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When it comes to worthy independent films, critics face a dilemma: If you trumpet a little-known wonder too loudly, the very audience you rustle up is guaranteed to leave the theater feeling underwhelmed.

In its crystalline restoration by the UCLA Film and Television Archive, Killer of Sheep can be seen (and reseen) as a great�the greatest�cinematic tone poem of American urban life.

MoMA and Film Society of Lincoln Center, March 21 to April 1.

'300' author Frank Miller spoke with Dave Itzkoff about Spartans, heroes, terrorists, and Angelina Jolie.

Can Kal Penn, the world’s most famous Indian-American actor, be more than Kumar and a terrorist on 24?

With Oscar-themed bashes hosted by downtown drag queens and red-carpet raconteurs, you're better off not watching from home.

You’ll never see an Oscar nod for Katsuhito Ishii, the brilliantly unbridled Japanese director of The Taste of Tea, opening February 23 at the ImaginAsian.

A random survey of weekend cinéastes at the Union Square Regal multiplex.

Usually, late. Just ask this year’s nominees Scorsese, O’Toole, and Mirren.

An Oscars Exchange.