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From the Archive

Apropos de Cannes

By Nelly Kaplan
March 18, 2019
The renowned writer and filmmaker reports on a festival full of noise and fury

George Cukor

By Andrew Sarris
March 11, 2019
To celebrate the upcoming 50th Anniversary of the Film Society of Lincoln Center, read Sarris's salute to the legendary filmmaker and FSLC 1978 gala honoree

Interview: Khalik Allah

By Rooney Elmi
March 20, 2018
Songs from home: the director of Black Mother, in theaters March 8, dives into the contradictions of Jamaica

Interview: Claire Simon

By Lauren Du Graf
March 15, 2017
Back to school: Simon's first U.S. release The Competition opens February 22 at Metrograph in New York

On Yasujiro Ozu

By Paul Schrader
November 25, 2016
Films that changed me: the award-winning filmmaker who wrote the book on transcendental style in cinema appreciates the artistry of a Japanese master

Interview: Mbissine Thérèse Diop

By Livia Bloom
October 5, 2015
The star of Ousmane Sembene's Black Girl, a NYFF featured restoration, recalls the making of the 1965 classic and the role of film culture

Interview: Agnès Varda

By Violet Lucca
May 11, 2015
Remembering one the great cinema artists, who sadly passed away on March 29, with a wide-ranging interview from 2013

Common People: Aki Kaurismäki

By Peter von Bagh
September 1, 2011
Finland’s master of bleak comedy opted for fairy-tale optimism in Le Havre

Interview: Pier Paolo Pasolini

By James Blue
May 31, 2011
From the Fall 1965 issue: Pasolini on Gramsci, working with non-actors, writing poetry, and The Gospel According to St. Matthew

How to Fall Into Oblivion and Take Your Movie With You

By Milton Moses Ginsberg
January 1, 1999
The maverick filmmaker reflects on his rediscovered classic Coming Apart