The Hindoo Dagger

Oct 4, 2018 — North by Northwest’s crop-duster scene—in which Cary Grant’s victim of mistaken identity finds himself in a fallow Indiana field, hunted by a low-flying biplane—is one of the most iconically thrilling moments in Alfred Hitchcock’s fiendishly clever body of work. But,...

Oct 1, 2018 — Professor Imani Perry details how Lorraine Hansberry’s own experience of housing discrimination made its way into her landmark play.

Sep 28, 2018 — In this contemplative moment from a documentary about Andrei Tarkovsky, the elusive master explains how he tried to conjure an immersive vision of painter Andrei Rublev’s world.

Sep 21, 2018 — This week’s round of five highlights begins with a new column and a new issue of Film Quarterly.

Sep 20, 2018 — The sheer strangeness of wealth and class divisions is fodder for screwball hilarity in Gregory La Cava’s Depression-era masterpiece.

Sep 20, 2018 — Travel back to the height of Beatlemania and the swinging sixties with Richard Lester’s infectious rock-movie classic A Hard Day’s Night, screening this weekend at the American Cinematheque.

Sep 17, 2018 — Once called “the great directorial genius of Hollywood” by Carole Lombard, Gregory La Cava struck comedy gold with this mix of madcap high jinks, irresistible romance, and social commentary.

Sep 16, 2018 — Olivier Assayas revived the spirit of the 1970s in one of cinema’s most evocative party sequences, which serves as the centerpiece of his acclaimed 1994 film.

Sep 13, 2018 — Michael Moore takes on Trump, Werner Herzog meets Gorbachev, and Astra Taylor asks a big question.

Sep 12, 2018 — Both Sunset and Our Time have their champions and detractors.