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48 Ingmar Bergman Films Ranked
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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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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Finally, a Joseph Beuys Documentary
A new trailer shared exclusively with Hyperallergic gives a glimpse of Beuys, a new documentary about the legendary conceptual artist.
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Rediscovering Lois Weber, Who Made Socially Conscious Silent Films
Film Forum is paying tribute to the actress, director, and producer who made over 130 films at a time when women behind the camera were rare.
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A Black Girl's Body You Might Save From Drowning
Adapted from a play, Bronx Gothic is a must-see film that will linger with you for days.
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“I Do Believe in a Speaking Brown Body”: Okwui Okpokwasili’s Dance Becomes a Documentary
The dancer and choreographer's breakout solo performance Bronx Gothic is the subject of a new documentary by Andrew Rossi at Film Forum.
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Elizabeth Murray's and Carmen Herrera's Diverging Routes to Artistic Success
Recent documentaries about two well-known female painters make for a potent double bill at Film Forum.
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A Psychological Portrait of Eva Hesse
Telling the story of Eva Hesse's life and work presents one major challenge: as a narrative arc, it is necessarily truncated.
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A Not-Quite-Great Documentary About the Greatest Art Forger of Our Time
"I think I can paint anything," says Wolfgang Beltracchi, the infamous German art forger, in Arne Birkenstock's documentary Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery.
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The Man and the Myth: Nick Cave's Memories
The myth-maker becomes the myth in 20,000 Days on Earth, a fun-house foray through memory, music, life, and creativity.
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Barbara Stanwyck, Proto-Feminist Hollywood Star
It’s a sure sight for sore eyes to see the name “Stanwyck” emblazoned on a cinematheque marquee. Then again, not everyone today may be familiar with this name — but the uninitiated have every reason to stop in for one of the afternoon or evening double bills playing all through December at Film Foru
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Ghost in the (Chess) Machine
Set sometime in the ’80s, mumblecore maven Andrew Bujalski’s fourth feature, Computer Chess, is an adventurous and peculiar period piece. Chronicling a tournament of computers competing in chess and the programmers who code them, the film endearingly evokes the nascent and heady era before smart pho