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Reverse Shot at 20: Selections from a Century

Sep 22 — Nov 26, 2023

Originally printed as a stapled zine, distributed for free throughout New York, the independent film journal Reverse Shot began in 2003 as a labor-of-love endeavor among a small group of twenty-something cinephiles. Since 2014, it has been the house publication of criticism for Museum of the Moving Image, still edited by two of its co-founders, Michael Koresky and Jeff Reichert. Reverse Shot has stayed committed to publishing serious, lively, and thoughtfully edited writing that wrestles with the past, present, and possible future of the cinematic medium. On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, MoMI and Reverse Shot team up to give audiences an opportunity to see some of its contributors’ favorite films from the 21st century on the Museum’s big screen. This is a celebration of the best in recent cinema, from several of its most important contemporary practitioners, from essential international artists like Claire Denis, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Olivier Assayas, and Maren Ade to essential large-scale craftspeople like M. Night Shyamalan, Terrence Malick, and David Fincher.

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A woman holds a cigarette and looks at a camcorder viewfinder

Demonlover
A pregnant woman in a red house dress lies on a couch smiling

Junebug
A woman sits in a bathtub, the water nearly overflowing as she looks off screen

Femme Fatale + Reverse Shot Anniversary Reception
A pregnant woman in a red house dress lies on a couch smiling

Junebug
A large family looks into the camera, posing for a photo

Summer Hours
A woman holds a cigarette and looks at a camcorder viewfinder

Demonlover
A mother holds her young son with her arm around him from the back, they both face camera

A Lion in the House 
A large family looks into the camera, posing for a photo

Summer Hours
A woman sits in a bathtub, the water nearly overflowing as she looks off screen

Femme Fatale
A man and woman dance, holding each other passionately with eyes closed

The Deep Blue Sea 
A man and woman dance, holding each other passionately with eyes closed

The Deep Blue Sea 
An image of an ominous lake and trees at night

Lake Mungo 
A man in a white t shirt and holding a cigarette looks out a window pensively

Inside Llewyn Davis 
An image of an ominous lake and trees at night

Lake Mungo 
A man in a white t shirt and holding a cigarette looks out a window pensively

Inside Llewyn Davis 
A young woman in a yellow hooded jacket looks at camera ominously in front of bare tree branches

The Village 
A hooded figure holds a cell phone that shows the same image over and over in a hall of mirrors

Unfriended: Dark Web 
A teenage girl in an attic bedroom looks back at camera from her desk and laptop

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair 
A woman leans against a computer table in a dark room looking back at camera

Pulse 
A woman leans against a computer table in a dark room looking back at camera

Pulse 
A young woman in a yellow hooded jacket looks at camera ominously in front of bare tree branches

The Village 
A hooded figure holds a cell phone that shows the same image over and over in a hall of mirrors

Unfriended: Dark Web 
A teenage girl in an attic bedroom looks back at camera from her desk and laptop

We’re All Going to the World’s Fair 
A woman with long hair lies across the back of a shirtless man in bed over white sheets

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
A man with a bandage on his head is embraced by a woman while sitting in a dump lot

Everyone Else
A naked woman covering herself with her arms as she looks with confusion at something large and hairy on the left of the frame

Toni Erdmann
A woman with long hair lies across the back of a shirtless man in bed over white sheets

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 
A naked woman covering herself with her arms as she looks with confusion at something large and hairy on the left of the frame

Toni Erdmann
A man holds a scythe in a field of grass amidst mountains

A Hidden Life 
A tiny baby foot cradled in two adult hands in closeup

The Tree of Life 
A man and a woman dancing, his head to the camera, she facing it in profile

35 Shots of Rum 
A man with a bandage on his head is embraced by a woman while sitting in a dump lot

Everyone Else
A man holds a scythe in a field of grass amidst mountains

A Hidden Life 
A tiny baby foot cradled in two adult hands in closeup

The Tree of Life 
A woman carries a red basket full of flowers in a gondola high in the mountains

Manakamana
A young boy in the rain has his eyes covered by an adult hand

Hale County This Morning, This Evening 
A man and a woman dancing, his head to the camera, she facing it in profile

35 Shots of Rum 
Two young woman sit on a couch, holding each other

The Wise Kids 
A girl with long red hair and wearing a tuxedo looks up

Princess Cyd 
A young boy in the rain has his eyes covered by an adult hand

Hale County This Morning, This Evening 
A woman carries a red basket full of flowers in a gondola high in the mountains

Manakamana
A girl with long red hair and wearing a tuxedo looks up

Princess Cyd 
A woman with long hair puts on earrings looking in a mirror

Feast of the Epiphany
A young man and woman looking at each other sitting outside in front of a sunset

Before Sunrise 
A man and woman look at each other intently in profile in a sunny park

Before Sunset 
A man and woman walking outside on a cobblestone street towards camera in summer clothes

Before Midnight
A young man and woman looking at each other sitting outside in front of a sunset

Before Sunrise 
A man and woman look at each other intently in profile in a sunny park

Before Sunset 
A man and woman walking outside on a cobblestone street towards camera in summer clothes

Before Midnight