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Film History

Making Waves: The Art of Cinematic Sound

As an introduction to the history and use of sound in film, this documentary is admirable, enjoyable, and hard to resist.

Varda by Agnès | NYFF 2019

A master class that brings valuable insights to a significant career, more than six decades after it began.

Memory: The Origin of Alien

The actual nuts-and-bolts production of the Ridley Scott 1979 science fiction horror staple is only one piece of this examination.

Buñuel in the Labyrinth of the Turtles

The behind-the-scenes adventures, provocations, and controversies of Luis Buñuel’s Las Hurdes: Land Without Bread.

Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood

Quentin Tarantino’s most exuberant and, believe it or not, minimalist film riffs on late-1960s Hollywood.

The Queen

Take a look into the world that gave rise to Pose and RuPaul’s Drag Race.

You Don’t Nomi | Tribeca Film Festival 2019

The most thoughtful deconstruction of a film imaginable, as well as an ideal festival choice for those who used to buy DVDs just for the commentaries.

Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

Director Pamela B. Green makes film history a pleasure to watch and a gateway for those who would otherwise pass on the chance to explore moviemaking before the advent of sound.

The Eyes of Orson Welles

Mark Cousins’s inspires you to take a second look at Welles’s films and admire a legacy that goes beyond Citizen Kane.