No matter that a child born the day after Edward Yang's death will start college this month; the Taiwanese filmmaker's stature has grown so much in the last 18...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. Relay opens in theaters on August 22.
You always hear about whistleblowers––th...
Not to be confused with Dan Trachtenberg's latest Predator film coming later this fall, David Osit's Mayor follow-up Predators is one of the most essential doc...
There is a distinct '70s sheen to the Criterion Channel's September lineup: a decades-spanning Robert Altman retrospective with everything from Nashville and T...
Paweł Pawlikowski's Joaquin Phoenix- and Rooney Mara-led The Island was, as cinematographer Łukasz Żal told us, "just two-and-a-half weeks before shooting" whe...
Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. Eden opens in theaters on August 22.
On paper, there are few filmmakers who se...
Has it become a bit clichéd and too-smart-for-your-own-good to say Eyes Wide Shut is a Christmas movie? Of course. Is Eyes Wide Shut not only a Christmas movie...
Writing about another great Locarno film a few days ago, I lamented the critical inclination to always bring up Éric Rohmer and Hong Sangsoo. Regardless, i...
Never underestimate the critical desire to cite Éric Rohmer––spend enough days at a film festival and you’ll start noticing illusions to the director’s wor...
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IFC CenterFilms by John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Ringo Lam screen in Hong Kong Cinema Classics; ...