Sam Lipsyte is the author of four novels, including Hark, The Ask (New York Times Notable Book for 2010), Home Land (New York Times Notable Book for 2005 and winner of the Believer Book Award), and The Subject Steve, as...

Jan 23, 2019 — Checking in on how the nominees are currently faring with critics and awards prognosticators.

Sep 23, 2026 — Michael Mann, M. Night Shyamalan, James Gray, Robert Eggers, and Lance Oppenheim are among the many directors who will be taking questions.

Jun 4, 2025 — BAMPFA spotlights postwar American noirs creeping out into wide-open spaces.

Dec 4, 2020 — A landmark week for the industry has us looking back to past periods of tumult and change.

Jun 12, 2020 — We’ve got a disparate set of highlights this week: Arthur Jafa, Josephine Decker, Bill Duke, Tsai Ming-liang, and the late Lynn Shelton.

Oct 9, 2019 — This year’s program has taken NYFF attendees to Soviet Russia, Lebanon, Chile, back home to the Big Apple, and behind bars.

Dec 3, 2018 — Yorgos Lanthimos’s period romp wins a record ten British Independent Film Awards, and John Waters picks his ten favorite films of 2018.

Aug 3, 2018 — Did You See This? returns, gathering five of the most interesting items of the past week.

Mar 23, 2017 — Acclaimed author Jonathan Lethem wears his movie love on his sleeve in genre-hopping novels like the noir-inflected Motherless Brooklyn and the darkly satiric Chronic City, which opens with its protagonist paying a visit to the Criterion Collection. The cinematic inspirations...