Essay

Music Sets You Free

by Ryuichi Sakamoto

An excerpt from the prodigious musician’s remarkable, newly translated autobiography.

by Natalia Winkelman

On the late Norwegian filmmaker, master chronicler of feminine ennui.

by Paul McAdory

On the death of the critic in M. Night Shyamalan’s watery fairy tale.

by Keva York

Eckhart Schmidt’s chilling cult fable and the all-consuming side of pop fandom.

by Genevieve Yue

On Coppola’s gorgeous and stubbornly old-fashioned approach to the immortal tale.

by Will Sloan

On Jack Hill’s classic horror-comedy, a film outside of time.

by Kelli Weston

On women who haunt women.

by Annabel Brady-Brown

On Ted Kotcheff’s masterwork and the great rude awakening of Australian cinema.

by Elissa Suh

On Angie Chen’s newly restored rebellious portrait of womanhood and sex work in late ’50s Hong Kong.

by Curtis Tsui

On the maverick indie studio who ruled the multiplex for a golden decade.

by Alexandre Koberidze

The Georgian director picks five of his favorites.

by Christopher Small

On a slippery, beguiling vision of war-torn Czechoslovakia seen through the eyes of a 12-year-old boy.