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Our Daily International Film Publication

TWIN PEAKS RECAP

Follow our weekly coverage of Twin Peaks: The Return, David Lynch and Mark Frost's limited, 18-episode continuation of the Twin Peaks television series.

No Trains to Ambrosia: Close-Up on John Schlesinger’s "Billy Liar"

A blend of "Madame Bovary" and picaresque novel, John Schlesinger's second film is a vivid character study of an escapist daydreamer.

Review. Pressed for Time—Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk"

The monumental World War 2 film about the British army's mass evacuation braids three overlapping timeframes of action.

Saint Vitus Dance on "Black Sunday"

"It's a kind of sexual melting": On the one-and-only Barbara Steele in Mario Bava's horror classic.

Movie Poster of the Week: Jean-Luc Godard’s “La chinoise”

International posters for Godard’s 1967 polemical masterpiece of radical youth as it celebrates a milestone of middle-age.

Units of Measurement: "Eldorado XXI"

Exploring Salomé Lamas's awesome documentary on the people, work, and landscape of a gold mine in the Peruvian Andes.

Civic Duty: Close-Up on James N. Kienitz Wilkins' "Public Hearing"

This film slips between documentary and drama in adapting verbatim an actual community debate surrounding the building of a Walmart.

The Forgotten: Helmut Käutner's "The Glass of Water" (1960)

Eighteenth-century scheming at the English court in a 1960 German musical by inspired madman Helmut Käutner.

Rushes. George A. Romero & Martin Landau, Choreographing Rape, Latest Trailers

This week’s essential news, articles, sounds, videos and more from the film world.

"Twin Peaks," Episode 10 Recap: True Men

What makes a man in the world of David Lynch?

The Vision for the Pingyao International Film Festival with Jia Zhangke

We spoke with Marco Mueller and Jia Zhangke regarding the creative vision of their forthcoming Pingyao International Film Festival.

George A. Romero, 1940 - 2017

The great American director, best known for defining the modern genre of all things zombies, has died at the age of 77.

Movie Poster of the Week: The Posters of Mario Bava

The most lurid posters for the films of Italy's maestro of the macabre.

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Traces: A Conversation with Peter Nestler

An interview with the German documentary filmmaker for his first big retrospective in the Anglophone world.

Eyes Don't Want To Close At All Times: Peter Nestler and His Films

An informal Q&A with one of Germany's greatest modern filmmakers.

Video Essay. Manic Moretti

In three early comedies, writer-actor-director Nanni Moretti plays Michele Apicelli, a self-loathing, abrasive egotist and film fanatic.

Greta Moves

A new video essay devoted to the movement, lanky figure and mesmerizing expression of Greta Gerwig.

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