Film
A 3D Experience Recreates Merce Cunningham’s Most Famous Dances
On the centennial of the legendary dancer and choreographer's birth, the documentary Cunningham pays tribute to his work and philosophy.
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A Visual, Mesmerizing Journey of Clothing and Fabric Around the World
Jodie Mack’s irresistible travelogue The Grand Bizarre weaves together a kaleidoscopic meditation on how our clothes tie us together.
Film
Jean-Luc Godard’s Latest Film Pushes the Limits of Montage
Godard's most recent film uses jagged visual and sonic cuts to connect to world and cinematic history.
Film
From Julian Schnabel’s van Gogh Film to a New Godard at the 56th New York Film Festival
Standouts at this year's New York Film Festival range from a Vincent van Gogh biopic by Julian Schnabel to a documentary on free jazz, with a range of great, art-inflected offerings in between.
News
Exclusive Look at the New York Film Festival's Annual Showcase of Innovative Film, Projections
The New York Film Festival's Projections lineup has been announced and we have the complete list that includes films by Sky Hopinka, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, and others.
Interview
A Filmmaker Investigates the Racially Charged Murder His Great-Grandfather Committed
Travis Wilkerson speaks about his film Did You Wonder Who Fired the Gun?, which traces his great-grandfather's killing of an unarmed African-American man.
Film
An Anti-Cinematic Portrait of Jonas Mekas
Is a film that is almost devoid of its main component still a film?
Film
A Film Captures the Slow, Painful, and Breathtaking Death of Louis XIV
Albert Serra bothers critics. In the last 10 years, the 41-year-old Catalan has made a handful of slow films and installations.
Film
New York Film Festival Recap
If the 53rd New York Film Festival is any indication, the world’s filmmakers are feeling the heat.
Film
A Reverential Close-up of Robert Frank Leaves Questions Unasked
In its day, Auguste Rodin’s now esteemed 1876 sculpture "The Bronze Age" roused the considerable ill will of art critics, most notably for the belief that it was cast from a live model.
Film
A Pair of Filmmakers Captures the World in 16mm
The films of Nathaniel Dorsky and Jerome Hiler are silent, brief, and sagely meandering — luminous contemplations of life, film, and the intimacies between the two.
Film
An Homage to Thailand’s History and Elegy for Its Future
The films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul are inspired by a poetics of everyday life poised between two extremes.