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Jun 20, 2018 — The anniversary edition features three world premieres and the best of this year’s Sundance.
Jun 13, 2018 — Can a screenwriter influence—even change—the course of film history? With his script for Rashomon (1950), Shinobu Hashimoto, who turned 100 this year, did just that. The film launched its director—Akira Kurosawa—to world fame and brought international audiences to the glory...
Jun 12, 2018 — Among the six movies Lino Brocka directed between 1974 and ’76, there were three landmark works that changed the course of his career and that of Philippine cinema: Weighed but Found Wanting (1974), Manila in the Claws of Light (1975),...
Jun 5, 2018 — Both award-winning directors are committing to television projects even as they carry on making feature films.
May 24, 2018 — The late novelist’s work has proven to be an all but insurmountable challenge to screenwriters—but there’s hope.
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May 24, 2018 — A series in New York celebrates an illustrious, multifaceted talent.
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May 17, 2018 — High praise for the Korean director’s first film in eight years.
May 14, 2018 — In the singular world of Finnish filmmaker Aki Kaurismäki, auteurist homage and social consciousness are joined by some of the most lovingly filmed dogs in contemporary cinema.
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May 12, 2018 — The five-part essay film is “infused in equal measures by despair and aspiration.”
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May 9, 2018 — “One of the best Welles documentaries” makes the case for the director as a brilliant graphic artist.