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David Hudson

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Marco Ferreri: Beyond the Absurd

The robust oeuvre features performances from Marcello Mastroianni, Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve, Gérard Depardieu, Hanna Schygulla, and Ornella Muti.

By David Hudson

Tribeca 2023

Here’s a quick guide to filmmaker profiles and critics’ recommendations.

By David Hudson

Béla Tarr in LA and NYC

The Hungarian filmmaker will give introductions and take questions during retrospectives hosted by the American Cinematheque and Film at Lincoln Center.

By David Hudson

Jacques Rozier: Risk and Desire

The director of one of the major early works of the French New Wave lived to see interest in his work revived.

By David Hudson

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Decades of Radical Change

This week we’re spotlighting Ken Jacobs, queer cinema in the 1990s, and the return of the afro-horn.

By David Hudson

Kenneth Anger: “Magic Is What You Make It”

The late filmmaker had a profound impact on directors such as Scorsese and Lynch; he could also be a handful.

By David Hudson

Triet’s Triumph: 2023 Cannes Awards

It’s not every year that so many critics are pleased with the juries’ choices.

By David Hudson

Directors’ Fortnight Standouts

This year saw the return of Michel Gondry, a strong showing from New York, and a bittersweet love story from Georgia.

By David Hudson

2023 Critics’ Week Awards

Audrey Diwan’s jury spotlights emerging talents from Malaysia, Belgium, Serbia, and France.

By David Hudson

Fallen Leaves and Asteroid City

Two of Cannes’s favorite directors, Aki Kaurismäki and Wes Anderson, return to the competition.

By David Hudson

Triet, Haynes, Ceylan

Anatomy of a Fall, May December, and About Dry Grasses are among the critical favorites in competition in Cannes.

By David Hudson

Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest

Drawing freely from the novel by the late Martin Amis, Glazer emphasizes the horror of what we do not see.

By David Hudson

Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

Blending a tragic love story and a terrifying, slow-motion genocide, Killers has premiered out of competition in Cannes.

By David Hudson

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Desires Betrayed

Take a break from Cannes with Eric Rohmer, the Dardennes, Patrice Chéreau, Joanna Hogg, and Matthew Barney.

By David Hudson

Almodóvar, McQueen, Wenders

A half-hour western, a challenging essay film, and a 3D portrait of a major artist premiere as Special Screenings in Cannes.

By David Hudson

Cannes: Maïwenn and Moving Right Along

Now that Jeanne du Barry has opened this year’s edition, critics look ahead to the movies they’re anticipating most.

By David Hudson

May Books

New this month: André Bazin in English, the Farrow family, and Tom Hanks’s first novel.

By David Hudson

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Parallel Orders

This week: Swiss anarchists, Spanish analogue filmmakers, Warren Sonbert, and Jerzy Skolimowski.

By David Hudson

Claire Dederer’s Monsters

The critic and memoirist expands on her 2017 essay “What Do We Do with the Art of Monstrous Men?”

By David Hudson

Becker and Sautet in Vienna

The Austrian Film Museum pairs features by the great French directors Jacques Becker and Claude Sautet.

By David Hudson

Cannes Spotlights Godard

A new film by the late director is the clear highlight of this year’s Cannes Classics program.

By David Hudson

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History Lessons

Along with an interview with Straub-Huillet, we’re reading a Taiwanese wuxia primer and assessments of work by Shinji Somai and Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

By David Hudson

Apichatpong Weerasethakul Selects

The Thai artist and director picks ten features to screen alongside his own work in New York.

By David Hudson

Prismatic Ground 2023

The third edition of New York’s festival of experimental documentary and avant-garde film is on through Sunday.

By David Hudson