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Remembrances and Returns

Darling and Dogma are back in theaters, and Edmund White is remembered with his great essay on Jean Genet and Jean Cocteau.

By David Hudson

BFI Film on Film 2025

From Hitchcock to Kubrick, Star Wars to Twin Peaks, the selection ranges as wide as the film gauges.

By David Hudson

Roberto Minervini in Los Angeles

Acropolis Cinema presents the LA premiere of The Damned and the world premiere of a new restoration of The Passage.

By David Hudson

A Theater Near You

At MoMA, curator David Schwartz celebrates seventeen landmark New York screening venues.

By David Hudson

P. Adams Sitney, Flo Jacobs, and the Avant-garde

Within the past few days, we’ve lost a vital film historian and a vibrant artist.

By David Hudson

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Daydreaming

Wes Anderson celebrates Satyajit Ray, Chantal Akerman talks framing, and Callie Hernandez writes about Jonathan Glazer.

By David Hudson

Tribeca Glances Back and Forges Ahead

The festival is hosting film premieres, live performances, immersive experiences, and conversations about a few enduring movies.

By David Hudson

Noir Beyond the City

BAMPFA spotlights postwar American noirs creeping out into wide-open spaces.

By David Hudson

Karlovy Vary’s Competitions and Specials

Along with Rebuilding, starring Josh O’Connor, the festival will present a fresh slate of world premieres in July.

By David Hudson

Bleak Week 2025

More than a hundred films likely to make you feel bad in all the best ways will screen in eight cities this month.

By David Hudson

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More to Come

The week wraps with an overlooked gem starring Jamie Lee Curtis, a new issue of Cineaste, and conversations with Lisa Lu and Takashi Miike.

By David Hudson

May Books

Women of the French New Wave, New York in the 1960s, and the scenes behind the scenes are among the many subjects tackled this month.

By David Hudson

Echoes: Marcel Ophuls and Michael Roemer

The rise of fascism upended the childhoods of both filmmakers.

By David Hudson

Panahi’s Palme d’Or—and More

The triumphant return of Jafar Panahi capped off what many consider to be a terrific year at Cannes.

By David Hudson

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Love, Chaos, and the Divine

We’re in the mood for Wong Kar Wai, Kira Muratova, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Alan Rudolph, and Dag Johan Haugerud.

By David Hudson

2025 Critics’ Week Awards

The jury honors tales of haunted appliances, an exiled community, and a life-changing diagnosis.

By David Hudson

Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest

Lee reunites with Denzel Washington, who has been given an honorary Palme d’Or in Cannes.

By David Hudson

Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3

Four lives begin anew in Petzold’s first film to premiere in Cannes.

By David Hudson

Laxe, Linklater, and Loznitsa

Cannes 2025: Sirât and Two Prosecutors emerge as critical favorites, while Nouvelle Vague finds both champions and detractors.

By David Hudson

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Sincerity in Practice

There’s a lot going on besides Cannes: Kira Muratova, Glauber Rocha, Mikio Naruse . . .

By David Hudson

Mascha Schilinski’s Sound of Falling

The first film to premiere in competition in Cannes this year is already being discussed as a serious contender for the Palme d’Or.

By David Hudson

Restored and Rediscovered, Year Two

The festival presents new restorations of films by Chantal Akerman, Charles Burnett, John Ford, and James Ivory.

By David Hudson

Previewing Cannes 2025

Here’s a sampling of what we can look forward to in each of the festival’s programs.

By David Hudson

Pabst and Riefenstahl

Daniel Kehlmann’s new novel The Director reimagines the life of G. W. Pabst, and there’s a minor role in it for Leni Riefenstahl.

By David Hudson