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Film History

Being Bo Widerberg

An excellent primer for those unfamiliar with the Swedish filmmaker.

Nouvelle Vague

Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague won’t start any cinematic revolution, but it will defend the idea that making movies (and watching them) is an inspiring collective effort.

Angel’s Egg, Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars, Sholay | NYFF 2025

The Revivals section included the blueprint of the genre-blending masala movie presented in the original director’s cut, once censored and unseen for decades.

Megadoc

For those who either loved Megalopolis or simply love cinema, this is an alluring up-close-and-personal documentary about its creation.

Riefenstahl

Andres Veiel’s unsettling and persuasive documentary uncovers filmmaker Leni Riefenstahl’s distortions of the truth.

Rosa la Rose, Fille Publique

In a Paris-set, candy-colored—though melancholic—portrait, a young sex worker finds herself at a crossroads.

Bona

Filipino filmmaker Lino Brocka’s restored 1980 drama is a blunt study of the effects of abuse.

La Musica, The Fall of Otrar, Compensation | Revivals @ NYFF 2024

The directorial debut of Marguerite Duras, a colossal historical epic, and an essential classic of American independent cinema.

Made in England: The Films of Powell and Pressburger | Tribeca Festival 2024

Who better to promote the filmmaking duo than director and film preservation proponent extraordinaire Martin Scorsese.