• Scandale! Dorothy Arzner in Paris

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    The Cinémathèque Française in Paris announced it would present a major retrospective of Arzner’s films in March and April.  Whatever one might say about the many treasures of the Cinémathèque, one fact is incontrovertible: women film directors have never figured prominently. Could the Arzner program offer a refreshing change in the Cinémathèque’s offerings, perhaps even a sign that traditional French cinephilia is loosening its...

    July 12, 2017
    Quorum

  • Summer 2017: Volume 70, Number 4

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    James Baldwin: Vocalizing History Digital Sovereignty Online Billy Woodberry’s Return to Form Thriller’s Queer Feminist History Rotterdam & Sundance Festivals Writings on Juana Inés, Jackie, Earth and Kate Plays Christine RIP John Berger

    June 12, 2017
    Issues

  • Billy Woodberry’s Return to Form

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    A long-view interview with filmmaker Billy Woodberry conducted by screenwriter and scholar Josslyn Luckett gives the filmmaker his due and reflects on his prolific career as an independent filmmaker. The unfolding of Billy Woodberry's career—both his own new work and the recent critical revaluations of his classic work, such as the naming of Bless Their Little Hearts (1983) to the National Film Registry in...

    June 12, 2017
    Issues

  • The Discomforting Legacy of Deepa Mehta’s Earth

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    FQ Columnist Bilal Qureshi reflects on Deepa Mehta's film Earth at an important moment in Indian and global history. Writing from New Delhi, he had the opportunity to speak to Mehta in person about her life and work, and that discussion is woven into this column. Since making Earth almost twenty years ago, Deepa Mehta has seen her stature grow to include film festival...

    June 12, 2017
    Issues

  • Under Duress

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    Editor B. Ruby Rich weighs in on the latest issue of FQ, new revivals in a time of duress, trends in distribution, FQ's approach to watching, writing, thinking about cinema and media in a time of ongoing political repression, and more.

    June 12, 2017
    Editorials

  • Film & Media in a Time of Repression: Practices & Aesthetics of Resistance

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    On December 13, 2016, a month after the presidential election, Film Quarterly organized an emergency panel with the sponsorship of the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Staged amid the political aftershocks, the event at the Elinor Bunin Munroe Film Center’s Amphitheater brought together eight panelists from wildly divergent arenas to engage a rapt audience with its central theme: “Film & Media in A Time...

    February 24, 2017
    Quorum, Videos