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Being There

We’re celebrating the Harry Dean Stanton centennial, listening to Ross McElwee and Tsai Ming-liang, and revisiting the work of Bruce Conner.

By David Hudson

Il Cinema Ritrovato at Forty

Around five hundred films—restorations, revivals, rediscoveries—screened last month in Bologna.

By David Hudson

Japan Cuts 2026

New York’s Japan Society throws a spotlight on Suzu Hirose and Hirokazu Kore-eda.

By David Hudson

Věra Chytilová’s Tainted Horseplay

Karlovy Vary hosts the world premiere of a new restoration of the Czech director’s 1988 tragicomedy.

By David Hudson

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Plucked from Obscurity

This week’s roundup ranges from sad goodbyes to a silent comedy, from Hitchcock to Barker, and from video art to a cult TV series.

By David Hudson

It’s All a BIG Conspiracy

Film at Lincoln Center rolls out a series of ten films probing the secrets and suspicions of a nation that seems perpetually on edge.

By David Hudson

Spectres, Devils, and Bad Blood

BAM’s thirteen-film series dips into chapters of American history that tend to get overlooked on Fourth of July weekends.

By David Hudson

Declaration of Independents!

In the run-up to the country’s 250th birthday, several venues are offering prompts for celebration and reflection.

By David Hudson

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Streams of Narrative

We’re tracking the unconventional flows of Zidane, Eephus, and Castration Movie; plus Pedro Costa on Mizoguchi and Tourneur.

By David Hudson

Three by Elaine May

On its fiftieth anniversary, Mikey and Nicky is back in theaters, and A New Leaf and Ishtar are screening in New York as well.

By David Hudson

Guy Maddin’s Careful Returns

Newly restored, the garishly colorful mountain movie will screen in New York with three more Maddin features.

By David Hudson

Vital Signs in Oakland

A monthly series brings films worth making time for to an artist-run space in the Bay Area.

By David Hudson

Catching Up with The Currents

A quiet highlight of last fall’s festival season, Milagros Mumenthaler’s third feature tours theaters through July.

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Enduring Portraits

We’re wrapping the week with top docs, Black writers, screwball comedies, and appreciations of Raoul Peck and Jafar Panahi.

By David Hudson

June Books

Martin Scorsese, Agnès Varda, Lars von Trier, and Katharine Hepburn are just a few of the names you might be adding to your summer reading list.

By David Hudson

Masahiro Shinoda: From Pop to Kabuki

BAM presents twelve films ranging from the early 1960s through the late 1980s.

By David Hudson

Chabrol & Huppert: Doing Wrong

L’Alliance New York celebrates a mischievously fruitful collaboration with a six-film series.

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Mad Summers

We’re hunkering down with an oral history of Steven Spielberg and reading about Mary Harron, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Radu Jude, and Pier Paolo Pasolini.

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Suddenly, Virginia Woolf

An adaptation of Night and Day follows two new reimaginings of Mrs. Dalloway.

By David Hudson

Steven Spielberg and Disclosure Day

Early reviews of his thirty-fifth feature may be all over the place, but appreciation of the man himself is universal.

By David Hudson

John Sayles in Toronto

The screenwriter, director, and novelist will take an active part in all ten screenings in a TIFF Cinematheque series.

By David Hudson

Stanley Kwan: Ladies Man

Asia Society presents a seven-film retrospective in New York from Thursday through Sunday.

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Shifting POVs

We’re wrapping the week with conversations with Lilly Wachowski, Shunji Iwai, and Tsui Hark as well as essays on Ozu and Ghatak.

By David Hudson

Louis Malle: Portraits of America

A series of films Malle made in the U.S. opens with an excellent documentary on the director’s life and work.

By David Hudson