Published by Film Society of Lincoln Center

Features

Visions of Jean-Pierre

By Olivier Assayas
March 30, 2017
On the brink: a firsthand portrait of the actor Jean-Pierre Léaud at work by the director of Irma Vep, Paris Awakens, Personal Shopper, and more

The Material World

By Jonathan Romney
March 3, 2017
Olivier Assayas’s metaphysical drama searches for answers—and fresh questions—in a digital-spiritual realm

No Joke

By Violet Lucca
February 28, 2017
Out of touch and rehashing ideas, is American comedy simply circling the drain?

Streaming Auteurs: Masahiro Shinoda

By Marc Walkow
February 24, 2017
Rosaries and broadswords: a sizable portion of the Shochiku star director's output is now available for binge-watching

Wuthering Heights on Screen

By Ben Parker
February 22, 2017
Harsh terrain: on the various, windswept films adapted from Emily Brontë’s Gothic classic

Motion Capture: Raoul Coutard

By Max Nelson
February 15, 2017
Wandering eye: an appreciation of the cinematographer who began his career with New Wave giants like Godard and finished it with Garrel

Old Formats, New Streaming: DTV Trash-ter-pieces

By Marc Walkow
February 10, 2017
VHS classicks: the tape trade finds its way onto Amazon and Netflix with gems from the '80s to today

Lois Weber and The Dumb Girl of Portici

By Daniel Eagan
February 10, 2017
History was silent: a long-overlooked female filmmaker gets her due as a major player thanks to new restorations

Warrior Class: Female Asian Action Heroes

By Marc Walkow
January 27, 2017
Deadlier than the male: a golden harvest of streamable films with fearless women

The Great Divide

By Andrew Chan
January 3, 2017
Pained and painful, I Am Not Your Negro gives new voice to James Baldwin and the double binds of reflecting on race