Books
Agnès Varda, Pragmatic Dreamer
The first major biography of the film director, screenwriter, artist, and photographer is scrupulous and affectionate.
Sophie Monks Kaufman
Film
The Vanished Youth of China’s Textile Workers
Wang Bing’s Youth (Spring) looks at China’s young textile workers who have migrated from rural homes to stitch mass-produced children’s clothes.
Film
David Cronenberg Creates a World Where “Surgery is the New Sex”
Starring Léa Seydoux, Viggo Mortensen, and Kristen Stewart, Crimes of the Future is funny, serious, and sexy all at once.
Film
Kelly Reichardt Probes What Keeps Artists from Doing Work
Her recent film Showing Up features Michelle Williams as a sculptor who’s constantly driven to distraction.
Film
Ruben Östlund Satirizes the Lives of the Mega-Rich in Triangle of Sadness
Now playing the Cannes Film Festival, the new film from the director of The Square embarks on a luxury cruise that goes to hell.
Film
Jafar Panahi, Laura Poitras, and Other Filmmakers Reflect on the Pandemic Year
The seven shorts of the anthology The Year of the Everlasting Storm are impressively varied, given the constraints under which they were made.
Film
Wes Anderson’s Latest Conjures a Confectionary Vision of France
The infamously elaborate director’s new film takes us to Ennui-Sur-Blasé, where employees of a US newspaper get into whimsical capers.
Film
When More Than 5,000 Workers Resisted Rupert Murdoch’s UK Media Takeover
The documentary Wapping: The Workers’ Story recounts a pivotal moment in UK labor history.