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David Hudson
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I write the Daily column for Criterion's Current.
Anyone who loved BETWEEN THE TEMPLES half as much as I did is going to want to know about this:

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CAROL AND JOY - Official Trailer
YouTube video by Janus Films
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November 24, 2025 at 9:06 PM
This month brings one of the biggest books roundups yet, with notes on new collections from Melissa Anderson and @hamrahrama.bsky.social plus biographies, memoirs, and more — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 24, 2025 at 4:25 PM
“Let me tell you a story …”
November 24, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sissy Spacek @ Interview + @vulture.com, Renoir + Rossellini @sabzian.bsky.social, Godard @eflux.bsky.social, Sylvia Chang @ Metrograph, that scene in SINNERS @latimes.com

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November 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Poster on the left: “A somber Norwegian family drama would be good for you.”

Poster on the right: “Europeans know how to have fun. Just ask Elle Fanning!”

Anyway, a roundup: www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 21, 2025 at 3:48 PM
As a complement his new MoMA exhibition LESS IS MORBID, Arthur Jafa has programmed a series of four double bills — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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New Issue on Sabzian: ‘André Bazin, Television Critic’

Compiled and introduced by Tillo Huyghelen, this trilingual issue contains 7 articles by Bazin on the notion of television, as well as an interview with Jean Renoir and Roberto Rossellini.

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November 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
November 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
“Mamoru Oshii Restored: Origins and Inspirations” is on at Metrograph, and ANGEL’S EGG (1985) opens nationwide on Wednesday — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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“What was I supposed to do, work a miracle? Yes, of course, Fellini had been expecting a miracle.”

New on Sabzian: Pier Paolo Pasolini on the filming of Accattone
The Vigil, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1960
What is it, in essence, that Fellini doesn’t like? The poverty, the sloppiness, the coarseness, the awkward, almost anonymous pedantry with which I’ve shot the scene. Fine, I agree. It was my first ex...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Buñuel @nytimes.com + @avclub.com, Rock Hudson @ 100 @ BFI, Yekaterina Golubeva @ Metrograph, Paul Schrader @thefilmstage.com

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November 14, 2025 at 11:24 PM
The director, producer, and mentor to Fatih Akin, who is best known internationally for his appearances in Fassbinder’s films, is gone at 86.
November 14, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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Terrific interview with Sylvia Chang here by @swenryan.bsky.social

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Sylvia Chang - Journal - Metrograph
A titan of New Taiwanese Cinema and the Hong Kong New Wave discusses her latest award-winning role.
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November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Early reviews of SCENE, Abel Ferrara’s memoir, are strong, and the generous excerpt up @literaryhub.bsky.social is especially recommended ! www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 13, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Remembering Tatsuya Nakadai … www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 12, 2025 at 10:35 PM
One-week runs of Oliver Laxe’s SIRÂT begin Thursday @filmlinc.bsky.social and Friday in Los Angeles before @neon-rated.bsky.social rolls out a wider theatrical release in January — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 11, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Tatsuya Nakadai, who starred in films by Kurosawa, Kobayashi, Naruse, Teshigahara, Ichikawa, and Kinuyo Tanaka, has died at 92.

“The qualities that truly define him are those that seem sprung from electrifying forces deep within.” Chuck Stephens — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 11, 2025 at 5:35 AM
THE SILVER BOOK, Olivia Laing’s second novel, is set in mid-1970s Rome, where Fellini is shooting CASANOVA and Pasolini is at work on SALÒ — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
The Brooklyn Rail + the Film-Makers’ Cooperative are hosting a free virtual screening of the late Ken Jacobs’s STAR SPANGLED TO DEATH on Tuesday.

David Schwartz offers a brief intro (brooklynrail.org/event/2025/1...) and goes longer on Ken + Flo Jacobs for Film Comment — mailchi.mp/filmcomment/...
November 10, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Ben Whishaw’s Closet Picks
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November 7, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Ira Sachs @ 4Columns + @newyorker.com, Joy Williams on Gene Hackman @harpers.bsky.social, Claire Atherton and Chantal Akerman @eflux.bsky.social, Terence Davies @ BFI, new @sensesofcinema.bsky.social

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November 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
In the run-up to the release of JAY KELLY (limited theatrical on November 14 and streaming on Netflix on December 5), @amcinematheque.bsky.social presents five films by Noah Baumbach — www.criterion.com/current/post...
November 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
So looking forward to finally catching Bi Gan’s RESURRECTION when 14 Films presents it in Berlin (www.14films.de/en/resurrect...).

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RESURRECTION - Janus Trailer
YouTube video by Janus Films
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November 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
I was already intrigued, but now the teaser has put Mona Fastvold’s THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE on the absolute must-see list:

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THE TESTAMENT OF ANN LEE | Official Teaser | Searchlight Pictures
YouTube video by SearchlightPictures
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November 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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Following AFI Silver Classic Film Weekend... (in case there are any dishes or patriarchies unbroken), you are invited to join Cinema's First Nasty Women for a rousing revue of BREAKING PLATES & SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY!

Nov 10-13: 10 films, 4 screenings, total mayhem.

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November 6, 2025 at 12:37 AM