"Humboldt USA" is a visually majestic portrait of various Americans trying to save what is left of nature and wildlife which uses places named after the 19th century father of ecology as an organizing framework. It will screen May 2 at the Museum of the Moving Image's First Look festival. Go here for showtimes and tickets.
Alexander von Humboldt was one of the most important...
Beginning on May 1, the Criterion Channel is presenting a curated collection of the films of Kimi Takesue. "Directed by Kimi Takesue: Crossings and Encounters" will stream three of her most acclaimed features and eight of her shorts.
I reviewed her 2023 film "Onlookers" two years ago. It was an immersive study of tourists shot in Laos constructed of longish master shots of foreigners walking...
Yujiro Harumoto’s “A Balance” is both a sensitive Japanese family drama and a powerful indictment of the myth of balanced investigatory journalism and its...
In 2020 six of Jancsó’s films were restored by the Hungarian National Film Archive and they begin a theatrical run at New York City’s Metrograph theater January 14.
Beginning this Thursday, October 21, you can watch Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Frank Herbert's classic 1965 novel "Dune" for free if you subscribe to...
Barry Forshaw is a British writer who specialises in crime fiction. He has written many books, including “British Crime Writing: An Encyclopedia”, “The Rough...
