Lost highways: the two critics join to discuss their new book Corpses, Fools and Monsters, an examination of the past, present, and future of trans cinema
Spiritual unity: the recently released soundtrack pulls from avant-garde jazz and traditional Persian music to create a new audio work just as madcap, ambiguous, and avant-garde as the original film was, almost 50 years ago
Summer's end: Annie Baker's filmmaking debut locates poetry in the interstices, inviting the viewer to experience the passage of time in company with her characters
Killer's kiss: the famed American filmmaker joins to discuss his latest, a charming mix of screwball and noir that asks darkly comedic questions about identity, passion, and the criminal justice system
Past flames: the Nitrate Picture Show isn't an exercise in fetishism or nostalgia; instead, its emphasis on format shifts attention to history—to the life of a print, which is visible in scratches, warping, and clipped frames
Physical graffiti: the American filmmaker speaks about his latest, a travelogue and detective story offering insights into bureaucracy, xenophobia, and political polarization in modern-day Croatia
Double vision: how long can we maintain the ruse of championing artistic freedom and civil liberties in cinemas surrounded by hundreds of cops and A.I.-powered cameras and staffed by underpaid workers?
Gather round: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi’s 1989 film is a mellow, neorealist true story about a greengrocer on the outskirts of Tokyo who took a troop of poor Chinese exchange students under his wing in 1987
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