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Highbrow Films Aimed at Winning Oscars Are Losing Audiences

The kind of critically praised dramas that often dominate the awards season are falling flat at the box office, failing…

News

Is Sight and Sound’s List of 100 Greatest Films Too Tasteful?

To our chief critics, news that “Jeanne Dielman” topped the magazine poll was a welcome jolt. If only there had…

Finance

Sundance Unveils an In-Person Lineup Filled With Stories of Anxiety and Urgency

Veterans like Nicole Holofcener and Ira Sachs and first-timer filmmakers like Randall Park made the cut, as did films about…

Magazine

In ‘White Lotus,’ Beauty and Truth Are All Mixed Up

This season focuses on the willful delusion of the wealthy — and how easily preyed upon people who evade reality…

News

Best Movies of 2022

Amid endless agonizing over the State of Cinema, the actual releases proved a bounty for film lovers, whether fans of…

News

Julia Reichert, Documentarian of the Working Class, Dies at 76

She took home, to Ohio, a 2019 Oscar for “American Factory,” and in a long career teaching and making films,…

Finance

Could Theatrical Movies Shut Out Streamers for the Top Oscars?

A year after Apple’s historic best-picture win, the lead categories could be filled entirely by big-screen films. But don’t call…

World

Israeli Filmmaker’s Critique of Popular Bollywood Film Draws Fierce Backlash

The filmmaker, Nadav Lapid, criticized “The Kashmir Files,” a Hindi-language film that depicts a violent chapter in the restive region…

News

How ‘Black Panther’ Builds Complex Characters From the Politics of Colonization

What ingredients make a hero or a villain? Despite so many film franchises’ attempts at bringing nuance to the dichotomy…

News

Jean-Marie Straub, Uncompromising Filmmaker, Is Dead at 89

Jean-Marie Straub, a celebrated filmmaker aligned with the French New Wave who sparked critical debate with films he made with…

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