David Hudson

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This week we’re reading Greg Tate on MLK/FBI, Ian Christie on the decadence of early British cinema, and Reverse Shot’s 2020 top ten.

Film About a Father Who is the centerpiece of this month’s virtual retrospective.

Nomadland has triumphed on the first big night of awards season.

Apted’s lasting legacy will be the Up series, one of the most moving and influential works of nonfiction ever made.

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A new Cinema Scope is out, along with the first issue of Screening the Past in well over a year.

The director overcame anti-Semitism or misogyny to make such unique films as Hester Street and Chilly Scenes of Winter.

Along with new features from Pedro Almodóvar, Lynne Ramsay, and Todd Haynes, the new year will bring series directed by Barry Jenkins, Sofia Coppola, and Wong Kar Wai.

Alongside the traditional top tens, critics are offering imaginative pairings and lists of the best audiovisual essays and title sequences of the year.

This month we’re reading David Bordwell on the Massive Auteur Monograph, Rachel Kushner on Marguerite Duras, and Adam Gopnik on early animation.

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From Marlene Dietrich to Tsai Ming-liang, it’s a varied and wide-ranging bunch this week.

Edgar Wright, Sion Sono, Nanfu Wang, Robin Wright, and Ben Wheatley are among the filmmakers premiering new work next month.

Steve McQueen’s Small Axe has emerged as one of the major cinematic events of the year.

This year’s selection features a record number of films directed by women and people of color.

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A new Film Quarterly, a Reverse Shot symposium, and the return of Artavazd Pelechian are among this week’s highlights.

Twenty-four features from around the world offer a remedy for cabin fever.

Frederick Wiseman’s documentary ranks high in the latest round of lists of the best films and television of 2020.

As early reviews of Let Them All Talk come in, Steven Soderbergh discusses the state of the movies following the collapse of the theatrical window.

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A landmark week for the industry has us looking back to past periods of tumult and change.

One of cinema’s preeminent directors is currently at work on two new projects.

The new Artforum features top tens from John Waters and Amy Taubin as more best-of-2020 lists pop up in Time and Sight & Sound.

Anthology Film Archives presents its inaugural program, tributes from around the world, and its plans for the future.

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A talk with Claudia Weill, a new issue of Cineaste, and an appreciation of playback singer Asha Bhosle are among this week’s highlights.

One of the most widely praised documentaries of the past year tells a local story with immediate and global relevance.

The new adaptation of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom stars Viola Davis and features the final performance from Chadwick Boseman.