The New York Times – Film:
Gregg Araki’s coming-of-age drama, starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, tracks the story of two traumas with one source: a baseball coach.
Author: J. Hoberman
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‘Center Stage’: A Star of Shanghai’s 1930s Heyday Is (Re)Born
The New York Times – Film:
This 1991 film is at once a biopic devoted to the Chinese silent-film star, Ruan Lingyu, and a self-reflexive documentary starring Maggie Cheung.
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‘White Nights’: A Loner’s All-Consuming Crush
The New York Times – Film:
Immaculately realized and restored, Luchino Visconti’s adaptation of Dostoyevsky’s short story about a chance encounter on a bridge arrives at Film Forum.
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‘The Hole’: Urban Apocalypse as Tuneful Chamber Drama
The New York Times – Film:
Tsai Ming-liang’s 1990s doomsday film gets its first theatrical run with a new 35 mm print at both Film Society at Lincoln Center and Metrograph.
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‘Curse of the Seven Jackals’: A Film Made to Be Exhumed
The New York Times – Film:
Anthology Film Archives is screening Chris Jolly’s restored 2001 lo-fi indie film twice nightly.
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‘A New Leaf’: A Romantic Comedy, With Murder on the Mind
The New York Times – Film:
This 1971 movie, restored and revived for a week at the IFC Center, offers ample evidence of Elaine May’s screwball genius.
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Visconti’s ‘Bellissima’: Mama’s Going to See to It!
The New York Times – Film:
The director’s 1951 movie, at Film Forum in a new 4K restoration, satirizes the Italian film industry via Anna Magnani’s over-the-top stage mother.
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‘No Picnic’ Is a Walk Down Mean Street Memory Lane
The New York Times – Film:
This Philip Hartman movie, shot in the East Village in 1985 and now restored, shows at Film Forum through April 23.