If cinema is the art of time, Linklater is one of its most thoughtful and engaged directors. Unlike other filmmakers identified as auteurs, Linklater’s distinction is not found on the surface of his films, in a visual style or signature shot, but rather in their DNA, as ongoing conversations with cinema, which is to say, with time itself. A visual essay produced by Sight and Sound.

Luis Bunuel, the father of cinematic Surrealism, made his film debut with 'Un Chien Andalou' in 1929...
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Chronicles of a male homosexual drug addict in 1980's in voice-over with long take scenes from Rome,...

A street in downtown Warsaw transforms into a kaleidoscopic portrait of Polish society. Behind the v...

A personal meditation on Rumble Fish, the legendary film directed by Francis Ford Coppola in 1983; t...

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Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.

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Kevin Smith interacts in Q&A sessions throughout various college stops in the USA.

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