Peter Cowie

While frequently drawing from the depths of his private life, the writer-director also sought to shake Swedish cinema out of a state of complacency by engaging with the country’s turbulent social landscape.

The prolific writer and filmmaker passed earlier this year, leaving behind an enduring legacy that has shaped Finland’s cultural scene.

During two recent trips to Stockholm, one of the world’s foremost Bergman specialists took a dive into a wealth of archival material that raises fresh questions about the Swedish master.

Boasting the longest, most versatile career of any Czechoslovak New Waver, the late master made films mixed with deep compassion and an antiauthoritarian spirit.

One of the most audacious voices to emerge from Tito’s Yugoslavia, the late director had a genius for smuggling incendiary ideas into freewheeling satires.

On what would have been Saul Turell’s ninety-seventh birthday, Peter Cowie celebrates the man who was the beating heart behind Janus Films.

Critic Peter Cowie pays tribute to a quintessentially English master, whose prolific career stretches back to the silent era.

During a 2006 meeting with the author, French New Wave icon Jeanne Moreau reminisced about working with Orson Welles, Louis Malle, and François Truffaut, and her turn to acting as a means of eluding the “destiny of a regular girl.”

Ray Dolby did not match the conventional image of an eccentric inventor, nor that of a business mogul. But his name now represents a benchmark by which the recording of sound and its playback on disc and in movie theaters is judged.

In his latest column, Peter Cowie reflects on his friendship with our beloved cofounder.

The composer is credited with scoring eleven films for Bergman—among them Smiles of a Summer Night (1955), Wild Strawberries (1957), and The Magician (1958)—the last being The Virgin Spring (1960), with its evocative use of medieval instruments.

The author recalls the two great cinematographers and their work.

A well-deserved profusion of obituaries has reported in detail the achievements of Richard Corliss as a film journalist.

The author recalls his encounters and correspondence with the filmmaker.

The author remembers the late filmmaker.

In person, Sam was a blunt-nosed nonconformist, small of stature but forever leading with his Cuban cigar.

The author recalls meeting the filmmaker in a Swedish hotel in the ’70s.

The author’s recollections of the great English actor.

The author recalls his meetings and correspondence with the uncompromisingly independent British director.

The author recalls his encounters with the great Swedish actress.

The author shares his memories of the French filmmaker, who died on Saturday.

The author’s encounters with the great Indian filmmaker.

The author reflects on his interactions with the great filmmaker.

The author’s colorful interactions with the famously crusty filmmaker.