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‘The Wounded Man’: Dark Night, Lost Soul

In its unflinching depiction of a French teenager’s violent gay awakening, this 1983 film is among Patrice Chéreau’s most confrontational works.

‘Millennium Mambo’: A Lush, Mysterious Tale From Taipei

A 4K restoration of Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s thrumming, visually bold movie about a self-destructive club girl retains its capital-L look.

Julia Reichert, Documentarian of the Working Class, Dies at 76

She took home, to Ohio, a 2019 Oscar for “American Factory,” and in a long career teaching and making films, she paid special attention to…

In Andy Warhol’s ‘My Hustler,’ Love Is for Sale

The artist’s scurrilously satirical treatment of male prostitution proved an underground hit after it premiered in 1966.

‘The Runner’ Is a Gem of the Iranian New Wave

Amir Naderi’s scrappy, intimate film, which follows an 11-year-old garbage scavenger in Iran, is getting a second viewing at Film Forum in Manhattan.