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Review: Agnès Varda: From Here to There

By Fernando F. Croce
June 3, 2014
Vagabond: the perpetually inquisitive New Waver turns the camera on herself, fellow filmmakers, and friends

Cannes Roundtable #2

By Film Comment
June 2, 2014
Charlotte Garson, Joumane Chahine, Alex Horwath, and Gavin Smith do a postmortem on the award-winners and the festival as an institution

Rep Diary: Len Lye

By Genevieve Yue
June 2, 2014
Bodily empathy: on the artist's works on paper and celluloid

Fassbinder Diary #4: From Death to Martha

By Steven Mears
May 30, 2014
Or, From Godard to Sirk: tracing the evolution of Fassbinder's style

Bombast: Williamsburg on Screen

By Nick Pinkerton
May 30, 2014
North Brooklyn filmed, before and after the hipster hoards and condos

Fassbinder Adapts: Effi Briest

By Max Nelson
May 30, 2014
A close look at the (anti?)romantic novel that inspired the filmmaker and his creative decisions in bringing it to the screen

Film of the Week: Night Moves

By Jonathan Romney
May 29, 2014
Band of outsiders: Kelly Reichardt's suspenseful tale of Oregonian eco-terrorists

Kaiju Shakedown: Filipino Crime

By Grady Hendrix
May 29, 2014
Killa and a Thrilla in Manila: a handful of the most captivating, gory flicks from the Philippines

Cannes Special: The Wonders

By Giovanni Vimercati
May 29, 2014
Mud in your eye: Alice Rohrwacher’s prize-winner finds that nature’s way is not quite the same as heaven on earth

Review: Gebo and the Shadow

By R. Emmet Sweeney
May 28, 2014
Manoel de Oliveira returns with a shadowy, cavernous adaptation of a Brandão play