The New York Times – Film:
In its unflinching depiction of a French teenager’s violent gay awakening, this 1983 film is among Patrice Chéreau’s most confrontational works.
Author: J. Hoberman
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‘Millennium Mambo’: A Lush, Mysterious Tale From Taipei
The New York Times – Film:
A 4K restoration of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s thrumming, visually bold movie about a self-destructive club girl retains its capital-L look.
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Julia Reichert, Documentarian of the Working Class, Dies at 76
The New York Times – Film:
She took home, to Ohio, a 2019 Oscar for “American Factory,” and in a long career teaching and making films, she paid special attention to working women.
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In Andy Warhol’s ‘My Hustler,’ Love Is for Sale
The New York Times – Film:
The artist’s scurrilously satirical treatment of male prostitution proved an underground hit after it premiered in 1966.
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‘The Runner’ Is a Gem of the Iranian New Wave
The New York Times – Film:
Amir Naderi’s scrappy, intimate film, which follows an 11-year-old garbage scavenger in Iran, is getting a second viewing at Film Forum in Manhattan.
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‘The 400 Blows,’ a Directing Debut That Still Astonishes
The New York Times – Film:
In 1959, François Truffaut premiered his first film, about a Parisian boy playing hooky, and moviemaking hasn’t been the same since.
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‘Daisies’: Two Wild and Crazy Gals
The New York Times – Film:
The Czechoslovak New Wave film “Daisies” features an insolent pair of young girls determined to be as “spoiled” as the world.
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An Avant-Garde Film That Went for Laughs Instead of Scandal
The New York Times – Film:
Nothing controversial: Adolfas Mekas’s “Hallelujah the Hills,” from 1963, is romantic slapstick, with two guys competing for the same young woman.
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A Feminist, Neorealist, Communist Film, and a Plain Great Movie
The New York Times – Film:
“One Way or Another,” from 1974, is a class-conscious love story involving a macho worker and a well-to-do schoolteacher in Cuba.