The Old Young People

Sep 28, 2017 — Dee Rees, whose Mudbound is set to screen at the New York and London film festivals, will direct an adaptation of Joan Didion’s 1996 novel The Last Thing He Wanted, reports Screen’s Jeremy Kay. Says Rees: “It’s an international spy...

Dec 22, 2013 — The author reflects on his interactions with the great filmmaker.

Nov 16, 2011 — The Rules of the Game is one of the best-loved films of all time. The following is a selection of tributes to it from writers and directors, originally included in the 2004 Criterion DVD edition.   Paul Schrader, Writer-Director The...

Jun 13, 2024 — Baker has selected seventeen films to screen in New York before her first feature opens next week.

Apr 20, 2020 — This month sees new books by and about Woody Allen, Miranda July, and Michael Snow as well as fresh translations and collections of criticism.

Sep 4, 2019 — With their novelistic density and sexual openness, the films of French master André Téchiné introduced director Stephen Cone to a strange new world of contradictions.

May 18, 2019 — Diop’s debut fiction feature is a love story, a detective story, and a ghost story.

Apr 24, 2019 — When It Rains Charles Burnett has long been recognized by historians as one of the greatest American film directors, and he’s won numerous important awards, including an honorary Oscar in 2017. Nevertheless, he is still relatively unknown beyond the world...

Aug 12, 2017 — At Shadowplay, David Cairns has posted David Melville Wingrove’s tribute to Conchita Montenegro, whose career in theater and film took her around the world from the late 1920s through the mid-40s. Her “triumphant final film” would be the 1944 Spanish...

May 31, 2017 — New Taiwan Cinema master Edward Yang’s sophomore feature explores the conflict between tradition and modernity reflected in a relationship on the rocks.