David Hudson
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I write the Daily column for Criterion's Current.
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@ifccenter.bsky.social
, “Declaration of Independents!” opens on Wednesday !
www.criterion.com/current/post...
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“We’re not going to invent anything or use special effects to fill in the gaps. We’re not working with hypotheses. The idea is to show the original in so far as it’s possible, but it’s like working on a mosaic where there are missing pieces.”
www.theguardian.com/film/2026/ju...
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Done Quixote? Film archivists on quest to finish Orson Welles passion project
Team hope 30 of hours of footage held by three countries will be enough to bring to life film-maker’s vision
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/jun/29/orson-welles-unfinished-don-quixote-film
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TIL that Joni Mitchell wanted to work with Brian Eno on an ambient album but he turned her down. He had his reasons at the time, but he’s sorry now. For the foreseeable future, I will be mourning what might have been.
www.criterionchannel.com/eno
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Eno - The Criterion Channel
Directed by Gary Hustwit • 2024 • United States, United Kingdom A documentary as innovative as its subject, this kaleidoscopic portrait of visionary musician, producer, and self-described “sonic land...
https://www.criterionchannel.com/eno
2 days ago
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Watching Kleber Mendonça Filho’s THE WORLD CUP IN RECIFE (2014) is an excellent way to spend 15 minutes.
www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/...
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THE WORLD CUP IN RECIFE a film by KLEBER MENDONÇA FILHO.
A free, curated platform streaming one film every week.
https://www.lecinemaclub.com/now-showing/the-world-cup-in-recife/
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ZIDANE
@screenslate.bsky.social
, Pedro Costa on Mizoguchi and Tourneur
@sabzian.bsky.social
, EEPHUS
@filmquarterly.bsky.social
, Louise Weard (
@weard.moe
) @ InRO, Alexander Sokurov
@nytimes.com
… Did You See This?
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The big summer books roundup is now up
@sabzian.bsky.social
!
sabzian.be/news/new-boo...
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Starting Friday,
@filmlinc.bsky.social
will present Elaine May’s A NEW LEAF (1971), MIKEY AND NICKY (1976), and ISHTAR (1987) !
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Busy day for trailers (that’s good!). Padraic McKinley’s THE WEIGHT with Ethan Hawke and Russell Crowe (
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Ypu...
), a new SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcrw...
), and Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY5k...
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THE SAMURAI AND THE PRISONER - Official Trailer
YouTube video by JANUS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dY5kXykdbLo
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Kent Jones’s LATE FAME will finally arrive in U.S. theaters in August. Here’s hoping we over here in Europe won’t have to wait too much longer.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMKo...
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LateFame HD 16x9 H264 Stereo Textless Johnny Raubach
YouTube video by Magnolia Pictures & Magnet Releasing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMKoyngrqBg
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Starting Friday,
@filmforumnyc.bsky.social
will present a new restoration of CAREFUL (1992) and three more Guy Maddin features !
www.criterion.com/current/post...
6 days ago
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Jonathan Kiefer (
@kieferama.bsky.social
) is programming the monthly Vital Signs Film Series in Oakland !
www.criterion.com/current/post...
7 days ago
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Catching up with Milagros Mumenthaler’s THE CURRENTS, currently screening in Burlington VT, Austin TX, Portland ME, and on Wednesday in Knoxville TN before heading to more theaters through July —
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reposted by
David Hudson
Daniel Benneworth-Gray
8 days ago
Packaging inspired by the bespoke Ryder boxes Kubrick used for his archive. NICE.
shop.ryderbox.co.uk/products/wir...
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8 days ago
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Texas. And a mom’s hard-earned tears, a dad’s post-Beatles Beatles mix, awful new dads, Obama ’08, chips and queso, maybe an edible … BOYHOOD will be back in theaters for its 12th anniversary.
variety.com/2026/film/ne...
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Top docs of the 21st century
@documentary.org
, Raoul Peck
@hammerandhope.bsky.social
, Maya Cade (
@mayascade.bsky.social
)
@ebertvoices.bsky.social
, Jafar Panahi
@thepointmag.bsky.social
, Screwball Summer
@lrb.co.uk
… Did You See This?
www.criterion.com/current/post...
12 days ago
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This month’s books roundup is up! Martin Scorsese, Agnès Varda, Lars von Trier, Katharine Hepburn …
www.criterion.com/current/post...
12 days ago
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A series of twelve films by Masahiro Shinoda opens
@bambrooklyn.bsky.social
on Friday !
www.criterion.com/current/post...
14 days ago
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The L’Alliance New York series “Chabrol & Huppert: Doing Wrong” opens tomorrow and runs Tuesdays through July 28 !
www.criterion.com/current/post...
