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The Best Films of 2023 You May Have Missed

The Best Films of 2023 You May Have Missed

We have a long winter ahead of us. So strap yourselves in and prepare to see the best films of 2023 you may have missed but will want to see.

BFI London Film Festival 2023: Critics’ Chat

BFI London Film Festival 2023: Critics’ Chat

BFI London Film Festival’s most impressionable films of the year, industry strikes, awards season, and the shoe-leather journalism of a film festival critic.

The Alchemy of the Velvet Underground’s Art

The Alchemy of the Velvet Underground’s Art

In The Velvet Underground documentary, Todd Haynes shows the music catapulting across time and space to Andy Warhol’s Factory, where the alchemy worked its magic.

The Best Film and Television of 2021

The Best Film and Television of 2021

If you missed any of these films and television shows from 2021 you’ll want to seek them out and bask for a while in their light – or follow their darkness.

‘The Velvet Underground’ Film and the Exploding Lou Reed Inevitable

‘The Velvet Underground’ Film and the Exploding Lou Reed Inevitable

Todd Haynes’ audiovisual blast delves into the creative combat that birthed America’s first great avant-garde rock ‘n’ roll band, the Velvet Underground.

A Different Sort of Time Travel: Producer Christine Vachon on ‘Wonderstruck’

A Different Sort of Time Travel: Producer Christine Vachon on ‘Wonderstruck’

Vachon delves into the inspiration behind Todd Haynes' latest and comments on the deaf community's reaction to the film.

2017 Fall Film Preview: At Last, the Film Industry Awakens From Its Slumber

2017 Fall Film Preview: At Last, the Film Industry Awakens From Its Slumber

From Gary Oldman in The Darkest Hour to James Franco's meta-experiment Blade Runner: 2049 and Daniel Day-Lewis's final role, here are the movies you'll want to watch ... and a couple you might not.
Chasing the Jester’s Ghosts: “American Pie”

Chasing the Jester’s Ghosts: “American Pie”

In light of the March 2017 announcement of "American Pie" being preserved in the Library of Congress, let's not forget other songs of the '70s that matter just as much.

A Gift Opens the Way: A Reflection on Todd Haynes’ Films

Cannes 2015: Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’ Could Be Better

Cannes 2015: Todd Haynes’ ‘Carol’ Could Be Better

Todd Haynes’ adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 lesbian love story, Carol, is a sumptuous visual treat, but the novel’s emotional content has been softened and simplified.

Coen Brothers, Sophie Marceau, and Guillermo Del Toro All Feature in the Cannes Jury

Coen Brothers, Sophie Marceau, and Guillermo Del Toro All Feature in the Cannes Jury

The 2015 Cannes Film Festival has a veritable who's-who on its jury this year, headed up by brother directors Joel and Ethan Coen.
Todd Haynes’ ‘Safe’ Is Often Lost in a World of Ideas

Todd Haynes’ ‘Safe’ Is Often Lost in a World of Ideas

Julianne Moore’s evocative performance aside, Todd Haynes’ Safe seems designed for a soulless film studies interpretation.