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Oct 17, 2018 — Peter Jackson revamps archival footage from the First World War in They Shall Not Grow Old.
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Feb 10, 2025 — Igor Bezinović’s third feature recreates a ludicrous but foreboding chapter in the history of his hometown, Rijeka.
Feb 27, 2024 — Hollywood legend Raoul Walsh’s first movie for Warner Bros. is an epoch-spanning tall tale that takes inspiration from the New York City of his childhood and closes out a run of influential gangster films he inaugurated in the silent era.
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Oct 11, 2023 — The shock of Davies’s passing is compounded by the sinking realization that cinema has lost one of its most singular artists.
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Jan 24, 2022 — Two new books on the wildly inventive comedian and filmmaker make a complementary pair.
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Jan 1, 2021 — Along with new features from Pedro Almodóvar, Lynne Ramsay, and Todd Haynes, the new year will bring series directed by Barry Jenkins, Sofia Coppola, and Wong Kar Wai.
Sep 20, 2019 — A fresh reading of Dr. Caligari, a deep dive into War and Peace, Terry Zwigoff’s “immersive screenings,” and Beyoncé’s multimedia project are among this week’s highlights.
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Nov 27, 2018 — With The Magnificent Ambersons, Orson Welles created a model of period filmmaking, lightly deploying historical signifiers while focusing on the haunting power of his actors’ faces.
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Jul 30, 2018 — Retrospectives of the French master’s work are playing in New York and Berkeley, with Washington to follow in September.
Mar 20, 2013 — Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger’s adroit masterpiece is war film, dark comedy, historical drama, poignant romance, and a portrait of the modern woman.