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American Neonoir in Melbourne
American Neonoir in Melbourne

The Cinémathèque presents six shady tales from the 1970s.

By David Hudson

Postcards from the South
Postcards from the South

A series coprogrammed by Bonjour Tristesse director Durga Chew-Bose “celebrates the beauty and myth of the Riviera.”

By David Hudson

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Sound and Vision
Sound and Vision

Along with conversations with David Cronenberg, Alain Guiraudie, and Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese, the week offers a dossier on “the cinema of the senses.”

By David Hudson

Boston Underground 2025
Boston Underground 2025

The festival’s twenty-fifth edition offers a five-day binge of midnight movies.

By David Hudson

March Books
March Books

Headlining this month’s roundup are Joan Didion, Merle Oberon, and Charlie Chaplin.

By David Hudson

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Various Transgressions
Various Transgressions

Spend the weekend with Buñuel, Pasolini, Sarah Maldoror, Todd Solondz, and Pedro Almodóvar.

By David Hudson

2025 SXSW Awards
2025 SXSW Awards

Top prizes in the narrative and documentary feature competitions go to Amy Wang and Benjamin Flaherty.

By David Hudson

Heiny Srour’s Feminist Rebels
Heiny Srour’s Feminist Rebels

New restorations of The Hour of Liberation Has Arrived (1974) and Leila and the Wolves (1984) arrive in the U.S.

By David Hudson

First Look 2025
First Look 2025

The Museum of the Moving Image’s annual showcase of “adventurous new cinema” is on from Wednesday through Sunday.

By David Hudson

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“How Does Someone Do That?”
“How Does Someone Do That?”

We’re spotlighting fine writing on Ben Rivers, Errol Morris, David Lynch, Želimir Žilnik, and Laura Carreira.

By David Hudson

Clip Premiere: Who by Fire
Clip Premiere: Who by Fire

An award-winner in Berlin, Philippe Lesage’s gripping slow burner is set for a theatrical run in the U.S.

By David Hudson

La Clef in New York
La Clef in New York

The Parisian art-house cinema has programmed a series running at various venues throughout New York City.

By David Hudson

Rossellini in Melbourne
Rossellini in Melbourne

The Melbourne Cinémathèque presents selections from the four phases of a profoundly influential oeuvre.

By David Hudson

Anora’s Big Night
Anora’s Big Night

Sean Baker’s eighth feature wins five top Academy Awards.

By David Hudson

Never the Same Man, but Always Gene Hackman
Never the Same Man, but Always Gene Hackman

His range was astounding, and yet every performance was immediately recognizable as uniquely his.

By David Hudson

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Ten Contenders
Ten Contenders

We’ve gathered some of the best writing on each of the nominees for Best Picture Oscar.

By David Hudson

True/False 2025
True/False 2025

Along with the premieres and parades, this year offers an oddity from Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens.

By David Hudson

February Books
February Books

This month brings deep dives into the work of Ken Loach and Radu Jude as well as new books on Isabelle Huppert, Holly Woodlawn, and more.

By David Hudson

The Good Fight in a Slippery Season
The Good Fight in a Slippery Season

In the run-up to the Oscars, Sean Baker calls on independent filmmakers to band together as a community.

By David Hudson

Berlin’s Gentle Bears
Berlin’s Gentle Bears

Todd Haynes’s jury gives the Berlinale’s top awards to films by Dag Johan Haugerud, Gabriel Mascaro, Iván Fund, Huo Meng, and Radu Jude.

By David Hudson

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Tough Bridges to Build
Tough Bridges to Build

This week we’re revisiting work by Zeinabu irene Davis, Chantal Akerman, Claude Lanzmann, Wang Bing, and Joan Micklin Silver.

By David Hudson

The Revelatory Work of Souleymane Cissé
The Revelatory Work of Souleymane Cissé

The pioneer of African cinema carried “the inventive temperament of a dreamer armed with a firm political orientation.”

By David Hudson

Blue Moon in Berlin
Blue Moon in Berlin

Richard Linklater and Ethan Hawke reteam to prove once again that few can make talk livelier or more engaging.

By David Hudson

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Inside the Echo
Inside the Echo

On our minds this week: Chantal Akerman, Ang Lee, and Akira Kurosawa.

By David Hudson