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Published by Film at Lincoln Center

In Memoriam

Richard Rush and The Stunt Man

By Michael Sragow
June 28, 2021
Man on wire: no director ever lived up to his last name better than Rush did in the Peter O’Toole-starring The Stunt Man

Monte Hellman’s Two-Lane Blacktop

By Sheila O'Malley
May 10, 2021
One for the road: a tribute to the late director and his minimalist, elliptical masterpiece

Blood on Their Hands: Luis Ospina

By Ela Bittencourt
May 8, 2020
Colombian class warrior Luis Ospina blazed a revolutionary trail through Latin American cinema with subversive genre and documentary works

In Memoriam: Stuart Gordon

By Chris Shields
April 1, 2020
From beyond: the director of Re-Animator leaves behind a varied and endlessly imaginative body of work

The Strength of Street Knowledge

By Craigh Barboza
September 13, 2019
Pioneering filmmaker John Singleton captured the humanity and horrors of the modern urban world

Clear as Sunshine

By Nick Pinkerton
July 15, 2019
Beyond the pristine persona, Doris Day excelled as a realist

In Memoriam: Agnès Varda

By Kelley Conway
May 1, 2019
With deceptively casual genius, Agnès Varda journeyed deep into the truth of experience

Anarchic Visions: Djibril Diop Mambéty

By Robert Sklar
April 30, 2019
Laughter and tears: An appreciation of the late Senegalese master, whose 1992 Hyenas was re-released April 26

Bruno Ganz, Mischievous Angel

By José Teodoro
February 27, 2019
Watching over: Ganz often devoted the bulk of his energy to listening, captivating us with his attention

In Memoriam: Stanley Donen

By Nicolas Rapold
February 25, 2019
Remembering Stanley Donen, a master of the golden-age Hollywood musical with the likes of Singin’ in the Rain and On the Town