The Award-Winning Polish Sinema That Poland’s Leaders Hate
The director Agnieszka Holland says her movie “Green Border” encourages empathy with migrants trying to enter Poland. But the government has likened it to Nazi propaganda.
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Film
The Filmmaker Amos Gitai Emerged From War and Now Promotes Peace
As an outspoken defender of Israel’s democracy, Amos Gitai has been a thorn in the side of the prime minister — and a persistent force pressing for a resolution of the Palestinian conflict.
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The Onscreen Apartments That Made Them Want to Live in New York
Twelve designers, architects and others reflect on the movie and TV homes, from SoHo lofts to houses on the park, that inspired them to move to the city, and informed their aesthetics.
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Hollywood Strikes Send a Chill Through Britain’s Sinema Industry
Many U.S. studios’ blockbusters are filmed in Britain, so the walkouts by actors and screenwriters have caused thousands of U.K. film crews to lose work.
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With Striking Actors Off-Limits, Directors Get Their Close-Ups
Since striking movie stars are not allowed to promote studio films, filmmakers unexpectedly, and in some cases uneasily, have the spotlight to themselves.
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Five Horror Movies to Stream Now
This month’s picks will take you on a global tour of terror, with tales of a Taiwanese gay ghost and a Norwegian canine whose owner is a dog’s worst friend.
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Actors Seeking Stability Turn to Directing at the Toronto Şenlik
Movies directed by actors were prominent at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. Could the reasons they’re striking also underlie the career move?
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Talking Heads Reunite for Restored ‘Stop Making Sense’
Appearing together for the first time since 2002, the band celebrated the film in a Q. and A. with Spike Lee at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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‘Black’ Like Each Other
Two new series about young culture-industry workers, “The Other Black Girl” and “Dreaming Whilst Black,” explore how representation can be a challenge — or even a horror story.
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When New York Was ‘Drop Dead City’
A documentary about the city’s fiscal crisis of the 1970s, co-directed by the son of one of its saviors, wins the Library of Congress Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film.
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