Throughout its five-decade run, New Directors/New Films has introduced the works of many of today’s notable auteurs, including Steven Spielberg, Spike Lee, Wong Kar-Wai, Pedro Almodóvar, Kleber Mendonça Filho, Joachim Trier, Kelly Reichardt, Denis Villeneuve, Michael Haneke, Luca Guadagnino, Richard Linklater, […]

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(Check out Jonathan Marlow’s Nadja movie review. Michael Almereyda’s 1994 vampire film has been given the 4k restoration treatment and is in theaters now. Seen it? Join the conversation with HtN on our Letterboxd Page.) Our season of the vampires. Predisposed to […]

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Premiering at last year’s DOC NYC, as well as numerous other festivals, Emily Packer’s documentary Holding Back the Tide gives a poetic look at the lives of oysters (a living creature) in New York City. While charting their presence in […]

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In the latest from visionary director Kleber Mendonça Filho (Bacurau), cinema and nostalgia are front and center. In Pictures of Ghosts, he journeys to his Brazilian hometown of Recife. There, reflects on his personal cinematic life and explores Brazil’s movie […]

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After announcing its Opening Night, Centerpiece, and Closing Night selections, the New York Film Festival has announced the full Main Slate lineup for its 61st edition. Presented by Film at Lincoln Center, this year’s Main Slate sections will screen the […]

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One of the most radical filmmakers today is Albert Serra. The Spanish-born writer-director, who is known for films such as The Death of King Louis XIV and Liberté, tackles the lives of the affluent and aristocratic through a hypnotic lens. […]

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