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May 31, 2022 — The jury gave awards to nearly half the competition, but some critical favorites missed out.

Mar 17, 2022 — New restorations of the six films directed by the renowned actress will screen from coast to coast.

Dec 1, 2021 — So far, most critics have been gung ho, but a few are expressing reservations.

Aug 12, 2021 — Gleaning the best of Cannes, Berlin, and Sundance, NYFF programmers have selected thirty-two features from nearly as many countries.

Jul 13, 2021 — One of the most remarkable Black films released in the 1990s, Bill Duke’s Deep Cover (1992) is an uncompromising film noir that uses the so-called war on drugs as its backdrop. The story follows Russell Stevens (Laurence Fishburne) as he...

Jun 24, 2021 — And we have more news from Locarno, Telluride, and San Sebastián.

May 25, 2021 — In Edmund Goulding’s gritty cult classic, Tyrone Power casts off his matinee-idol image to play a conniving carnival barker on the flipside of the American dream.

May 10, 2021 — Over the next two weeks, Laurent Kretzschmar and Srikanth Srinivasan will present translations of the renowned critic’s dispatches.

Apr 8, 2021 — An eighty-year-old widow defies the engines of progress in Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese’s latest feature.

Jan 26, 2021 — As awards season picks up its pace, we have news, too, from France and New York.