The Restorations strand of this year’s @melbfilmfest.bsky.social features films by Manoel de Oliveira, Lino Brocka, Mary Stephen, Yoshiaki Kawajiri, Michael Almereyda, Mary Harron … www.criterion.com/current/post...
David Hudson
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I write the Daily column for Criterion's Current.
#TIFF26 Toronto (@tiffnet.bsky.social) lines up its Centerpiece, Wavelengths, and TIFF Classics programs — www.criterion.com/current/post... Among the dozens of titles is one of my own favorites of the year so far, Sandra Wollner’s EVERYTIME.
“Magnificent Melodramas: Douglas Sirk & Russell Metty” is on @amcinematheque.bsky.social through September 19 ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
JIMMY @nytimes.com, K Kurosawa @newyorker.com + @variety.com, @msicism.bsky.social on Rossellini, @davidhering.bsky.social on Bresson, De Palma @reverseshot.bsky.social + @indiewire.com + @screenslate.bsky.social, new @sensesofcinema.bsky.social… Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
Gene Tierney, Robert Kramer, Chantal Akerman, Alfred Hitchcock … It’s this month’s big books roundup ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
“Hold Everything Dear: John Berger and Cinema” opens this evening @filmlinc.bsky.social and runs through August 5 @bambrooklyn.bsky.social, @anthologyfilm.bsky.social, MoMI, and Metrograph ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Very sad to hear. Mike Leigh first spoke openly about his myositis diagnosis early last year. The diseases causes the immune system to attack the muscles. Now he’s told @indiewire.com that TENDER LOVING CARE will very likely be his last film. www.indiewire.com/features/int...
Some read David Thomson’s new book as an attack on cinema; others argue that they’re missing the point. www.criterion.com/current/post...
For Silent Sundays this week I am taking a look at MoMA’s fourth annual Silent Movie Week
MoMA's Silent Movie Week 2026
Silent Sundays: Silent Film Festivals
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Mike Mills @letterboxd.social, Jean Renoir @thr.com, Luchino Visconti @slantmagazine.com + @nytimes.com, Ronee Blakley @ Film Comment, THE GODS MUST BE CRAZY @equatormag.bsky.social … www.criterion.com/current/post... Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
Let’s not bury the lede here. Claire Denis will direct Kim Gordon and Suzanne Lindon in AVEC KIM, the next short film in the ongoing series Miu Miu Women’s Tales — www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
Mia Wasikowska, Catherine Deneuve, Rupert Friend in 2026 Venice Days
The Venice independent sidebar unveiled its 2026 lineup on Wednesday.
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“Otar Iosseliani: Fables of Modern Life,” featuring new restorations, opens Friday @newyork.asiasociety.org and on August 8 @ Metrograph ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Cinema Rediscovered (@cineredis.bsky.social) opens in Bristol on Wednesday ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
Jeffrey Wright @ebertvoices.bsky.social, John Woo @ BFI, Archivistas Salvajes @ Ultra Dogme, Babylon’13 @documentary.org, La Clef @filmmakermagazine.com, Ultraman @japantimes.co.jp, AI “sloppycats” @avclub.com … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
It’s another Eric Rohmer summer, with reviews of his only novel, ÉLISABETH, now out and his Six Moral Tales screening @amcinematheque.bsky.social, Metrograph, @musicboxtheatre.bsky.social, and @brattletheatre.bsky.social — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Karlovy Vary, celebrating its 60th edition and an 80-year run, presented its awards over the weekend — www.criterion.com/current/post...
Harry Dean Stanton @ 100 @wbur.org, Ross McElwee @ebertvoices.bsky.social, Tsai Ming-liang @thefilmstage.com, Bruce Conner @eflux.bsky.social, art heists @ Art in America … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
Rest in peace Tony Rayns, quite possibly the most consequential Western figure in spreading the worldwide recognition of East Asian cinema.
“Let me show you five images that hang in my apartment.” Do it. Let him. It only takes a couple of minutes. Definitely worth it. mubi.com/en/notebook/...
Five Inspirations | Julian Radlmaier
" I believe in cinema as a practice of friendship."
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A new restoration of Věra Chytilová’s tragicomedy TAINTED HORSEPLAY (1988) has seen its world premiere at #KarlovyVary. A few observations: www.criterion.com/current/post...
THE PRISONER @avclub.com, Alice Guy Blaché @ MoMA, Curry Barker @ Notebook + InRO, new Brooklyn Rail, saying goodbye to @slate.com’s Culture Gabfest + 4Columns … Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...
“It’s All a BIG Conspiracy,” a series of ten features on 70mm, opens tonight @filmlinc.bsky.social ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
