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Rendez-Vous with French Cinema 2026: Preview
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Mark your calendars! From March 5-15, at Film at Lincoln Center in New York, co-presented with Unifrance, the 31st edition of Rendez-Vous with French Cinema demonstrates that the landscape of French cinema is as fertile, inspiring, and distinct as ever....
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Berlinale 2026 Review: NINA ROZA, Child Prodigy Reopens a Migrant Father’s Unfinished Past
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Geneviève Dulude-De Celles situates a cross-border art-world story within an intimate study of diasporic return, using the investigation of a rural child prodigy to examine authorship, cultural projection, and the unresolved fault lines of migration. [Read the whole post on...
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Read This: Hollywood’s Kings, the Fast Family, Tilda on Tilda, and the Life of John Williams
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It’s time for our first column of 2026, recommending the best in new filmmaking books, and there is no better way to begin than with a new book exploring the heyday of three iconic filmmakers. The Last Kings of Hollywood:...
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THE UGLY Review: TRAIN TO BUSAN Director Gut-Wrenchingly Critiques Vanity and Violence
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Filmmaker Yeon Sang-ho ('Train to Busan') directs a thought-provoking and gut-wrenching murder mystery. [Read the whole post on screenanarchy.com...]
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Echoes: The Reason Behind Pakistan’s Absence from the Oscars Race
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It is heartbreaking to know that Pakistan's officially selected Oscar submission, Hun Dan - An Echo of a Dirge, failed to reach the Academy Awards due to administrative hurdles and documentation issues. It was Pakistan's first Burushaski language film, directed...
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Philosopher’s Correspondence: Charlotte Rampling Joins Bertrand Bonello’s ‘Santo Subito!’
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Before becoming Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla was very much both an intellectual and, for a significant part of his life, an ordinary citizen. His philosophical writings was appreciated by others. His personal life from priesthood onwards is probed...
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The Mysteries of Dorothy Vallens: On Isabella Rossellini in “Blue Velvet”
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A look at one of the most essential performances of the '80s.
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Skill and Dedication: Nelson Pressley on Fonda on Film: The Political Movies of Jane Fonda
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A conversation with the writer of a new book about Jane Fonda.
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Long Live Bonnie Bennett, the Real Star of “The Vampire Diaries”
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An ode to the character played by Katerina Graham on The Vampire Diaries.
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