“Poor Little Slave”: Diary of a Chambermaid
Diary of a Chambermaid Directed by Benoît Jacquot Opens June 10 at Lincoln Plaza There’s perverse pleasure in defiling beauty; thus Benoît Jacquot’s Diary of a Chambermaid, set in a luminous French...
View ArticleCostume Party: Discreet Charms and Obscure Objects
Costume Party is a monthly column exploring fashion, personal style, and historical aesthetics in film. Luis Buñuel’s Belle de Jour (1967) is a constant on any list of the most fashionable films, but...
View ArticleThe Best Old Movies on a Big Screen This Week: NYC Repertory Cinema, March...
Man Facing Southeast (1986) Directed by Eliseo Subiela In his work, Argentine auteur Eliseo Subiela (1944-2016) blended surrealism and magical realism in narratives that are partly philosophical,...
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