BAMcinemaFest

One Oscar-nominated documentary filmmaker writes about the work of another, the portrait of a brilliant, complex and troubled musical icon.

A piece of classic theater is reimagined by longtime collaborators, and reframed by a stunning new acting talent.

A filmmaker who has found the perfect balance between stylistic and character-driven elements elicits the latest great Al Pacino performance.

A film about a troubled, lost young man finds a deep resonance for a writer-director who himself had times of struggle.

What do you do if you're in a post-Cannes funk? Well, watching a truly great piece of cinema can prove the perfect pick-me-up.

Code Black, Ryan McGarry's documentary about doctors in training at Los Angeles County Hospital, and my film Approaching the Elephant...

Were it not for its boyish, entrepreneurial spirit, Silicon Valley might be too depressing to bear.

Set on the night of the passing of Miller's Comet, Coherence is about a dinner party for a group of eight friends...

Before I became a critic, I made small, gutless films in which nothing really happened, most of which no one will ever see...

One of the great paradoxes – and ironies – of cinema is that, despite the fact that the medium is built around...

Watching Joanna Hogg's new film, Exhibition, I was reminded of the pioneering landscape work of the artist Robert Irwin...