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Two women dance in a scene set nearly 100 years ago in Mary Stephen’s SHADES OF SILK (1978).

Did You See This #NYFF63 Special Edition?

• Ulrich Köhler’s GAVAGAI
• Claire Denis’s THE FENCE
• Ronan Day-Lewis’s ANEMONE
• Kamal Aljafari’s WITH HASAN IN GAZA
• Mary Stephen’s SHADES OF SILK

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The cover features a neatly cropped shot, probably from one of Rohmer’s films. Late summer or simply late afternoon by the seaside.

Eric Rohmer’s first and only novel, ÉLISABETH, published in 1946, will be out in a new translation by Aaron Kerner next July.

@mcnallyeditions.com — www.mcnallyeditions.com/books/p/elis...

Poster for Gianfranco Rosi’s BELOW THE CLOUDS.

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Notes on nonfiction in the Main Slate: Gianfranco Rosi’s BELOW THE CLOUDS, Kahlil Joseph’s BLKNWS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS, Laura Poitras and Mark Obenhaus’s COVER-UP, and Lucrecia Martel’s LANDMARKS — www.criterion.com/current/post...

The cover of the new Cahiers du cinéma features Guillaume Marbeck as Jean-Luc Godard in Richard Linklater’s NOUVELLE VAGUE.

Margaret Qualley and Ethan Hawk are on the poster for Richard Linklater’s BLUE MOON.

Notes on the @austinfilm.bsky.social series of French New Wave classics Richard Linklater has programmed and on the two movies he’s got opening next month — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Wes Anderson mans a camera on the set of THE LIFE AQUATIC WITH STEVE ZISSOU (2004)

Wes Anderson “has located the great paradox of our era: that we are all forever out of step and out of touch with our rapidly changing times.”

@bilgeebiri.bsky.social — www.criterion.com/current/post...

YouTube video by JapanSocietyNYC Ryusuke Hamaguchi introduces "Shiguéhiko Hasumi: Another History of the Movie in America and Japan"

Ryusuke Hamaguchi introduces the @japansociety.org series “Shiguéhiko Hasumi: Another History of the Movie in America and Japan” (October 9 through 18) @jsfilmnyc.bsky.social — www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVo2...

Poster for Ben Rivers’s MARE’S NEST (2025)

Poster for Alexandre Koberidze’s DRY LEAF (2025)

Poster for Lucio Castro’s DRUNKEN NOODLES (2025)

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Notes on Ben Rivers’s MARE’S NEST, Alexandre Koberidze’s DRY LEAF, and Lucio Castro’s DRUNKEN NOODLES — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Jane Birkin looks up from her book in Jacques Deray’s LA PISCINE (1969).

More books! Jane Birkin, Hayao Miyazaki, David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Joan Crawford, Werner Herzog, Lee Chang-dong … www.criterion.com/current/post...

Ignoring a corpse lying among fallen leaves, a man reads a book in Alfred Hitchcock’s THE TROUBLE WITH HARRY (1955).

Pasolini, Marguerite Duras, Jean Vigo, Radu Jude, Bertrand Bonello, Yvonne Rainer, and much, much more …

The Autumn 2025 books roundup @sabzian.bsky.social — sabzian.be/news/new-boo...

YouTube video by LUXBOX GAVAGAI by Ulrich Köhler - Trailer

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Trailer for Ulrich Köhler’s GAVAGAI — www.youtube.com/watch?v=RPD7...

It won’t open in Germany until January, but here’s hoping some festival (14 Films?) gives us a preview!

Richard Linklater’s Uncompromising Artists In two new historical films, “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague,” the director explores the challenges of staying true to a creative vision.

“Linklater described BLUE MOON as ‘this sad little howl into the night, of an artist being left behind,’ whereas NOUVELLE VAGUE throws off a youthful spirit of creative vigor.”

Terrific profile from Justin Chang (@justincchang.bsky.social) @newyorker.com

www.newyorker.com/culture/pers...

A simple cover for Don DeLillo’s ZERO K — just the author’s name and title, front and center, over an ancient statue’s face.

With ZERO K (2016), Don DeLillo came in for more praise than he had since the release of UNDERWORLD (1997).

And now, @deadline.com reports that Michael Almereyda will direct Caleb Landry Jones, Andrea Riseborough, and Peter Sarsgaard in an adaptation — deadline.com/2025/09/zero...

A very red poster for František Vláčil’s Marketa Lazarová (1967) by Adam Juresko.

Czechoslovak New Wave composer Zdeněk Liška @theguardian.com, Tabea Blumenschein @ Metrograph, restoration @newyorker.com, @raypride.bsky.social on a new generation of cinephiles, @jacoboller.bsky.social on the shrinking critical landscape …

Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...

