The Goalkeeper’s Fear of the Penalty

Oct 28, 2014 — We were so thrilled to have the privilege of interviewing The Vanishing director George Sluizer at his home in France in May of this year. In this clip from that discussion, the entirety of which can be found on our...

Oct 23, 2014 — The author recalls meeting the filmmaker in a Swedish hotel in the ’70s.

Aug 22, 2014 — Through cinematography and editing, Bob Fosse made film pliable so that it could move to the rhythms of music and bodies in motion—so that it could dance. His 1979 masterpiece All That Jazz was his ultimate achievement in this regard....

Aug 4, 2014 — Film scholar James Quandt created a nearly hour-long visual essay for our new collector’s set The Essential Jacques Demy. Titled Jacques Demy, A to Z, it elaborates on twenty-six concepts important to understanding the cinema of this singular filmmaker. For...

Jul 24, 2014 — Repertory PicksOn July 26, 27, and 28, viewers at the Center for Contemporary Arts Santa Fe can see Ingmar Bergman’s Wild Strawberries on the big screen, and thus enter the mindscape of Isak Borg, the film’s indelible main character. Played by legendary...

Jul 21, 2014 — Anouk Aimée’s beguiling chanteuse, the title character of Jacques Demy’s romantic debut feature, is the figure from whom the director’s entire cinematic world springs.

Jun 23, 2014 — Peter Davis’s provocative, Oscar-winning Hearts and Minds, released to the American public in 1974, is that rare documentary whose truths and relevance have been underlined and amplified by the passage of time. The title is derived from President Lyndon B....

Jun 13, 2014 — Did You See This?• Hilton Als takes a long last look at the legendary Ruby Dee. • Marco Bellocchio, back and vibrant as ever • Jerry Lewis has still got it. • Oscar Wilde, journalist • On Norman Mailer’s masterful...

Jun 6, 2014 — The Daily• Sam Fuller, D-Day veteran • Happy birthday, Chantal Akerman • When John Cassavetes and friends drove Dick Cavett mad • A fresh look at the career of Vanessa Redgrave • Hard Day’s hard facts • Eye-opening makeup effects...

May 30, 2014 — The long relationship between director and festival has never been without its complications.