15 days ago
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reposted by
David Hudson
Garth Greenwell
18 days ago
I shared some thoughts on David Hockney, whom I never met but whose work I’ve kept close for a long time. Also: his kindness to the great neglected painter Patrick Angus. Free post, no paywall.
garthgreenwell.substack.com/p/some-thoug...
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An amazing oral history of Spielberg from
@bilgeebiri.bsky.social
(
@vulture.com
) + Mary Harron
@thebeliever.net
, Marianne Jean-Baptiste @ MUBI,
@jhoberman.bsky.social
+ Radu Jude @ Film Comment, Pasolini
@europeanreview.bsky.social
+ Ideas Letter… Did You See This?
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18 days ago
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David Hockney, 1937–2026.
@theguardian.com
—
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
“Just because I’m cheeky, doesn’t mean I’m not serious.”
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.criterionchannel.com/a-bigger-spl...
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A Bigger Splash - The Criterion Channel
Directed by Jack Hazan • 1973 • United Kingdom Starring David Hockney This intimate and innovative documentary about English-born, California-based artist David Hockney and his work honors its subjec...
https://www.criterionchannel.com/a-bigger-splash
19 days ago
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Turns out, no one’s afraid of Virginia Woolf. Arie and Chuko Esiri’s CLARISSA and Rachel Rose’s THE LAST DAY reimagine MRS DALLOWAY, and
#SXSWLondon
launches Tina Gharavi’s VIRGINIA WOOLF’S NIGHT & DAY —
www.criterion.com/current/post...
19 days ago
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Overview: DISCLOSURE DAY and Steve Spielberg in the summer of 2026 —
www.criterion.com/current/post...
20 days ago
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Program’s up, catalogue’s out, site’s revamped, and look who’s on the poster —
ilcinemaritrovato.it/en/
21 days ago
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“Declarations of Independence: The Cinema of John Sayles” opens Thursday
@tiffnet.bsky.social
!
www.criterion.com/current/post...
21 days ago
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Cannot wait.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIjm...
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Once Upon a Time in Harlem - Official Teaser Trailer - In Select Theaters October 16
YouTube video by NEON
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIjmgj5rbOY
21 days ago
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The 7-film series “Stanley Kwan: Ladies Man” opens Thursday
@newyork.asiasociety.org
!
www.criterion.com/current/post...
22 days ago
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Heaven is finally catching up with a Rohmer film you’ve somehow never gotten around to seeing before.
www.criterionchannel.com/full-moon-in...
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Full Moon in Paris - The Criterion Channel
Directed by Eric Rohmer • 1984 • France Starring Pascale Ogier, Tchéky Karyo, Fabrice Luchini In Eric Rohmer’s wry, gracefully constructed fourth entry in his cycle of Comedies and Proverbs, a young ...
https://www.criterionchannel.com/full-moon-in-paris
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Lilly Wachowski
@indiewire.com
; Shunji Iwai @ Metrograph,
@screenslate.bsky.social
, and
@letterboxd.social
; Ozu @ Liberties; Ritwik Ghatak @ BFI; Tsui Hark @ Mubi … Did You See This?
www.criterion.com/current/post...
25 days ago
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“Louis Malle: Portraits of America” opens this evening in NYC @ Metrograph !
www.criterion.com/current/post...
25 days ago
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Hard to believe that the fighting spirit behind this book and film is gone.
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#Tribeca2026
opens today. There’ll be lots of music, another De Niro and Scorsese reunion, and, ready or not, an AI-generated feature —
www.criterion.com/current/post...
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“Why? Because … with Jean-Pierre Gorin” opens today at L’Alliance New York, and Gorin is in town to discuss his selections for the series, his own work, and his collaborations with Jean-Luc Godard —
www.criterion.com/current/post...
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“Bleak Week: Cinema of Despair” opens today
@amcinematheque.bsky.social
, and within a few days, the world’s most desolate festival will be on at nearly 100 theaters in 73 cities !
www.criterion.com/current/post...
29 days ago
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Looks like Radu “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop” Jude will be shooting his next feature within a few weeks. LOVE DIPTYCH will be “in dialogue” with Rossellini’s L’AMORE (1948).
@cineuropa.bsky.social
—
cineuropa.org/en/newsdetai...
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The first clapperboard to slam on Rade Jude’s Love Diptych this month
01/06/2026 - The prolific Romanian auteur is set to begin shooting his newest film under this working title in two villages outside of Bucharest
https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/491996/
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David Hudson
The Isaac Who Came In From the Butler
about 1 month ago
Hey Bluesky! The first excerpt of my book is out! In the New Yorker! Read all about how the religious right fought to keep The Last Temptation of Christ from being released, and how the battle helped them refine the tactics they still use today.
www.newyorker.com/preview/arti...
