love the Ebert review of Schrader's TOUCH (1997) where he asks "how do i rate this??" lmao

We have TWO rollicking features by Christina Newland this issue. One on Sean Baker's anarchic Anora, and one about an anarchic orangutan. You haven't read anything until you've read about the movie-star ape who broke his elephant friend out of the zoo. Anyway, amazing reads, both.

A highlight of the Martin Scorsese and edgarwright British cinema season @bfi Southbank will be the very rare screening of the #BFINationalArchive’s original 1940s nitrate print of Went the Day Well? Here are some sneak peek snaps from the test screening

New episode tonight!

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Lapsed catholic (?) No idea

First look at the trailer for the BFI Art of Action season, in theaters October—December 2024 💥 Including the theatrical re-release of Point Break (hbd Keanu 🎂) from November 8, and screenings of Run Lola Run, Polite Society, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and more.

For my substack essay series on men & masculinity, I offered some thoughts on the passing of Alain Delon, one of my favourite actors, all-around not-great guy, and man who I first saw via this gif, which was understandably destabilising. christinanewland.substack.com/p/dudes-do-not…

This movie is incredible

Hahahaha

Von Trier 🥴

Lovely mention of our World Noir Vol.2 (still available to order on the site 😉) in Pamela Hutchinson 's new piece for Guardian Film A great piece on how noir continues to keep a chokehold on us. Read, digest, and enjoy... theguardian.com/film/article/2…

Yeah, no kidding, wonder why

This is devastating news on both the macro and micro level, and will personally make my job a lot harder

This weekend's (6-8 Sept) London repertory cinema highlights: My Young Auntie Hackney Picturehouse The Bitter Stems Institut français UK The Doom Generation Rich Mix The Terrorizers + Ju Dou on 35mm Institute of Contemporary Arts The Third Man ActOne Cinema & Café + The Garden Cinema

Desperately want to know the backstory here