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Tough Love: Alan Clarke
By
Graham Fuller
June 27, 2016
Revolution, televised: where did the pioneering British director get his Brechtian pyrotechnics?
Father’s Day Special: Bad Dads
By
Laura Kern
June 17, 2016
Honor thy father? An unsentimental look at some of cinema's worst patriarchs
The High Times and Hard Fall of Carl Laemmle Jr.
By
Farran Smith Nehme
May 27, 2016
Justice for junior: on the privileged and piteous life of the father of Universal horror
Cannes Dispatch #4: Risk & It’s Only The End of the World
By
Eugene Hernandez
May 19, 2016
In jeopardy: on Laura Poitras's latest polemic and Xavier Dolan's claustrophobic adaptation of
It’s Only the End of the World
Cannes Dispatch #3: Julieta and Aquarius
By
Eugene Hernandez
May 17, 2016
Revolutionary stories: on Pedro Almodóvar’s Alice Munro adaptation, Kleber Mendonça Filho's latest, and a red carpet protest
Excerpt: Straub and Huillet Go to the Museum
By
Film Comment
May 17, 2016
State of the art: a letter by Danièle Straub-Huillet recounts the careless and destructive attitudes towards conservation of paintings and historical documents
Cannes Dispatch #2: American Honey, Toni Erdmann, and Women in Motion
By
Eugene Hernandez
May 16, 2016
Who runs the world? On the festival's attempts to address gender disparity in the industry and two standout films by female directors
Cannes: Toni! Toni! Toni!
By
Amy Taubin
May 16, 2016
Parental guidance suggested: on Maren Ade's screwball comedy
Toni Erdmann
, which achieves true greatness—and then some
Critical Care: Dr. Frederick Wiseman
By
Matt Morrison
May 13, 2016
A doctor reflects on the views of medical treatment offered in
Titicut Follies
,
Hospital
, and
Near Death
Representation + Belladonna of Sadness
By
Violet Lucca
May 12, 2016
From reverence to rape: parsing the form and function of a provocative, newly restored cult animation classic
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