escape into gretchen scherer’s maximalist paintings of palatial, art-filled spaces
Gretchen Scherer's detailed oil paintings of affluent homes, studios, and libraries appear to expand before our eyes.
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savior sisters: twenty sisters in cinema who offer salvation to their siblings
As 2026 continues to celebrate sisters who offer salvation to their siblings with Wildwood out now, Claira Curtis curates a starter pack of twenty films illustrating all the ways our sisters can save us.
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renaissance recollections: once upon a time in harlem’s david and liani greaves…
Once Upon a Time in Harlem co-director David Greaves reflects—alongside producer Liani Greaves—on revisiting an intimate gathering of Harlem Renaissance luminaries that his father filmed over half a century ago.
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revisit le corbusier’s iconic ronchamp chapel through paul clemence’s lens
paul clemence photographs notre-dame du haut in ronchamp, exploring its sculptural concrete forms, light and landscape.
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desecrations and resurrections: on screens and shelves this month
Uncensored restorations of two British horror masterpieces, a recently unearthed camp classic and a sensitively observed Japanese coming-of-age gem are among the selections in this month’s edition of Shelf Life.
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black gloves and red lights: a starter pack of twenty thrilling giallo films
From provocative precursors like Mario Bava’s The Girl Who Knew Too Much to sanguinary standards such as Dario Argento’s Deep Red, Patrick Sproull recommends twenty stylishly violent giallo films.
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movie-pro: beck on his formative film education and the road to ride lonesome
Ahead of the release of his newest album, Ride Lonesome, Beck tells Maura Walz about his formative film influences, including a childhood spent discovering Federico Fellini and Luis Buñuel in the repertory theaters of Los Angeles and London.
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creature features: twenty action-packed films unleashing monstrous mayhem
From bone-crunching crocodiles to invisible aliens and deep-sea denizens, Brandon Streussnig braves twenty films about destructive battles against rampaging beasts.
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siege mentality: onslaught’s adam wingard on his super-soldier slasher’s slew of cinematic influences
As A24 unleashes Onslaught, Adam Wingard spills on the ’80s sci-fi horror standards that inspired his latest action-slasher, its spiritual predecessor The Guest and the intense characters played by Adria Arjona and Dan Stevens.
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fugitive filmmaking: black lions – roman wolves’ haile gerima on the 30-year…
At the fifteenth annual BlackStar Film Festival, where he presented the North American premiere of his five-part, ten-hour documentary opus, legendary filmmaker Haile Gerima spoke with Adesola Thomas about the colonial “booby traps” embedded in cinema and the importance of first liberating oneself.
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2026 fall festival preview: our most anticipated autumn film festival premieres
Vigilante revenge sagas, taut psychological thrillers, the return of a legendary movie monster and new efforts from Oscar-nominated writer-directors are among our most anticipated films of the 2026 fall film festival season.
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dark side of the loon: coyote vs. acme’s screenwriter samy burch on…
As Coyote vs. Acme arrives on the big screen after a long, complicated journey, screenwriter Samy Burch tells Ella Kemp how Wile E. Coyote finally got his day in court—and theaters—with her subversive comedy-drama.
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