The New York Times – Film:
This triumph of low-budget filmmaking will shimmer for a week at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Author: J. Hoberman
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‘Who Killed Santa Claus?’: The Night Before Christmas in Occupied France
The New York Times – Film:
This 1941 comic murder mystery is back for a week in a sparkling restoration at Film Forum.
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‘Viridiana’ Was Luis Buñuel’s Revenge
The New York Times – Film:
The 1961 film, which was banned in Spain, has been restored and revived in a limited run at Film Forum.
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Peter Watkins, Provocateur With a Movie Camera, Dies at 90
The New York Times – Film:
His Oscar-winning 1965 film “The War Game” depicted a post-nuclear-attack England, one of his many fictionalized docudramas against war and repression.
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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.