Articles

The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of: The Dark History Behind The Maltese Falcon and the Birth of Film Noir (Preview)
by J. E. Smyth

Sicily as Metaphor: The Film Adaptations of the Works of Leonardo Sciascia
by Deborah Young

A Cinema on the Run: The Trailblazing Career of Med Hondo
by Clarence Tsui

Film Reviews

The Underground Railroad
Reviewed by Page Laws

Gunda
Reviewed by J. E. Smyth

The Crime of the Century
Reviewed by Robert Koehler

Holler
Reviewed by Graham Fuller

About Endlessness (Preview)
Reviewed by Darragh O’Donoghue

Summer of 85
Reviewed by Jonathan Murray

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit
Reviewed by Megan Feeney

The New Deal for Artists (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by Thomas Doherty

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by Mary F. Corey

Blu-ray and DVD Reviews

Memories of Murder (Preview)
Reviewed by Thomas Doherty

History Is Made at Night
Reviewed by David Sterritt

Masculin féminin
Reviewed by Jonathan Kirshner

Defending Your Life
Reviewed by Darragh O’Donoghue

Céline and Julie Go Boating
Reviewed by Adam Bingham

Merrily We Go to Hell
Reviewed by Diana Drumm

Staff Recommendations: The Blue Lamp, Ponette, Secrets & Lies, Touki bouki, and Two Films by Lois Weber
Reviewed by Cineaste Editors

Phantom (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by David Sterritt

Interviews

The Mercy of the Jungle: An Interview with Joël Karekezi
by Loreta Gandolfi

Dreams of Disobedience and Transcendence: An Interview with David Rudkin
by Graham Fuller

Revealing Chinese History Through Its Literature: An Interview with Jia Zhang-ke
by Chris Shields

From Russia with Detours: An Interview with Andrei Konchalovsky
by Sean Nam

Book Reviews

Paul Thomas Anderson: Masterworks
Reviewed by Christopher Small

Luchino Visconti and the Fabric of Cinema
Reviewed by Catherine Russell

Paris in the Dark: Going to the Movies in the City of Light, 1930–1950
Reviewed by Sandy Flitterman-Lewis

Films of Endearment: A Mother, a Son and the '80s Films That Defined Us
Reviewed by Michał Oleszczyk

Goodbye, Dragon Inn
Reviewed by Adam Nayman

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Short Takes: Five Years North, Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It, Sabaya, Two Gods, and The Viewing Booth

Last Festival on Earth: The International Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2021 (Web Exclusive)
by Jared Rapfogel