Live from Planet Hong Kong: David Bordwell on Wong Kar-Wai
The man who wrote the book on Hong Kong cinema assesses its most acclaimed export.
View ArticleCine-Bonanza! New Online Channel for Video Essays
The online video essay is a unique form of movie criticism that's emerged over the past few years - now there's one place to find them.
View ArticleWatch Cannes Films on Fandor – Award Winners
If you haven't seen these films, now's the time to catch up with the best of the world's top film fest.
View ArticleFinding Joy in Cinema: Wong Kar Wai’s “Happy Together”
"Happy Together" presents the work of a world-class director at its spontaneous best.
View ArticleDonald Krim (1945-2011)
Donald Krim dedicated a 40-year career to helping people discover great films they might otherwise never see.
View ArticleAnd the Winner of the Fan d’Or is…
As Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life won the coveted Palme d'Or for best film at Cannes yesterday, we awarded our own prize.
View ArticleA World Without Directors and Critics: Thoughts on the Future of Film Culture
Film directors and critics help Hollywood generate a never-ending appetite for empty products, according to a provocative new essay.
View ArticleHappiest Together: The Ten Best LGBT Films
A queer cinema renaissance has emerged in the last 30 years, with many masterpieces.
View ArticleProse and Polarity: Hoberman’s Genius
How the work of J. Hoberman inspired one critic, multiple generations, and a Polish translation of a cinema-lit classic, 'Midnight Movies.'
View ArticleList: LGBT Season’s Streaming
Saluting the opening of LGBT film festival season with a selection of streaming classics and emerging gems.
View ArticleDAILY | Berlinale 2013 Updates (Plus Sundance and More)
Wong Kar-wai's THE GRANDMASTER will open the 63rd edition. Plus, news from Rotterdam, Sundance and Slamdance.
View ArticleDAILY | Berlinale 2013 Diary #1
Initial thoughts on Wong Kar-wai's THE GRANDMASTER. Updated through 2/18.
View ArticleVideo: What Does China’s Greatest Film Sound Like?
One of China's most popular film bloggers reflects on the distinctly cinematic voices of the Chinese classic SPRING IN A SMALL TOWN.
View ArticleHKIFF, Take Two: Holy Moments?
Featuring dreamlike meditations, special appearances by ‘God’ (?) and a not so ‘Beautiful’ 2013.
View ArticleDaily | Reverse Shot @ 10, MOVIE #4, and More
Plus, Bazin, "Slow Cinema," acid Westerns, a "biography" of Nicolas Roeg's PERFORMANCE, a Hollywood novel, and more.
View ArticleScenes: POST MORTEM
Larraín builds a city of the living dead as he carefully considers the effects of the Pinochet regime on the people of Chile.
View ArticleDaily | Cannes 2013: Place Your Bets
The latest Cannes news, a new issue of the Brooklyn Rail, and Philip French's surprise announcement.
View ArticleThe 1000 Greatest Films – Watch Some With Us! Part One
The website They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? boasts what is quite possibly the most comprehensive list of the 1000 greatest films of all time.
View ArticleDaily | Wong Kar-wai
A salute in L.A. and retrospectives in New York and Boston. Updated through 8/23.
View ArticleVideo: Every Fight in Wong Kar-wai’s THE GRANDMASTER, Ranked
A video primer on the most exciting aspects of Wong Kar-wai's latest: the fights.
View ArticleDaily | Jump Cut 55, Ulmer, Hanoun
Plus David Bordwell on Otis Ferguson, David Kalat on Claude Chabrol, and more.
View ArticleTop Ten Conceptual Strategies of 2013
From the nightclub office to the not-so-stylish lens: strategies that worked in 2013.
View ArticleHong Kong International: On Its Way
With films to match the host city's glorious diversity.
View ArticleThe Essential LGBTQ
Twenty-five films that you absolutely must see (and quite a few more that you really should watch).
View ArticleOutfest 2014
Even as LGBTQ media expands, Outfest still launches some of the best work of the year.
View ArticleFive Haunted Cities
Sinister, suspicious, hypnotic: The cinematic hold cities have on us.
View ArticleDaily | Most Anticipated Films of 2015
Linklater, Haynes, Scorsese, Spielberg, Tarantino, Wheatley, Demme … Updated through 1/9.
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