Filmmaker, playwright, and novelist, Lee has been a vital force in South Korean culture since the publication of his first novel, "Chonri," in 1983. After breaking into the film industry as the screenwriter (and assistant director) of Park Kwang-su’s 1993 "To the Starry Island," Lee matriculated ...

Quietly funny, subtly sad, structurally and formally audacious, soaked in soju and scenes of mortifying embarrassment—the name of South Korean auteur “Hong Sangsoo” suggests an extremely specific cinematic experience, one that more and more viewers are finding irresistibly addictive. (Luckily, Ho...

Roger Corman, the director, producer, and all-around force of nature who died last May at the age of 98, was not only a crackerjack filmmaker in his own right, but could boast, more than any other single individual, of having been the incubator of New Hollywood, opening the door for the “movie br...

The rare woman director working in second-wave exploitation, Stephanie Rothman (b. 1936) directed seven successful feature films, served as the vice president of an independent film company, and was the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America’s student filmmaking prize. Despite these ca...

One of cinema’s great, dark dreamweavers, Argento orchestrates labyrinths of terror that push into the realm of unnerving beauty with their vibrant colors and flamboyant intricacy. Merging giallo and horror in unholy hybrids, his films center on people who watch the boundaries fall away between l...

Explore this collection of fan favorites from over six decades of the New York Film Festival, with work from Jean-Luc Godard, Claire Denis, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Jia Zhangke, Tsai Ming-liang, Lucrecia Martel, Derek Jarman, Abel Ferrara, and more!