The Brazilwood Man

Sep 10, 2019 — In this landmark melodrama, director Ritwik Ghatak channeled his grief over the destruction of his beloved homeland, Bengal, in the wake of the Partition of India.

Nov 9, 2018 — Critically maligned upon their release, Ingmar Bergman’s only two English-language films show the master’s artistry at its most restrained and its most convoluted.

Oct 30, 2018 — Ridiculous on the outside but full of truth on the inside, Rob Reiner’s fairy-tale classic is a childhood touchstone for generations of movie lovers.

Oct 18, 2018 — One of the greatest of all silent films screens at a/perture cinema this Saturday, with a presentation by a Wake Forest University religious-studies professor.

May 30, 2018 — In the image of the Little Tramp choking, Chaplin found the perfect motif for evoking the horrors of hunger and modern consumption.

May 23, 2018 — In some of his most elaborately choreographed set pieces, the silent-comedy master confronted the chaos of the world with balletic grace and rhythmic precision.

May 10, 2018 — What goes into staging the perfect on-screen kiss? Director Sofia Coppola and actors Kirsten Dunst and Josh Hartnett look back on shooting a passionate make-out session in The Virgin Suicides.

Mar 30, 2018 — Our editions of Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence and Edward Yang’s Yi Yi reach the UK this week.

Mar 8, 2018 — This weekend, Winston-Salem’s a/perture cinema screens the greatest popular and critical success of François Truffaut’s late career.

Jan 18, 2018 — One of the landmarks of 1960s Japanese cinema plays at the Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive this week.