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Disturbances of Unnatural Orders
Claude Chabrol, Bong Joon Ho, Ann Hui, Anna Cobb, and Wei Shujun are among the names that have come up this week.
The ’70s, the ’90s, and Now
We’re looking back to films by Pakula and Oshima, and from the 1990s, by Claire Denis and Richard Shepard.
Five Singular Filmmakers
We dive this week into the worlds of Jean Eustache, Walerian Borowczyk, John Ford, Kozaburo Yoshimura, and Chris Marker.
Why Is It Going That Way?
Pop Shakespeare, 100 years of Disney, and conversations with Isaac Julien and Steven Soderbergh are among this week’s highlights.
Misericordia, Music, and More
Alain Guiraudie and Angela Schanelec discuss their new films, Albert Serra opens an exhibition, and Paul Schrader gets ranked.
Underground on Top
We open with an Italian neorealist classic, steer through ’70s-era paranoia, and wrap with a blast of gnarly rock ’n’ roll.
Defining Communities
Featured this week are a breakthrough lesbian comedy, a Native American road movie, and a portrait of a Palestinian family.
Look at the Truth
Standouts this week include conversations with Bridgett M. Davis and Nan Goldin and essays on Nobuhiko Obayashi and Paul Schrader.
The Endless Cycle
This week revives the ghost of Fellini and overflows with conversations about movies, movies, and more movies.
Senses and Dialogues
The week wraps with a new Senses of Cinema, conversations with Ken and Azazel Jacobs and Jamie Nares, and essays on Peter Whitehead and Gillian Armstrong.
Light in Stereo
We’re reading about Chris Marker and Hiroshi Shimizu and listening to conversations from Cannes.
Optimism of the Will
Horace Ové’s Pressure opens, Víctor Erice and Pedro Costa exchange ideas, and GQ presents an oral history of Go.
Screens Aglow
Hiroshi Shimizu and Oscar Micheaux retrospectives open in New York and cinematographer Hélène Louvart talks about working with Varda, Wenders, and more.
Mercurial Talents
This week offers reflections on the work of Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Béla Tarr, Satyajit Ray, Philip Seymour Hoffman, and Joan Chen.
The Future of the Past Is Bright
Revivals of work by Frank Borzage, Ken Loach, and David Fincher are among this week’s highlights.
Purple Gaze
Names in the news this week: Alain Delon, John Akomfrah, Francis Ford Coppola, Vera Drew, Charles Burnett, and Miles Davis.
Women in Time
Léa Seydoux is the star of the week, and we’re also reading about Marguerite Duras, Juraj Herz, and Kinuyo Tanaka.
Evolution of the Art
Notes on the past and future work of Martin Scorsese, Alejo Moguillansky, Pedro Costa, and Alice Rohrwacher.
Out of the Screen, Towards the Future
This week we’re revisiting two classic video essays and reading about great bio-pics, Med Hondo, and Haitian cinema.
Living Memories
Brussels celebrates Chantal Akerman, Hirokazu Kore-eda remembers Ryuichi Sakamoto, and there are some intriguing projects in the works.
A Weekend with the Oscars
This week calls for notes on some of the best writing on each of the ten nominees for Best Picture.
Early Hou, and Ceylan, Too
This week offers David Bordwell on Hou Hsiao-hsien’s evolution, Jean Eustache on Ernst Lubitsch, and two must-read reviews of About Dry Grasses.
Undone and Remade
Revivals of work by Raoul Peck and Jean-Pierre Bekolo and conversations with James Gray and Jodie Foster are among this week’s highlights.
Landscapes Urban and Pastoral
This week brings fresh writing on Edward Yang and David Cronenberg, a talk with Wim Wenders, and a bundle of lists.