An auteur of the old mold,Werner Herzog is never boringwhether its Aguerre, Wrath of God. Read more Read it in print

For most, knowledge of gay Harlem is confined to Judith Butler’s Paris is Burning, but this weeklong series includes documentaries profiling lesbian feminist poet Audre Lorde, gay hustler Aaron Payne, bandleader Billy Strayhorn and other lesserknown gay black characters. I’m looking forward to Wolfgang Bausch’s How Do I Look, a 2007 update of Butler’s métier, the Harlem ball. Read more Read it in print

Israeli short story writer Etgar Keret is a literary superstar in his homeland, garnering accolades from Salman Rushdie and popular support from tens of thousands of readers. Keret writes punchy narratives, usually not longer than a few pages, that generally give a fantastical spin to everyday life. Read more Read it in print

Etgar Keret: Well, Jellyfish and $9.99 are both collaborations. One of them is with my wife [Israeli artist Shira Geffen], and the other is with Tatia Rosenthal [director of $9.99]. And I think that, whenever you collaborate with a person, it is a meeting point between you and that person. My wife and I, we really like many movies from French directors, so I think that our visual work finds a meeting point there. Read more

The local selections in BAMcinemaFEST would deserve the title “New York Film Festival” if the name weren’t already taken. Instead, these works by younger, emerging filmmakers from the area ought to be grouped as the “New New York Film Festival,” for their collective status as an emerging crowd. Read more Read it in print

CANNES, PARK CITY,VENICE… Brooklyn? An overabundance of film festivals occurs annually, all exhibiting a subjective sampling of the “best” that cinema has to offer. New York City is just a microcosm of that international scene, with what seems like a film festival programmed for every week of every month.The New York Film Festival showcases safe movies from big-name international filmmakers; the Tribeca Film Festival focuses on precious indies; then there are countless screenings and events catering to ethnic sensibilities, peculiar peccadilloes as well as straight-to-DVD stylings of every niche’s greatest auteur. Read more Read it in print

Martin Scorsese looked a little out of place against the lavish backdrop of the French Riviera, but the crowd was still happy to have him there. Presenting a special restoration of The Red Shoes to an appreciative audience at the 62nd Cannes Film Festival, Scorsese absorbed the spotlight. “We love you, Marty!” someone with a French accent shouted. “Merci,” he replied. “I love you, too.” It must have been the kindest exchange between a New Yorker and a Frenchman in the history of the universe. Read more

Street of Shame May 1, BAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. (at Ashland Pl.), Brooklyn; times vary, $11 You have to give it to BAM—they know how to program a festival. This one, Late Films, is as simple as Read more

Those sunglasses, that snow-white pompadour… who doesn’t want to spend a “special evening” with Jim Jarmusch? You can talk about Ghost Dog and hanging out with Iggy and Johnny Depp and then later—over Red Stripes—gaze into each other’s eyes.Tonight, however, you’ll have to make do with curator David Schwartz quizzing the seminal indie filmmaker and watching clips of the upcoming film The Limits of Control. Read more Read it in print

Once a year for 30 years, the good folks at MoMA cast their eyes upon German film.This year in addition to screening new filmsincluding the very interesting looking doc Gegenschuss Aufbruch der Filmmacher,. Read more Read it in print