Kon Ichikawa intermingles modernist and classical styles in his masterpiece An Actor’s Revenge.
Sneak Peeks
Feb 16, 2018 — Critic Maitland McDonagh incisively examines the character of Clarice in Jonathan Demme’s The Silence of the Lambs and how her perspective as a woman informs the way she sees forensic evidence.
In Theaters
Feb 8, 2018 — Next week, the International House Philadelphia will screen the 1930 Paul Robeson vehicle Borderline as part of its ongoing series exploring “race films.”
In Theaters
Feb 2, 2018 — Opening today at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, Iranian master Abbas Kiarostami’s final film, 24 Frames, is a subtle meditation on time and perception.
On the Channel
Jan 29, 2018 — In the latest episode of Observations on Film Art, now playing on the Criterion Channel on FilmStruck, professor Jeff Smith discusses Robert Altman’s playful experimentation with genre in his 1992 film The Player.
Jan 12, 2018 — One of the greatest works of Cuban cinema returns for a theatrical run at New York City’s Film Forum this week.
In Theaters
Jan 11, 2018 — Watch Terry Gilliam’s 1985 future-shock fantasia Brazil, playing tonight at the Honolulu Museum of Art.
In Theaters
Dec 28, 2017 — Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times sets up shop on the big screen at Iowa City’s FilmScene this week.
In Theaters
Dec 21, 2017 — A season-long retrospective of Rainer Werner Fassbinder continues with a screening of his psychosexual drama The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant.