Film Forum’s retrospective marking the centennial of the Swedish auteur’s birth includes 48 of his films, which we’ve dutifully ranked from best to worst.
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The Creativity of Pre-Digital Animation in the 1970s and ’80s
A program of experimental American animation at the Quad is a gift, and a riotous romp through a pre-digital creative movement.
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A Yayoi Kusama Documentary Tracks a Life in Polka Dots
Kusama – Infinity spotlights both the artist’s radically successful career and how art can be a method of healing.
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Female Filmmakers Intimately Tell Women’s Stories
A new series at Metrograph features documentaries made by women directors — from Chantal Akerman and Peggy Ahwesh to Yvonne Rainer and Claire Simon — about women’s lives.
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Loving Vincent Is a Visually Dazzling But Weak Story About van Gogh
In short, the visuals far outmaneuver the storyline.
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A Darkly Comic Animated Film Set on China’s Urban-Rural Fringe
Have a Nice Day is a stark, ruthless, and true-to-life movie about people living on the urban-rural fringe of China today.
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A Documentary Lays Bare the Absurdity of the Art Market
The Price of Everything, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, looks at the trends and gambles of the art market.
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A New Documentary Reveals the Living, Breathing Joseph Beuys
For the first documentary ever made about Beuys, director Andres Veiel dug into the archives, creating a film that is 95% footage of the artist.
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Black Mirror‘s “Black Museum” Episode Is a Revenge Fantasy That Comes Up Short
In this popular episode, we’re presented with a symbolic reckoning against a system that remains unscathed.
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As Lincoln Plaza Cinemas Closes, Remembering Its Charm and History
The theater between 62nd and 63rd streets on Broadway will close for good, after 37 years, on January 31.
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Antonioni’s Rarely Seen Documentary on China During the Cultural Revolution
Antonioni’s experimental travelogue of the early days of the Cultural Revolution is a complex, sometimes confusing, and priceless document of a transformative moment in Chinese history.
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The Story of an Unrealized Domed City for Minnesota
The Experimental City, directed by Chad Freidrichs, revisits the late 1960s plan for a city in Minnesota that would solve urban problems through futuristic technology and design.
