

J. Hoberman
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‘Alphaville’: A Film That Feels Brand-New
Jean-Luc Godard’s hard-boiled sci-fi movie from 1965 returns in a restored version at IFC Center.
‘Young Soul Rebels,’ Isaac Julien’s 1991 Drama, Lands at IFC
A newly restored print of Isaac Julien’s 1991 politically minded musical drama opens Oct. 20 at the IFC Center.
‘Fear and Desire’: Kubrick’s First War
Stanley Kubrick’s called his first feature, which is getting a new run at Metrograph, “boring and pretentious.” Instead, it is a revelation.
‘Winter Kills’ Returns in New Print at Film Forum
Part black comedy, part paranoid thriller, the 1979 movie returns after four decades in a new 35 mm print at Film Forum.
‘The Mother and the Whore’: A Threesome and Then Some
Jean Eustache’s digitally restored 1973 film, now at Lincoln Center, is part of a full retrospective of his work.
‘Force of Circumstance’ Comes to MoMA
Liza Béar’s deadpan anti-thriller returns to the Museum of Modern Art for a limited engagement.
‘The Oak’: A Post-Communist Pinwheel
Lucian Pintilie’s newly restored mad farce, now at Film Forum, paved the way for the Romanian new wave.
‘Lumière’: An Actress Destined to Be in the Light
Jeanne Moreau’s first film as a director is showing for a week at Film Forum, newly restored and seven minutes longer than its 1976 U.S....
‘Chocolat’: What France Knew
Newly restored, Claire Denis’s quasi-autobiographical “Chocolat,” a child’s-eye view of French colonialism, is austere yet vivid.
Michael Snow, Prolific and Playful Artistic Polymath, Is Dead at 94
He was a painter, a musician, a photographer and a sculptor. But he was best known for experimental (and often contentious) films like “Wavelength.”