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Recovery time: the first fully in-person edition of the fest since the pandemic began featured a pair of stand-out “epidemiological” documentaries

A man escaped: The 36th edition fo the festival featured an eye-opening retrospective of the Hollywood films of Hugo Fregonese along with a wealth of newly restored and rediscovered classics like Franco Rossi’s Smog

Deceiving eyes: this year’s FIDMarseille lineup was dominated by films that blur the lines between documentary and fiction, including A Woman Escapes, We had the day bonsoir, and Aftersun

Artists of the light: two greats of the American avant-garde join us for a look back at moviemaking and movie-going in the New York of the early '60s

Build back better: Ina Archer and Shivendra Singh Dungarpur join to discuss the technical and philosophical challenges of film preservation

Underwater moonlight: French cinematographer Louvart talks about her remarkable lens-work on the new coming-of-age drama Murina

Love on the rocks: Both Sides of the Blade is Claire Denis’ latest exploration of the dissonances between body and language—or, as critic Leo Goldsmith puts it, “discourse and meatspace”

Save as: Academy Film Archive preservationist Mark Toscano discusses the unique challenges of restoring experimental films by artists like Stan Brakhage and Barbara Hammer, and more

Family matters: Jacqueline Lentzou’s drama thrives on the emotional weather systems that form when a grown child revisits an empty nest

Whole lotta shakin’: Elvis is predictably overstuffed, but not even Baz Luhrmann’s blinding glitz can overshadow the singer’s tragic legacy