The Other Half and the Other Half

Apr 23, 2025 — World premieres of new restorations and plenty of anniversaries will be celebrated this year.

Sep 26, 2024 — The directors discuss their award-winning documentary Bad Press and their effort to invert the exploitative dynamics that have long existed between documentary filmmakers and Indigenous communities.

May 21, 2024 — The reviews are in for Caught by the Tides, Emilia Pérez, and The Substance.

Mar 8, 2023 — BAMPFA’s series of screenings and conversations runs from Friday through May 12.

Jan 17, 2023 — One of contemporary cinema’s most provocative filmmakers launched his career with three deeply unnerving, deliriously genre-blending portraits of Europe.

Dec 2, 2022 — We’re sorting through the Sight and Sound poll and reading about Paweł Łoziński, the Sankofa Collective, and the first films ever made.

Nov 1, 2022 — In one of the most incendiary and formally experimental films of the Czechoslovak New Wave, two mysterious young women uncover humanity’s endless potential for revolt.

Sep 27, 2022 — New restorations of work by Pedro Costa, Kira Muratova, Jean Eustache, Edward Yang, and Claire Denis are set to screen in New York.

May 17, 2022 — Juzo Itami’s tragicomic directorial debut has scandalous fun with the Japanese traditions governing death.

Apr 21, 2022 — Critics recommend favorites from this year’s selection of twenty-six features and eleven shorts.