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It’s the End of an Era of Great European Cinema. Or Is It?
PARIS — So that’s the end of that. With the deaths of Jean-Luc Godard and Jean-Marie Straub this year, the curtain has come down on two of the most radical filmmakers of the 20th century. In their wake, a great era of European cinema has drawn to a ...
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Making Skate Films Into Art
William Strobeck brings rare intimacy to his skateboarding films. His latest, “Play Dead,” with Supreme, chronicles some of the sport’s biggest talents.
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‘Babylon’: A Guide to the Characters and Their Real-Life Counterparts
The Damien Chazelle epic is set in 1920s Hollywood and draws on figures from that time, including “the ‘It’ Girl,” Clara Bow.
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Mike Hodges, Director Acclaimed for ‘Get Carter,’ Dies at 90
He was best known for complex crime dramas like “Croupier.” But he also made the big-budget 1980 science-fiction yarn “Flash Gordon.”
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Stream These Three Great Documentaries
This month’s picks include a look at families coping with cancer, a filmmaker exploring some troubling family history and a director using animation to tell the story of an Afghan refugee.
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Inside the Oscars’ Best-Actress Battle Royal
Forget the men: A banner crop of leading ladies, including Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett, rule the Oscars’ deepest and most dynamic race.
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‘Stars at Noon,’ ‘Vortex’ and More of This Year’s Streaming Gems
A look back at some of the finest under-the-radar streaming picks of the year.
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The Filmmaker Has Many Clothes
In “Outfitumentary,” the artist and filmmaker K8 Hardy documents more than a decade of her daily outfits, starting in 2001. The result is a time capsule that’s way ahead of its time.
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The Best Genre Movies of 2022
We look at the best in horror, science fiction, action and international films, all available to stream.
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When Filmmakers Don’t Understand the Assignment
There have been three screen adaptations of “All Quiet on the Western Front,” Erich Maria Remarque’s 1928 novel of one soldier’s experience of the Great War. The first, released in 1930 and directed by Lewis Milestone, was a sensation. It won two ...