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J. Hoberman
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‘Who Killed Santa Claus?’: The Night Before Christmas in Occupied France
This 1941 comic murder mystery is back for a week in a sparkling restoration at Film Forum.
‘Viridiana’ Was Luis Buñuel’s Revenge
The 1961 film, which was banned in Spain, has been restored and revived in a limited run at Film Forum.
Peter Watkins, Provocateur With a Movie Camera, Dies at 90
His Oscar-winning 1965 film “The War Game” depicted a post-nuclear-attack England, one of his many fictionalized docudramas against war and repression.
‘Greaser’s Palace’ Contains a Million Laughs … or None
Rarely shown since its release, Robert Downey Sr.’s 1972 film screens for a week in new digital and 35-millimeter restorations at Anthology Film Archives.
‘Linda Linda Linda’: These Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Newly restored, this film about a group of Japanese rockers opens at the IFC Center, its charm undiminished.
‘Who Killed Teddy Bear’: When 42nd Street Was the Deuce
Now refurbished in 4K, the 1965 movie returns to claim cult status at Film Forum.
‘This Is Spinal Tap’ Returns to Theaters in 4K Restoration
Rob Reiner’s 1984 cult film about a British band past its prime returns to theaters in a new 4K restoration.
‘Happiness’: Living in a State of Irony
Todd Solondz’s 1998 movie, revived for a run at the IFC Center in a new 4K restoration, has scarcely lost its capacity to discomfit.
‘The Sealed Soil’: Modesty and Its Discontents
The Iranian director Marva Nabili’s first feature gets a weeklong run at Brooklyn Academy of Music.
‘Forbidden Games’: A War Orphan’s Sweet, Ultimately Shattering Story
Hailed on its release as the most troubling French film made in the aftermath of World War II, it returns for a week at Film…