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April 7, 2026
“The Drama” Is One Long Troll
Zendaya and Robert Pattinson are charismatic as a couple confronting the fallout from an appalling revelation, but the film itself seems engineered solely to stimulate discourse.
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April 6, 2026
In “Cinematic Immunity,” the Greatest Drama Is Offscreen
Michael Lee Nirenberg’s oral history of classic New York filmmaking centers on crew members whose labor the movies are made of, and reveals behind-the-scenes passions and tensions that shape the art.
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April 3, 2026
New Directors, New Films
Also: Zendaya and Robert Pattinson in “The Drama,” Michael Schulman on spring fabulosity, Rachel Syme on the latest in trenchcoats, and more.
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March 27, 2026
In “Yes,” an Israeli Filmmaker Charges Israel with Self-Satisfied Brutality
Nadav Lapid’s furiously satirical drama, about a musician’s willful complicity in a war he reviles, tells a vast story of personal and national degradation.
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March 27, 2026
Marie Antoinette-Era Fashion Plates, at the Frick
Also: Daniel Radcliffe stars in “Every Brilliant Thing,” Robert Plant sings roots folk in a cathedral, a soulful retrospective of Beuford Smith, and more.
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March 27, 2026
The Unseen Work of One of Iran’s Greatest Filmmakers
For the director Mani Haghighi, his country’s rich cinematic tradition is a family affair.
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March 20, 2026
Elaine Reichek’s Needlepoint Revolution
Also: Ro Reddick’s absurdist “Cold War Choir Practice,” Sofia Coppola’s portrait of Marc Jacobs, Paige Williams on music for spiritual uplift, and more.
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March 16, 2026
As Movies Adapt to the Times, the Oscars Can Only Look On
Doom-laden humor at the 2026 Academy Awards ceremony obscures the courageous innovation of much of the work it celebrated.
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March 6, 2026
“Yam Daabo” Reintroduces a Late, Great Filmmaker
Idrissa Ouédraogo’s first feature, now streaming, is a tense drama of romance amid politics and a striking advance in cinematic form.
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March 6, 2026
Stephen Shore, Ryan McGinley’s Xeroxes in “Hard Copy New York”
Also: Jonathan Richman’s soft touch, Sean Hayes’s liquid charm in the play “The Unknown,” “The Bride!”-related culture picks, and more.
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March 5, 2026
“The Bride!” Exclaims but Never Explains
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s imaginative adaptation of the Frankenstein story, starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale, leaves its premise and its principles undeveloped.
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February 27, 2026
Spring Culture Previews—What to Do, See, and Hear This Season
What’s new in theatre, movies, television, art, dance, classical, and contemporary music.
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February 27, 2026
“What Does That Nature Say to You”: Don’t Meet the Parents
The South Korean director Hong Sangsoo finds high drama and philosophical insights in the chance encounter of a woman’s boyfriend with her family.
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February 25, 2026
Nonprofessional Actors Are the Heart of the Movies
This year’s leading Oscar contenders are invigorated by performers notable for their personalities and wider-world accomplishments.
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February 20, 2026
Mitski’s Spellbinding Intensity
Also: the actions and art work of Lotty Rosenfeld, mixed-martial-arts sparring in the play “The Monsters,” a cocktail adventure at Oddball, and more.
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February 19, 2026
Raymond Depardon’s Documentary Confrontations with Power
A retrospective at Lincoln Center showcases the French filmmaker’s masterworks of social conflict and inner struggle.
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February 18, 2026
Does “Wuthering Heights” Herald the Revival of the Film Romance?
Emerald Fennell’s new movie may be mediocre, but its popularity demonstrates the strength of a genre that Hollywood has all but abandoned.
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February 17, 2026
Remembering the Filmmaker Frederick Wiseman
In nearly sixty years of nonfiction filmmaking, Wiseman passionately probed the nodal points of political and social power and connected them in a cinematic universe of his own.
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February 10, 2026
“The President’s Cake” Movie Review: A Neorealist Treasure from Iraq
The first feature by Hasan Hadi, set in 1990, depicts the agonies of war and dictatorship as experienced by a schoolgirl in the course of a high-stakes day.
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February 6, 2026
The Dance Reflections Festival Is a Gift
Also: the primordial silhouettes of Simone Fattal, the indie-folk soundscapes of Florist, Rachel McAdams in “Send Help,” and more.
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February 6, 2026
“My Father’s Shadow” Is Intensely—Yet Obliquely—Autobiographical
Akinola Davies, Jr.,’s début feature, scripted by his older brother, Wale, follows two brothers and their father during Nigeria’s historic 1993 election.
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February 4, 2026
Sundance Is a Feast of World Cinema
This year’s edition of the prime showcase for American independent filmmaking offered two instant classics, “Filipiñana” and “zi,” made in Asia.
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January 30, 2026
A Century of Life in the City, at the Movies
Also: the dream-pop of Hatchie, Elevator Repair Service tackles “Ulysses,” the theatre-district pub Haswell Green, and more.
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January 23, 2026
Challenging Official Histories in “Natchez” and “Mr. Nobody Against Putin”
Two stunning new documentaries—one filmed in Mississippi, and one in Russia—examine the ways that education comes up against indoctrination.
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January 22, 2026
The 2026 Oscar Nominations and What Should Have Been Picked
It’s a pleasant surprise to find some of the year’s best movies enthusiastically acknowledged by the Academy, but plenty of greatness has been left by the wayside.
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January 17, 2026
Erich von Stroheim’s Spectacular Art Is Back
A new restoration of Stroheim’s unfinished 1929 drama “Queen Kelly” spotlights his reckless directorial career, which, though brief, is one of the greatest of all.
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January 13, 2026
“The Chronology of Water” Is an Extraordinary Directorial Début
Kristen Stewart’s first feature, based on a memoir by Lidia Yuknavitch, packs great emotional power into its boldly original form.
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