Jun 3, 2002 In addition to being his funniest film, The Horse’s Mouth is the most personal, and touching, of all Alec Guinness’ movies. Apart from starring as the brilliant but bedraggled artist Gulley Jimson, Guinness also adapted the Oscar-nominated screenplay from Joyce...

Mona Lisa

Essays

Mar 12, 2001 Mona Lisa has several reasons for being. One was an article from a British tabloid about an ex-convict on a GBH charge who claimed in his defense to be protecting ladies of the night against their Maltese pimps. Steve Woolley,...

Apr 15, 1992 When President Kennedy announced that Ian Fleming’s novels were amongst his favorite bedside reading, the international stage was set for the entrance of a new cinematic character. His name was Bond—James Bond. In 1962, Dr. No burst onto the screen...

Jan 28, 1991 The following review, one of the most renowned in the history of film criticism, appeared in The New Yorker magazine on October 28, 1972. It is reprinted with the permission of the author, Pauline Kael. Bernardo Bertolucci’s Last Tango in...

Feb 6, 2026 There’s an AI-driven reconstruction of The Magnificent Ambersons underway, a restoration of Michael Almereyda’s Nadia in theaters—and more.

Jun 15, 2022 The graphic designer behind our covers for Diabolique and The Tin Drum takes us inside his Baltimore studio and his idea-driven creative process.

Apr 12, 2022 The director of The Witch and The Lighthouse returns with a revenge-driven tale set in tenth-century Iceland.

Harmony and Horror

The Daily

Jul 16, 2021 The spotlight this week is on Sara Driver, Jacques Tati, Bill Duke, Lizzie Borden, and Nobuhiko Obayashi.

Jul 25, 2017 Joshua Z Weinstein has directed the feature documentaries Drivers Wanted and Flying on One Engine. His recent credits as director of photography include Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me, Code of the West, and the forthcoming Bikini Moon. Weinstein has been nominated...

Feb 3, 2015 Jean-Luc Godard returned to the character-driven intensity of his earlier films with this satirical but serious-minded take on men, women, and money.

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