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Through Its Characters, Malcolm & Marie Airs a Director’s Grievances with Critics
One of the first movies made in quarantine, Sam Levinson’s latest project with Zendaya exhibits many of the problems facing the film industry.
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Interrogating the Past and Examining Resistance at the International Film Festival Rotterdam
Even with a tighter virtual program, IFFR is still setting the standard for this year’s arthouse film slate.
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El Planeta, Amalia Ulman’s Transportive “Comedy About Eviction”
Ulman’s feature debut chronicles a mother-daughter pair in post-recession Spain with a restrained style and hints of amusing deception.
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Catch the Latest (and Greatest) in French Animation
French Institute Alliance Française’s essential festival returns with a surplus of US premieres and a series paying tribute to Paul Grimault, one of France’s most accomplished animators.
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Anarchism on Film, From the Paris Commune to Emma Goldman
Anthology Film Archives delves into the oft-misunderstood political philosophy in a new online screening series.
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Stream Afrofuturist Gems, Including John Akomfrah’s The Last Angel of History
Here are some important titles you should seek out in the Criterion Channel’s Afrofuturism series.
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Alvin Ailey, the Icon and Enigma
Much as the documentary Ailey delights and inspires, it also evokes a sense of wistfulness by privileging the choreographer’s public persona at the expense of Alvin the man.
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A Unique Source for Experimental Asian American Films Returns
After a successful run in 2020, the online repertory series My Sight is Lined with Visions returns for a full year of rotating programs.
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Lose Yourself in These Arts & Crafts Reality Shows
From competitive glass blowing to professional LEGO building, stream these creative programs.
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A Virtual Sundance Brings Movies About Isolation and Mediated Realities
The 2021 edition of the important film festival is open to viewers around the country.
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A Slippery Drama About the Uncertainty of Memory
In Hungary's Oscar submission Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time, a woman is thrown into turmoil when the man she loves apparently doesn't recognize her.
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A Modern Update to the "Gentleman Thief" Genre
Starring Omar Sy, the French Netflix series Lupin is a delightful crime thriller.