The Daily
Sugarcane Is a “Gut-Punch”
Julian Brave NoiseCat and Emily Kassie’s film leads the nominations for the IDA Documentary Awards and the Cinema Eye Honors.
Lana Wilson at MoMI
A pop star, psychics, and a punk-turned-priest are focus of this weekend’s series at the Museum of the Moving Image.
Two by Hong Sangsoo
A Traveller’s Needs opens Friday, By the Stream early next year, and there’s a retrospective on in London through December 8.
Vertiginous Heights
Catherine Breillat’s debut feature and series programmed by Jenni Olson and Lizzie Borden are among this week’s highlights.
Outrage in the 1980s and ’90s
BAM revisits the culture wars in a series that includes films by Martin Scorsese, Todd Haynes, and David Cronenberg.
DOC NYC at Fifteen
The country’s largest festival of nonfiction films presents 110 features this year, and nearly as many short films.
Film Fest Knox 2024
The festival’s second edition reasserts its emphasis on “showcasing and advocating for personal, ambitious regional cinema.”
November Books
Innovative metafictions and fresh readings of classic novels arrive along with books on Robert Kramer, Terrence Malick, and Nora Ephron.
Five Image-Makers
This week offers revivals of overlooked films by Antonioni and Alan Rudolph and conversations with Garrett Bradley and Paulo Branco.
There Goes Juror #2
Critics argue that the fortieth feature directed by Clint Eastwood deserved more than a limited weeklong theatrical release.
The Quincy Jones Experience
As a composer, arranger, producer, and perhaps above all, connector, Jones was one of the most vital artists of the past seventy years.
“Silent” Films
The BAM series focuses on filmmakers who “turn the visual language of the silents to new purposes.”
Teri Garr’s Singular Charm
She brought a winning intelligence to suffering characters in such films and Young Frankenstein, Tootsie, and After Hours.
Paul Morrissey, Before and After Warhol
The filmmaker struggled to emerge from the long shadow of one of the world’s most famous artists.
Giant Robot Turns Thirty
The legacy of the zine touting Asian American pop culture is celebrated with a new book and film series.
Nocturnal Cinemas
An underseen gem of the Czechoslovak New Wave and an ambitious history of Hindi cinema are among this week’s highlights.
The Criterion Mobile Closet Rolls On
A hit at the New York Film Festival, the Mobile Closet heads to Brooklyn this weekend.
Directors’ Fortnight Extended
Selections from this year’s lineup will screen in New York and Los Angeles.
October Books
This month brings new books on Brian De Palma, Tobe Hooper, unhappy writers, and classic documentaries.
Rohmer and Løchen in Brooklyn
Nick Newman presents A Tale of Autumn (1998) and The Chasers (1959) on Tuesday evening.
American Identities
Names in the news this week: Bette Gordon, Robert Frank, Don Hertzfeldt, Alfonso Cuarón, Cate Blanchett, and Quentin Tarantino.
Viennale 2024
Featuring a Robert Kramer retrospective, this year’s Viennale opens with Leos Carax and closes with Mati Diop.
Chicago: Sixty Years of CIFF
This year’s special anniversary edition will open with Malcolm Washington’s August Wilson adaptation, The Piano Lesson.
Jia Zhangke’s Caught by the Tides
Telling a love story in three parts spanning more than twenty years, Jia offers a summing up before he turns a new page.