This and That

Once widely misunderstood, this French master of suspense dealt in misanthropic, black-humored tales and is now recognized to be among the greatest directors of the 1950s.

Apr 17, 2023 — Six of the eleven first and second features selected this year are directed by women.

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

Nov 22, 2018 — A costume designer can make characters come alive. In this new interview, two historians explore how Orry-Kelly’s gowns helped Marilyn Monroe embody one of her finest roles.

Jul 16, 2018 — In this outtake from an interview with Shangkuan Ling-fung, the Taiwanese wuxia icon gets nostalgic about her encounters with Bruce Lee.

Jun 28, 2013 — Did You See This?• The Times of Harvey Milk, Weekend, and other essential LGBT cinema • The Hitchcock 9 are here. • Badlands inspires a book of photographs. • Proving 8½’s influence • Remembering a stellar sci-fi scribe • The...

In the span of a mere sixteen years, this German wunderkind made an astonishing forty-four movies that run the gamut from melodramas to period pieces to science fiction.

This pioneer of American independent cinema made emotionally naked human dramas suffused with kinetic, heightened realism.

Feb 1, 1988 — Based on the novel by W.T. Burnett, this heist film set in a nameless midwestern city offered moviegoers in 1950 a new view of crime.

A leading figure of the Japanese New Wave, this radical filmmaker tackled taboos and politically charged subjects with stylistic flair and striking symbolism.