The New York Times – Film:
Rarely shown since its release, Robert Downey Sr.’s 1972 film screens for a week in new digital and 35-millimeter restorations at Anthology Film Archives.
Author: J. Hoberman
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‘Linda Linda Linda’: These Girls Just Want to Have Fun
The New York Times – Film:
Newly restored, this film about a group of Japanese rockers opens at the IFC Center, its charm undiminished.
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‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’: A Classic Disappearing Act Reappears
The New York Times – Film:
Anointed Australia’s greatest movie by the country’s film institute, “Hanging Rock,” in a new restoration, opens Friday at the IFC Center.
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David Lynch Dead: ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive’ Director Was 78
The New York Times – Film:
A visionary, his films included “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive,” considered his masterwork. He brought his skewed view to the small screen with “Twin Peaks.”
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‘Pressure’: The ‘Mean Streets’ of Brixton
The New York Times – Film:
Newly restored, Horace Ové’s film about a Trinidadian family in London makes a triumphant return to the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
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‘Time of the Heathen’: Postwar Life and Death, an American Tale
The New York Times – Film:
Newly excavated and restored, Peter Kass’s 1961 movie, full of trippy distortions and grim associations, gets its first New York run at Film at Lincoln Center.
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‘Man’s Castle’: Free Love, Hard Times
The New York Times – Film:
Restored to its original length and screening at the Museum of Modern Art, this 1933 movie starring Spencer Tracy feels at once surprisingly frank and disquietingly coy.
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‘Classe Tous Risques’: Bromance in the Dark
The New York Times – Film:
Claude Sautet’s 1960 existential buddy adventure opens Friday at Film Forum in a new 4K restoration.
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‘Lumumba: Death of a Prophet’: Revisiting a Mythic Figure
The New York Times – Film:
The 1990 documentary about Patrice Lumumba by Raoul Peck (“I Am Not Your Negro”), showing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, looks and feels newly minted.