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JIMMY @nytimes.com, K Kurosawa @newyorker.com + @variety.com, @msicism.bsky.social on Rossellini, @davidhering.bsky.social on Bresson, De Palma @reverseshot.bsky.social + @indiewire.com + @screenslate.bsky.social, new @sensesofcinema.bsky.social… Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
Gene Tierney, Robert Kramer, Chantal Akerman, Alfred Hitchcock … It’s this month’s big books roundup ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
“Hold Everything Dear: John Berger and Cinema” opens this evening @filmlinc.bsky.social and runs through August 5 @bambrooklyn.bsky.social, @anthologyfilm.bsky.social, MoMI, and Metrograph ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Very sad to hear. Mike Leigh first spoke openly about his myositis diagnosis early last year. The diseases causes the immune system to attack the muscles. Now he’s told @indiewire.com that TENDER LOVING CARE will very likely be his last film. www.indiewire.com/features/int...
Silent Film Week opens tomorrow @ MoMA ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Some read David Thomson’s new book as an attack on cinema; others argue that they’re missing the point. www.criterion.com/current/post...
Mike Mills @letterboxd.social, Jean Renoir @thr.com, Luchino Visconti @slantmagazine.com + @nytimes.com, Ronee Blakley @ Film Comment, THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY @equatormag.bsky.social … www.criterion.com/current/post... Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
The #TIFF26 lineup is beginning to take shape — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Let’s not bury the lede here. Claire Denis will direct Kim Gordon and Suzanne Lindon in AVEC KIM, the next short film in the ongoing series Miu Miu Women’s Tales — www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Mia Wasikowska, Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Friend in 2026 Venice DaysThe Venice independent sidebar unveiled its 2026 lineup on Wednesday.www.hollywoodreporter.com“Otar Iosseliani: Fables of Modern Life,” featuring new restorations, opens Friday @newyork.asiasociety.org and on August 8 @ Metrograph ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Cinema Rediscovered (@cineredis.bsky.social) opens in Bristol on Wednesday ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Jeffrey Wright @ebertvoices.bsky.social, John Woo @ BFI, Archivistas Salvajes @ Ultra Dogme, Babylon’13 @documentary.org, La Clef @filmmakermagazine.com, Ultraman @japantimes.co.jp, AI “sloppycats” @avclub.com … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
It’s … THE ODYSSEY ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
It’s another Eric Rohmer summer, with reviews of his only novel, ÉLISABETH, now out and his Six Moral Tales screening @amcinematheque.bsky.social, Metrograph, @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social, and @brattletheatre.bsky.social — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Remembering Sam Neill … www.criterion.com/current/post...
Karlovy Vary, celebrating its 60th edition and an 80-year run, presented its awards over the weekend — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Harry Dean Stanton @ 100 @wbur.org, Ross McElwee @ebertvoices.bsky.social, Tsai Ming-liang @thefilmstage.com, Bruce Conner @eflux.bsky.social, art heists @ Art in America … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
An overview of dispatches from this year’s Il Cinema Ritrovato — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Japan Cuts 2026 opens tomorrow @japansociety.org ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
