The Criterion Collection
The artist and codirector of Agnès Varda’s documentary Faces Places talks about his intimate collaboration with the late iconic filmmaker, praises world-expanding masterpieces like La haine and Roma, and shouts out his friend Louis Garrel.
The singer of the band Cigarettes After Sex shares his love for La Bamba, talks about how the romance of Eric Rohmer inspires his music, and selects favorites, from The Worst Person in the World to The Tales of Hoffmann.
The actor and writer shares her love of the literary qualities of Eric Rohmer’s cinema, recalls the thrill of watching Bruno Dumont’s La vie de Jésus, and selects films by auteurs she has worked with, including Jean-Luc Godard and John...
The Oscar-nominated writer and director of Anatomy of a Fall praises the perfection of An Unmarried Woman, talks about the feminist qualities of La vérité, and selects Petite maman for her daughter.
The Daily
Sep 22, 2025 — The LA genre festival presents a doc on a reviled sequel as well as the latest features from Radu Jude and Lucile Hadžihalilović.
The Argentine master behind such enigmatic, formally audacious films as Zama and La Ciénaga reveals her love of genre cinema.
In Theaters
Jul 14, 2016 — In celebration of Bastille Day, the American Cinematheque treats L.A. audiences to a double dose of comedic genius from the beloved French filmmaker.
Mar 31, 2016 — At the beginning of Julia Cafritz’s senior year of high school, she saw Peter Weir’s The Last Wave and decided to drop out of high school, skip college, move to Australia, marry Mr. Weir and devote her life to filmmaking....
Features
Jun 5, 2013 — Remembering special effects legend Ray Harryhausen, who is being celebrated at the Aero Theatre in L.A. this month.
Gonzalo M. Pavés is a professor in the department of art history at the Universidad de La Laguna. His research interests include classical film, Spanish cinema, and comics. He has published several papers and chapters nationally and internationally and various...