David Hudson

William and David Greaves’s film captures a gathering of Harlem Renaissance luminaries in 1972.

The new year brings an ode to Judy Garland, conversations with Martin Scorsese, and a novel by John Sayles.

This week: Max Ophuls, Erich von Stroheim, David Lynch, the Biden years, and the best of 1935.

Ryan Coogler’s genre mashup now leads what has become a genuine race.

New films by Angela Schanelec, Lance Hammer, and Mahamat-Saleh Haroun will premiere in the competition.

Joachim Trier’s sixth feature wins six European Film Awards, and Sirât takes home five.

Michael Almereyda and Radu Jude’s discussion of Eisenstein, Welles, and Godard is just one of this week’s highlights.

SXSW and Slamdance unveil full lineups, and the Berlinale fills out its Forum, Panorama, Generation, and Classics programs.

There’s a Visconti retrospective on in Vienna, a restored Comencini in New York, and films by Antonioni, Olmi, and Bertolucci will screen at Harvard.

The festival lines up its Forum Special and celebrates forty years of the Teddy Award.

Let’s catch up with some of the most notable best-of-2025 listing and polling.

This week: Conversations with Lav Diaz, Mira Nair, and Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne.

The director of some of the bleakest films ever made once claimed all they were all comedies—except one.

We can look forward to new films by Ryusuke Hamaguchi, David Fincher, Greta Gerwig, Lee Chang-dong, Ulrike Ottinger, and many, many more.

One of France’s biggest stars took the world by storm before her reputation took a turn.

Head into the holidays with roundtables to watch, articles to read, and podcasts to listen to.

Kleber Mendonça Filho programs a series of films that have informed his slow-burning thriller.

This week: Kubrick conspiracies, Malickian movies, Spike Lee’s musical moments, and a talk with Rebecca Hall.

Checking in on lists of the best films, performances, scenes, scores, restorations, and more.

At year’s end, we’re reading about the partnership and breakup of Alfred Hitchcock and composer Bernard Herrmann—and much more.

An amiable actor, Reiner launched his directorial career with a seven-film winning streak.

This week: Bi Gan, Radu Jude, a new Film Quarterly, and of course, more year-end lists and polls.

Charli XCX stars in three of them, and another highlight is a restored documentary by the late William Greaves.

To celebrate the centennial of Battleship Potemkin, the Austrian Film Museum presents a near-complete retrospective.