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Winter 2025

Nights of Cabiria

Articles

John Ford’s Cavalry Trilogy: Fighting the Cold War in the American West (Preview)
by Graham Fuller

Elia Kazan’s Splendor in the Grass: Love, Loss, and Midcentury Sexual Mores
by Cynthia Lucia

Notes on Fellini’s Nights of Cabiria
by Pier Paolo Pasolini

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Film Reviews

It Was Just an Accident
Reviewed by Jonathan Kirshner

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Reviewed by Angela Bonavoglia

The History of Sound (Preview)
Reviewed by Megan Feeney

Preparation for the Next Life
Reviewed by Mary F. Corey

Waltzing with Brando
Reviewed by Andrew Veo

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Reviewed by Adam Bingham

The Railroad Man

Blu-ray and DVD Reviews

Carnal Knowledge
Reviewed by David Sterritt

Save the Tiger
Reviewed by Michael Sandlin

The Railroad Man
Reviewed by Deborah Young

The Gentle Gunman (Preview)
Reviewed by Darragh O’Donoghue

Cairo Station
Reviewed by Imogen Sara Smith

Sabrina
Reviewed by Roy Grundmann

You Can Count on Me
Reviewed by Charles Maland

Staff Recommendations
Reviewed by Cineaste Editors

The Big Heat (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by David Sterritt

High and Low (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by Adam Bingham

R. T. Thorne

Interviews

The Nazi and the Psychiatrist: An Interview with James Vanderbilt
by Christian Delage

The Oslo Trilogy: Sex, Dreams, Love
An Interview with Dag Johan Haugerud

by Mitchell Abidor

The Craft of the Assistant Director: An Interview with Ben Kahn
by Matt Haller

Love in the Suspended Time of COVID: An Interview with Olivier Assayas (Web Exclusive)
by Mitchell Abidor

The Postapocalyptic Dystopian World of 40 Acres: An Interview with R. T. Thorne (Web Exclusive)
by Paul Risker

Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness

Book Reviews

Hollywood High: A Totally Epic, Way Opinionated History of Teen Movies
Reviewed by Thomas Doherty

Ready for My Close-Up: The Making of Sunset Boulevard and the Dark Side of the Hollywood Dream
Reviewed by Kevin Lally

Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness Reviewed by Matthew Hays

Count Me Out: Selected Writings of Filmmaker Bob Quinn
Reviewed by Darragh O’Donoghue

The Attractions of the Moving Image: Essays on History, Theory, and the Avant-Garde
Reviewed by Will DiGravio

Long Take: Akira Kurosawa
Reviewed by Adam Bingham

Single & Psycho: How Pop Culture Created the Unstable Single Woman
Reviewed by Ciara Moloney

Dmitry Shostakovich and Music for Stalinist Cinema (1936–1953)
Reviewed by David Sterritt

There’s No Going Back: The Life and Work of Jonathan Demme
Reviewed by Charles Maland

Book Brief Reviews

NYFF 63 poster, designed by RaMell Ross

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Short Takes

The 63rd New York Film Festival (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by Will DiGravio

The 50th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by Darragh O’Donoghue