The Book of Life

Aug 16, 2019 — In making her nonfiction film The Inland Sea (1991), a poetic chronicle of a journey around the Japanese islands of the eponymous body of water, director Lucille Carra relied on a tried-and-true itinerary. A 1971 travelogue by Donald Richie, also...

Jul 8, 2019 — Ben Barenholtz and Milos Stehlik helped shape the tastes of generations of cinephiles.

May 21, 2019 — Claire Denis’s Let the Sunshine In (2017) is one of the great films about middle-aged loneliness, specifically—though not exclusively—as women feel it. It’s not a dating movie, though there’s dating in it. And it’s not a feeling-sorry-for-oneself movie, though there are...

Mar 26, 2019 — As BAM prepares to present the largest U.S. retrospective yet, we look back on the singular oeuvre.

Jan 16, 2019 — Unquiet is the first of Linn Ullmann’s books to directly address her parents. Plus, the criticism of Rivette and Bazin, a radio campaign led by Welles, and more.

Nov 14, 2018 — The history of Hollywood is the focus of this round, but its reach also extends well beyond.

Oct 9, 2018 — This adaptation of James Baldwin’s 1974 novel is a testament to the director’s professed influences.

Aug 15, 2018 — More Galas and Special Presentations, but also the full Masters, Wavelengths, and Contemporary World Cinema lineups.

Jul 12, 2018 — The French director’s English-language debut and first science fiction film is one of the first seven films selected to compete in San Sebastián.

May 30, 2018 — A new website and two translations of her memoir will extend the Belgian filmmaker’s legacy.