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.”
Author: J. Hoberman
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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.
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‘Not a Pretty Picture’: A Director’s Unflinching Response to Trauma
The New York Times – Film:
Anthology Film Archives is screening a new 4K restoration of Martha Coolidge’s 1976 docudrama about date rape.
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‘Household Saints’ at IFC Center: An Italian American Tale
The New York Times – Film:
Nancy Savoca’s 1993 film, a mystical, multigenerational Italian American family saga, opens for a revival run at IFC Center.
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‘Alphaville’: A Film That Feels Brand-New
The New York Times – Film:
Jean-Luc Godard’s hard-boiled sci-fi movie from 1965 returns in a restored version at IFC Center.