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Majestic Images

By P. Adams Sitney
June 6, 2011
In recent years the previously little-seen films of Robert Beavers have transported North American and European audiences with their exquisite beauty and grace. P. Adams Sitney on the 30-year career of this unique avant-garde filmmaker

Minority Report

By Gary Indiana
June 3, 2011
Palestinian director Elia Suleiman’s Divine Intervention explores a perennially troubled landscpe with humor, absurdity, and poetic grace

Founding Fathers

By Amy Taubin
June 3, 2011
Martin Scorsese exorcises the demons of a convulsive period in American history

The Son

By Phillip Lopate
June 3, 2011
The endless toil of conflicted hearts becomes the stuff of moral catharsis in the hands of Belgian master craftsmen the Dardenne Brothers

Last Exit to Finland

By Jonathan Romney
June 3, 2011
The bleak comedic genius of Aki Kaurismäki, Finland’s finest

First Person Singular

By Richard Combs
June 2, 2011
Roman Polanski returns to his roots for the ultimate survivor's tale

Lone Wolves at the Door of History

By Kent Jones
June 2, 2011
Tucked away between hotspots and flashpoints, the former Soviet Asian republics have been quietly turning out handcrafted masterpieces since the Sixties

Something’s Gotta Give

By Geoffrey O’Brien
June 1, 2011
Ang Lee abandons the art house to take on Marvel Comics’ most lonesome superhero

Corridors of Powerlessness

By Kent Jones
June 1, 2011
Gus Van Sant’s Elephant

The Eastwood Variations

By Kent Jones
June 1, 2011
Whether going for gold or just keeping busy, the director of Mystic River is the last of the old-school pros