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Happy 100th Birthday, 16-Millimeter Film

The format was initially a boon to amateurs. Now, with moviemaking gone digital, it’s the choice of auteurs like Darren Aronofsky and Kelly Reichardt.

‘Everything Went Fine’ Review: To Be or Not to Be?

This French drama about a woman whose father wants a medically assisted death is both bracingly unsentimental and a touch inert.

Five International Movies to Stream Now

This month’s picks include a tense drama about a Kosovan immigrant in Germany, a thriller from Jordan and a Belarusian coming-of-age film set in the...

‘Fugue’ Review: Lost Time

This psychological thriller about a woman experiencing amnesia poses an essentially cinematic question: Who are we without our memories?

‘The Magician’s Elephant’ Review: The Promise of a Pachyderm

Adapted from Kate DiCamillo’s beloved children’s book, this animated adventure sands down the somberness of its source material while turning up the silliness.

Five International Movies to Stream Now

This month’s picks include a Kafkaesque South Indian comedy, a delirious British noir caper scripted by Alan Moore and a Czech body-horror movie that’ll get...

Five International Movies to Stream Now

This month’s picks include a wry Bosnian coming-of-age film, a documentary about supernatural phenomena in Scotland and a drama about missing women in Mexico.

‘The Blue Caftan’ Review: Secrets of Silk

In this luscious Moroccan drama, a tailor and his wife strive to save their craft, and their unusual companionship, in the face of illness and...

‘The Blind Man Who Did Not Want to See Titanic’ Review: Just Like the Movies

In this wry Finnish drama, a disabled man embarks on a journey to visit his girlfriend, encountering inaccessible infrastructure and evil goons along the way.

‘The Last Autumn’ Review: The Majesty of Shepherds

This observational documentary about an aging farming couple on the Icelandic coast unfolds like an elegy to a life lived off the land.