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Retrospective: Jean-Pierre Melville and the Cinematic Hitman
A preview of Film Forum's upcoming retrospective on towering French noir filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, the creator of the modern cinematic hitman.
A preview of Film Forum's upcoming retrospective on towering French noir filmmaker Jean-Pierre Melville, the creator of the modern cinematic hitman.
Richard Linklater’s new Netflix comedy is just the latest illustration of how we idolize and idealize big-screen assassins—even though the characters rarely live up to our image of them as super-cool killers.
A tribute to Scout Tafoya's video essay as it reaches double digits.
A feature on the major question in each of the big categories after what we learned from TIFF, Venice, and Telluride.
On the filmmaking career of Taylor Swift, who spoke about her All Too Well: The Short Film at TIFF this month.
Our first dispatch on the first half of the Midnights program from this year's Sundance.
Matt writes: As an executive producer of Rebecca Hall's directorial debut, "Passing," RogerEbert.com publisher Chaz Ebert penned a personal essay entitled "The Freedom to Pass," in which she details how the film connects with her own first-hand observations.
A look at the many black-and-white films that are a part of this year's award season, including this week's Belfast and Passing.