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When the Religious Right Came for Martin Scorsese
Martin Scorsese’s 1988 film “The Last Temptation of Christ” spurred a bitter battle between Universal and a coalition of Christians who denounced it as sacrilegious. Today’s culture wars follow the te...
https://www.newyorker.com/preview/article/6a1700c4f6b50fe5bcab9a60?status=draft&debug_config=copliot;t=1780091087036
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Goings on in Portland, LA, and NYC +
@kphipps3000.bsky.social
and
@scotttobias.bsky.social
on Tarkovsky, Artavazd Pelechian @ MUBI, Pere Portabella
@documentary.org
, DEAD OF NIGHT
@lrb.co.uk
, Grigori Kromanov @ Metrograph … Did You See This?
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Now this is a very promising pairing: Alice Rohrwacher and Italo Calvino’s THE BARON IN THE TREES.
deadline.com/2026/05/alic...
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Alice Rohrwacher Movie 'The Baron in The Trees' In Works With Our Films
Mario Gianani and Lorenzo Mieli's Our Films, producers of Cannes winning 'Fatherland' are teaming with Alice Rohrwacher for a feature take of 'The Baron in the Trees.'
https://deadline.com/2026/05/alice-rohrwacher-baron-in-the-trees-lorenzo-mieli-mario-gianani-1236929487/
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“Enacts a prismatic conversation between the textures of realism and the codes of genre until both layers seem to fuse, miraculously, into one.”
@justincchang.bsky.social
(
@newyorker.com
)
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...
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Cannes Jury Prize Winner ‘The Dreamed Adventure’ Lands North America Deal With Janus Films
The new movie from German filmmaker Valeska Grisebach ('Western') follows an archaeologist in Bulgaria who gets confronted with criminal ties that lurk beneath the surface on the outskirts of Europe.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cannes-film-prize-winner-the-dreamed-adventure-janus-deal-1236607903/
about 1 month ago
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Wow, I didn’t realize this devastating film hadn’t been picked up for North America before now.
deadline.com/2026/05/gree...
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Greenwich Takes N. America On ‘Queen At Sea’ With Juliette Binoche
Greenwich Entertainment Takes North America On Berlin Winner ‘Queen At Sea’ With Juliette Binoche & Tom Courtenay
https://deadline.com/2026/05/greenwich-north-america-berlin-winner-queen-sea-1236929257/
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“Open Roads: New Italian Cinema” opens today
@filmlinc.bsky.social
and runs through Thursday, segueing straight into “History, Italian Style” !
www.criterion.com/current/post...
about 1 month ago
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I mean, after just a minute and a half, how many follow-up questions do *you* have?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yXO...
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Robert De Niro’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yXOFLr_LJc
about 1 month ago
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Ken Russell, Vittorio De Sica, Akira Kurosawa, Chris Marker, David Lean, Guillermo del Toro, Bruce Dern …
#Cannes2026
Classics highlights —
www.criterion.com/current/post...
about 1 month ago
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Impressive trailer for “The Films of António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro”
@cinemaguild.com
vimeo.com/1193336769
More on the series —
www.criterion.com/current/post...
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The Films of António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro - Official Trailer
This is "The Films of António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro - Official Trailer" by Cinema Guild on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
https://vimeo.com/1193336769
about 1 month ago
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Notes on those
#Cannes2026
awards handed out over the weekend —
www.criterion.com/current/post...
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
David Hudson
Talkhouse
about 1 month ago
#ARimbaud
director Patrick Wang offers up a prose poem and a playlist on the music inspired by the iconic French poet
www.talkhouse.com/song-of-rimb...
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Aren’t these great? Designs by Macha Makeïeff and Paper ! Tiger ! A new restoration of MON ONCLE premieres in Cannes today, and the Tati series hits French theaters later this summer.
about 1 month ago
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The agenda-setter is in the Closet.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1Ns...
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Thierry Frémaux’s Closet Picks
YouTube video by CRITERION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1NsxFbPT-U
about 1 month ago
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Cronenberg’s CRASH @ 30
@letterboxd.social
, Boots Riley
@newyorker.com
,
@filipefurtado.bsky.social
on a new poll (100 essential Brazilian films), Wallace Shawn @ Interview, Sundance and the general state of things
@nplusonemag.com
… Did You See This?
www.criterion.com/current/post...
about 1 month ago
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