Arte France Cinéma supports Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s Jenjira's Magnificent Dream 26/09/2025 - The upcoming film by the Thai filmmaker will be co-produced by the French-German broadcaster, as will be the new works by Emmanuel Mouret, Felipe Gálvez and Ana Elena Tejera

“Guided by science and empathy, Jenjira becomes a living portal that bridges the past, the future, and the spiritual.”

@cineuropa.bsky.social

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What to See in the 2025 New York Film Festival’s First Week This year’s edition teems with artistically ambitious movies that confront politics and mores in a wide variety of formats, from historical spectacles to intimate confessions.

Fascinations and enthusiasms from the first week of the New York Film Festival, which starts tomorrow at @lincolncenter.bsky.social: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

20 Recommended Films at the 2025 New York Film Festival With the 63rd edition of the New York Film Festival kicking off tomorrow (Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt is the Opening Night Film), we at Filmmaker offer a list of 20 recommendations…

Even if you’re not in New York, you’ll want to read Filmmaker’s #NYFF63 preview:

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A sun-flared Leonardo DiCaprio in Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER (2025).

“The hype is real.” – @brofromanother.bsky.social

So begins today’s overview of raves for Paul Thomas Anderson’s ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Tonight!

Claudia Cardinale, caught somewhere between a laugh and a smile.

Remembering Claudia Cardinale … www.criterion.com/current/post...

Claudia Cardinale sits in a director’s chair with her name on it.

Three films with Visconti, including THE LEOPARD. Fellini’s 8½. Zurlini’s GIRL WITH A SUITCASE. Leone’s ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST. Herzog’s FITZCARRALDO. Monicelli, Verneuil, Skolimowski, Ferreri …

Rest in peace, Claudia Cardinale.

@thr.com — www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

A ’70s-era suit hangs loosely from Josh O’Connor’s frame in the poster for Kelly Reichardt’s THE MASTERMIND (2025).

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Kelly Reichardt’s THE MASTERMIND, the highest-rated Cannes 2025 premiere on the Moirée grid, screens this weekend — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Kathryn Bigelow - Bande-annonce « Je ne crois pas trop au concept de film féminin ou masculin. Pour moi, il y a avant tout des cinéastes. Par ailleurs, considérer…

A refreshingly unexpected approach to a trailer for a Kathryn Bigelow retrospective (Friday through October 2 at the Cinémathèque française) — vimeo.com/1121153012

I live and work in Berlin, but I hope you guys have a terrific screening—and that I'll get the opportunity to see BOORMAN some day soon!

John Boorman stands on a precipice and a ghostly Linda Blair seems to be on the verge of a fall in the poster for David Kittredge’s BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL (2025).

Beyond Fest opens @amcinematheque.bsky.social tomorrow!

Notes on 3 highlights, @davidkittredge.bsky.social’s BOORMAN AND THE DEVIL, @radujude.bsky.social’s DRACULA, and Lucile Hadžihalilović’s THE ICE TOWER — www.criterion.com/current/post...

Pascale Salkin and Maria de Medeiros in a still from Chantal Akerman’s black-and-white I’M HUNGRY, I’M COLD (1984).

Chantal Ackerman @filmcomment.com.web.brid.gy + MUBI + 4Columns, new Serge Daney translations @laurentktz.bsky.social, new @filmquarterly.bsky.social, villains @thebaffler.com, MEGADOC @theguardian.com + @newyorker.com, Mira Nair @ Club Ciné …

Did You See This? www.criterion.com/current/post...

YouTube video by FilmFestivalViennale Viennale-Trailer 2025: AWAKENING by Joanna Hogg

AWAKENING, Joanna Hogg’s trailer for this year’s Viennale (October 16 through 28) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBDF...

Robert Redford wears a camel brown shearling jacket in Michael Ritchie’s DOWNHILL RACER (1969).

Remembering Robert Redford … www.criterion.com/current/post...

Brigitte Bardot prepares—and is being prepared—to shoot a scene on the set of a fictional movie in Louis Malle’s A VERY PRIVATE AFFAIR (1962).

Version restaurée 2025: L’Alliance New York is showcasing seven new restorations through October 7 — www.criterion.com/current/post...

All the President’s Men - The Criterion Channel Directed by Alan J. Pakula • 1976 • United States Starring Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Jack Warden At once a taut, deeply engrossing political thriller and one of the most fascinating films ever ...

Evening viewing? Tonight, I’ll be mourning both Robert Redford and a once-great paper.

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Robert Redford dons a hat (slyly covering his face) and heads on in the poster for David Lowery’s THE OLD MAN & THE GUN (2018).

Maybe not his greatest performance, but an endearingly good one and a reminder that right up to the end, he was damn near irresistible.