Interview
Tsai Ming-liang's "Slow Cinema" Contrasts the Bustle of Modern Life
Tsai’s style is the opposite of boring; in demanding the viewer’s attention, he allows for incredible moments of human connection and discovery.
Tsai Ming-liang
Film
A Mesmerizing Film Follows Two Men in Desperate Need of Connection
Taiwanese slow cinema luminary Tsai Ming-liang’s new film Days draws heartbreak and humanity out of activities as mundane as cooking and acupuncture.
Film
The Nostalgia of a Movie Theater’s Final Days
Tsai Ming-liang's newly restored film Goodbye, Dragon Inn flips the notion of moviegoing as a sanctified experience.
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.
Art
Coming Soon to Manhattan, the First Independent Movie Theater in a Decade
It was August when news broke about Metrograph — the first independent movie theater to open in New York City in over a decade.