The Daily
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.
BFI Film on Film 2025
From Hitchcock to Kubrick, Star Wars to Twin Peaks, the selection ranges as wide as the film gauges.
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.
A Theater Near You
At MoMA, curator David Schwartz celebrates seventeen landmark New York screening venues.
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.
Daydreaming
Wes Anderson celebrates Satyajit Ray, Chantal Akerman talks framing, and Callie Hernandez writes about Jonathan Glazer.
Tribeca Glances Back and Forges Ahead
The festival is hosting film premieres, live performances, immersive experiences, and conversations about a few enduring movies.
Noir Beyond the City
BAMPFA spotlights postwar American noirs creeping out into wide-open spaces.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Echoes: Marcel Ophuls and Michael Roemer
The rise of fascism upended the childhoods of both filmmakers.
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.
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.
2025 Critics’ Week Awards
The jury honors tales of haunted appliances, an exiled community, and a life-changing diagnosis.
Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest
Lee reunites with Denzel Washington, who has been given an honorary Palme d’Or in Cannes.
Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3
Four lives begin anew in Petzold’s first film to premiere in Cannes.
Laxe, Linklater, and Loznitsa
Cannes 2025: Sirât and Two Prosecutors emerge as critical favorites, while Nouvelle Vague finds both champions and detractors.
Sincerity in Practice
There’s a lot going on besides Cannes: Kira Muratova, Glauber Rocha, Mikio Naruse . . .
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.
Restored and Rediscovered, Year Two
The festival presents new restorations of films by Chantal Akerman, Charles Burnett, John Ford, and James Ivory.
Previewing Cannes 2025
Here’s a sampling of what we can look forward to in each of the festival’s programs.
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.