A Cultural Film

May 12, 2025 — Daniel Kehlmann’s new novel The Director reimagines the life of G. W. Pabst, and there’s a minor role in it for Leni Riefenstahl.

Nov 19, 2024 — William Wyler’s adaptation of the Broadway musical celebrates the indomitability of vaudeville legend Fanny Brice, embodied by Barbra Streisand in an incandescent and remarkably vulnerable performance.

Sep 12, 2024 — In celebration of our fortieth anniversary, Criterion has built a replica of our famous films closet inside an eighteen-foot delivery van, and later this month, we’ll be taking our Criterion Closet Picks show on the road.

Sep 6, 2024 — Alex Cox discusses his first and next films, Warhol rarities screen in New York, and a courtroom drama revisits the culture wars of 1970s France.

Aug 13, 2024 — Film Forum presents sixteen films featuring stars such as Richard Roundtree, Pam Grier, and Isaac Hayes.

Apr 8, 2024 — ND/NF introduces New Yorkers to two family dramas, a Bulgarian thriller, and a Russian road movie.

Mar 18, 2024 — Among this month’s highlights are a collection of noir classics from the genre’s peak year, a Jean Eustache retrospective, and our favorite movies that unfold within a tight timespan between dusk and dawn.

Oct 6, 2023 — Notes on a “gobsmacking” Mexican classic, Isabelle Adjani’s secrets, and underground cinephilia in Iran.

Apr 13, 2023 — Combining elements of soft-core porn and film noir, one of the most popular Hollywood genres of the 1980s and ’90s captured the fraught aspirationalism and sexual mores of the era.

Mar 16, 2023 — While the competition juries have their say, critics spotlight a few favorites from the gala premieres.