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Festivals: Yamagata & Tokyo Filmex

By Nicholas Vroman
January 10, 2014
Catching up with two fixtures of Japan’s fall calendar, Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival and Tokyo Filmex

Film of the Week: In Bloom

By Jonathan Romney
January 9, 2014
Georgian spring: Nana Ekvtimishvili and Simon Gross explore adolescence against the backdrop of post–Soviet Union independence

Interview: Ralph Fiennes

By Amy Taubin
January 6, 2014
The director (and co-star) of The Invisible Woman talks about filmmaking, unexpected influences, and the Dickens dynamic

Rep Diary: Barbara Stanwyck on Lux Radio Theatre

By Morgan Wilcock
January 2, 2014
Listening to the star in honor of Film Forum’s retrospective

Interview: agnès b.

By Emma Myers
January 1, 2014
French fashion design legend and director of My Name Is Hmmm... speaks about her DIY ethic

Film of the Week: Beyond Outrage

By Jonathan Romney
December 30, 2013
Murders and acquisitions: Takeshi Kitano's restrained but chewy return to yakuza warfare

Romney’s 2013 Roundup

By Jonathan Romney
December 23, 2013
Our weekly critic sorts through the year in cinema to find the best, the overlooked, the best-overlooked, and the just plain weird

Review: All the Light in the Sky

By Dan Sullivan
December 20, 2013
Too busy chronicling life to stop making films, Joe Swanberg presents a nuanced look at an actress treading water

Film of the Week: Her

By Jonathan Romney
December 19, 2013
The next voice you hear: software takes command (of your heart)

Review: The Selfish Giant

By Emma Myers
December 19, 2013
Tenderness amidst the Northern British miserabilism