Cannes 2025: The Chronology of Water, Urchin
Two directorial debuts from high-profile actors are explored in our latest Cannes dispatch.
Features
Restored and Rediscovered Festival Spotlights Organizations at the Forefront of Film Restoration
A look at the restoration-centered film festival, playing this week at the Jacob Burns Film Center.
Remembering Jan Dawson, My Mother-in-Law (Twice)
Remembering the mother of the writer’s first two wives.
The Unloved, Part 136: Ironweed
On the loss of a friend, filtered through 1987’s bittersweet tale of perseverance through troubled times.
Book Excerpt: Gandolfini: Jim, Tony & the Life of a Legend by Jason Bailey
An excerpt from Jason Bailey’s phenomenal new book.
Robert Daniels & Odie Henderson Talk Sinners
Two critics talk Coogler.
Big Blocks of Fun: A Minecraft Movie
Jared Hess’ big-budget video game adaptation may be light entertainment, but it’s perfectly calibrated.
Screen Scholars Assemble in Chicago Despite Culture Warfighters Defunding Universities
A report from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies event that took place in the shadow of protests in Chicago last weekend.
A True Sense of the Eerie, or Why I Love the Hell House Films
An ode to a great found footage horror franchise.
The Unloved, Part 135: Adoration
We look back at an underserved Atom Egoyan film as his latest, “Seven Veils,” hits theaters.
How Ken Burns’ “Shadow Ball” Connects Baseball’s Past to Our Uncertain Future
To watch the fifth episode of Ken Burns’ “Baseball” is to see exactly what makes the sport great as a metaphor for the country.
How the One-Take Approach of “Adolescence” Traps Us in Tragedy
The unbroken shots of Netflix’s hit crime drama are more than just for show: They hit at the emotional immediacy of grief and despair.
Age Has No Expiration When It Comes to Talent
Women continue to defy the age limits of Hollywood roles.
The Unloved, Part 134: A Dandy in Aspic
Celebrating Anthony Mann’s final film, a spy caper reflecting its own creator’s demise.
Women Writers Week 2025: Table of Contents
Links to all of our content from our event week this year.
How “The Seed of the Sacred Fig” Subverts the “Save the Girl” Trope
Mohammad Rasoulof’s searing Iranian drama gives women the chance to save themselves.
In “The Handmaid’s Tale,” Women Fight the Darkness—And Are Tempted By It
Hulu’s dystopian series continues to demonstrate the ways patriarchy chips away at the women subjugated by it.
The Idealist’s Journey
Whether Mr. Smith or Elle Woods, cinema is replete with hopeful protagonists fighting for lost causes.
Poetically in Love: Three Declarations of Love in Verse
On three great uses of romantic music in film
and television.
Women Develop New Models of Heroism in Festival Docs
On the feminist thrust of two acclaimed Sundance docs from this year.
