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“Remake” Confronts a Father’s Grief and a Filmmaker’s Responsibility
The ethical core of “Remake” is McElwee’s own cinematic practice, a subject that has come to the fore in previous films of his, when…
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Éric Rohmer’s Novel “Élisabeth” Is a Precocious Literary Triumph
The undercurrent of unsatisfied lust that runs through “Élisabeth” bursts to the fore when Michel, giving a high-school student named…
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Why the Odyssey Keeps Defeating Filmmakers
Since the fifteenth century, most adaptations of Homer have taken the form of translation, which has never been easy. Homer wrote a very…
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“Mudville,” Reviewed: An Atlanta Filmmaker’s Expansive D.I.Y. Family Drama
The other day, I suddenly remembered a film I’d seen and admired ten years ago, “The Arbalest,” which, as a juror at the 2016 South by…
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The Twenty-Six-Year-Old Behind “Obsession,” a Terrifying Tale of a Crush Gone Awry
“It starts from a very innocent place with Bear. I wanted it to be relatable. We’ve all had a crush on someone who didn’t like us…
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In Film, Sometimes the Greatest Drama Is Offscreen
Directing movies is also a matter of production—of the interpersonal, the administrative, and the technical practicalities that go into…
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The Unseen Work of One of Iran’s Greatest Filmmakers
For the director Mani Haghighi, his country’s rich cinematic tradition is a family affair. Source link
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Raymond Depardon’s Documentary Confrontations with Power
The Giscard movie, “A Day in the Country” (“1974, une partie de campagne,” a pun: also “A Day in the Campaign”), set a definitive tone for…
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Rob Reiner Made a New Kind of Fairy Tale
On Sunday, when it was reported that the filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, had been stabbed to death at their home…
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2025 Was David Lynch
In the summer, the actress Natasha Lyonne relayed an anecdote about the late director David Lynch, in which he told her that A.I. in the…
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A New Agnès Varda Exhibition Is an Extension of Her Life’s Work
When Varda shot portraits on location, her practice was both observational and interventionist. She took subjects around town in her car…
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Play It Again, Charles Burnett
One of Burnett’s earliest cinematographic efforts is the silent short “69 Pickup,” written and directed by Penick. Two Black men pick up a…
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Miley Cyrus, Parker Posey, and Riley Keough Toast Future Filmmakers With Chanel and Tribeca
On Friday afternoon, Chanel and Tribeca’s annual—and always glamorous—Through Her Lens luncheon returned to The Greenwich Hotel. Now in…
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Filmmakers Lulu Wang and Barry Jenkins Ended 2024 With a Surprise Backyard Wedding in Los Angeles
Shortly before Lulu Wang began shooting The Farewell in 2018, a friend introduced her to fellow filmmaker Barry Jenkins, suggesting,…
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The Brief and Brilliant Career of Sara Gómez
Such new forms of behavior and new ways of thinking are exactly what Gómez brings to light in her feature, “One Way or Another.” The…
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How David Lynch Became an Icon of Cinema
Thursday morning, I happened to be rereading Pauline Kael’s classic 1969 essay “Trash, Art, and the Movies.” A few hours later, I learned…