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SEMBÉNE 100! 12 films
In anticipation of SEMBENE 100 - a two-week retrospective of the pioneering Senegalese auteur’s radical, groundbreaking work, commemorating his centennial…
Janus Contemporaries 3 films
Janus Contemporaries releases Blu-ray and DVD editions of first-run films, fresh from theaters, in association with the Criterion Channel.
A Storm is Brewin’ 28 films
Before you catch Christian Petzold’s Afire in theaters (afire.film/buy-tickets), here’s a list of other fun films to watch where extreme…
Preparing for Oppenheimer 10 films
I am become death, destroyer of worlds. To celebrate Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated new film, we've assembled a list of…
Preparing for Barbie 10 films
Come on Barbie, let's go party! To celebrate Greta Gerwig's highly anticipated new film, we've assembled a list of ten…
Chaotic Getaways 10 films
Some vacations aren't always breezy... have a great holiday weekend!
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Festival Focus: Locarno
MUBI 109 films
Good Films. Bad E-Mail Subject Lines.
Benjamin Crossley-Marra 35 films
May 2022 Leaving Soon | Criterion Channel
Criterion 90 films
Kinuyo Tanaka Retrospective
Film at Lincoln Center 12 films
Apartment Envy in New York City | Criterion Channel
Criterion 19 films
Films that Feel Like Summertime | Criterion Channel
Criterion 52 films
Recent reviews
The 70mm is coming out of the vault for the first time in ten years for The Paris Theater re-opening.
Love is ablaze in Christian Petzold’s latest, AFIRE. Hoping to resolve a stubborn case of writer’s block, writer Leon accompanies a friend to his Aunt’s summer home, but an unexpected house guest disrupts his concentration. Set against the backdrop of fast-approaching wildfires, romance and creativity spark in Petzold’s Berlin prize-winner.
Q&A’s tonight and tomorrow with Christian Petzold at NYC’s IFC Center and Film at Lincoln Center, and through Monday at the American Cinematheque in LA. Coming soon to theaters nationwide!
Jean Eustache’s autobiographical opus THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE opens this Friday at Film at Lincoln Center. French New Wave poster boy Jean Pierre-Léaud serves as Eusatche’s incarnate, Alexandre: a narcissistic, pseudo-intellectual byproduct of the post-’68 mentality, tangled up in a love triangle with his older girlfriend Marie and a sexually-liberated young nurse, Veronika.
Clocking in at 220 minutes (but anyone will tell you it flies by!), THE MOTHER AND THE WHORE is a not-to-be missed theatrical experience. Get tickets now! Coming soon to more cities.
An excellent film that you probably shouldn't watch with your mom.
Playing at IFC Center as part of their FILMS OF DAVID LYNCH series.
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I talked to the brilliant Paula Beer about Christian Petzold, the loneliness of being an actor, and why I'm afraid to interview them.
Having heard that now — about “you have to know loneliness” — I think it has to grow a bit, the thought in me, but I think… because there are times I get asked in interviews, “What do you do when you’re not shooting? What do you do with your time?” And I always got really confused…
Topping Cahiers du cinéma’s list of best films from last year, Albert Serra’s mesmerizing epic conjures up the malaise and paranoia poisoning the Edenic calm of sun-soaked Tahiti. Steeped in moral ambiguity, Benoît Magimel’s stunning performance embodies the corruptive power of the imperial state.
Now streaming exclusively here.
Dreamlike films. Films with fantasies, spirits, apparitions, and doubles. Films that blur the line between truth and fiction, art and reality.
In honor of The World of Apichatpong Weerasethakul opening at Film at Lincoln Center, we present a selection of Janus films that mirror, or have influenced the mystical essence of Weerasethakul's work, as well his own Mysterious Object at Noon.