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In Memoriam

The Strength of Street Knowledge

By Craigh Barboza
September 13, 2019
Pioneering filmmaker John Singleton captured the humanity and horrors of the modern urban world

Clear as Sunshine

By Nick Pinkerton
July 15, 2019
Beyond the pristine persona, Doris Day excelled as a realist

In Memoriam: Agnès Varda

By Kelley Conway
May 1, 2019
With deceptively casual genius, Agnès Varda journeyed deep into the truth of experience

Anarchic Visions: Djibril Diop Mambéty

By Robert Sklar
April 30, 2019
Laughter and tears: An appreciation of the late Senegalese master, whose 1992 Hyenas was re-released April 26

Bruno Ganz, Mischievous Angel

By José Teodoro
February 27, 2019
Watching over: Ganz often devoted the bulk of his energy to listening, captivating us with his attention

In Memoriam: Stanley Donen

By Nicolas Rapold
February 25, 2019
Remembering Stanley Donen, a master of the golden-age Hollywood musical with the likes of Singin’ in the Rain and On the Town

Jonas Mekas (1922-2019)

By Film Comment
January 23, 2019
Mekas dedicated his life to supporting cinema as an art form, and there are few who had as large of an influence on the medium as he did

In Memoriam: Nicolas Roeg

By Sheila O'Malley
January 2, 2019
The cinematographer turned director blew our minds to show better what makes us tick

In Memoriam: Kira Muratova

By Sergei Loznitsa
September 24, 2018
The Ukrainian filmmaker summoned forth an explosive cinema of displacement and daring

Remembering Pierre Rissient

By Bertrand Tavernier
May 15, 2018
True passion: a close friend remembers the French cinephile’s contributions to the medium