#auteur-theory

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fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

How to Watch a Movie

Then, in the mid-twentieth century, a group of young French critics issued a cri du coeur that gave rise to the figure of the auteur: visionary filmmakers ranging from Jean-Luc Godard to Martin Scorsese and Wes Anderson. In the final installment of this year's Critics at Large interview series, Vinson Cunningham talks with the staff writer Richard Brody about the origins of auteur theory, and about the lengths to which directors have gone for artistic freedom in the decades since.
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fromInverse
3 months ago

Netflix Just Quietly Added The Most Influential Psychological Thrillers Of All Time

Hitchcock's films blend wry humor and psychosexual intensity, establishing him as an influential director in classic Hollywood thrillers.
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