Cannes Review: The Old Oak Finds Ken Loach Bidding Farewell with a Rallying Cry
In The Old Oak, an English man and a Syrian woman become unlikely friends on one side of a simmering culture war. It's the latest from Ken ...
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Cannes Review: Terrestrial Verses Finds Bureaucratic Comedy and Tragedy in Modern Iran
Iranian filmmaking’s reliance on formal restrictions and secrecy are given new variations in Terrestrial Verses, co-directed by Ali Asgari ...
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Review: A Web of Formal Inventiveness and Narrative Exhaustion
So it’s come to this: Spider-Man 10, technically. The future prophesied by many Hollywood alarmists, but now with more madness in the multi...
Falcon Lake Review: Charlotte Le Bon’s Directorial Debut Grounds First Love in Gothic Horror
Every cinematic cabin in the woods suggests a place out of time. If you believe the movies, they’re either a) a dread-inducing home to all ...
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Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Review: A Web of Formal Inventiveness and Narrative Exhaustion
So it’s come to this: Spider-Man 10, technically. The future prophesied by many Hollywood alarmists, but now with more madness in the multi-verse (I cringe eve...
You Can’t Meditate High: Abel Ferrara on Spiritual Transformation, the State of Humanity, and Padre Pio
Even having interviewed Abel Ferrara a decade ago on the occasion of Ms. 45's re-release, an opportunity to speak with the legend still felt exciting, and bord...
Unpacking David Lynch’s Life-Long Obsession with The Wizard of Oz
"The Wizard of Oz is a film with very great power... And it’s to be expected that it has stayed with us for the past several years and that we find its echoes ...
Joshua Burge Takes a Nocturnal Journey Through NYC in Exclusive Trailer for Pratfall
If you are familiar with the anarchically grungy films of Joel Potrykus, then you've certainly seen the talents of Joshua Burge. His latest lead performance is...
The Best Films from the 2023 Cannes Film Festival
The 76th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has now concluded, with Justine Triet's Anatomy of a Fall taking home the top honors. While our coverage will cont...
The Film Stage Show Ep. 509 – Master Gardener (with Diana Drumm)
Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Robyn Bahr, and Bill Graham are joined by Diana Drumm to discuss Paul Sc...
Falcon Lake Review: Charlotte Le Bon’s Directorial Debut Grounds First Love in Gothic Horror
Every cinematic cabin in the woods suggests a place out of time. If you believe the movies, they’re either a) a dread-inducing home to all manner of spirits an...
Shia LaBeouf Is Writing a Film About Auschwitz for Abel Ferrara
The headline would almost suffice. Would there be something expansive to report, word of––I'll repeat––Shia LaBeouf writing a film about Auschwitz for Abel Fer...
Michael Cera Returns Home in First Trailer for Dustin Guy Defa’s The Adults
After a fairly quiet last few years (at least since his iconic brief stint in David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The Return), Michael Cera is back in the spotlight. Thi...
Cannes Review: Cobweb is a Dextrous but Overdrawn Meta-Filmmaking Exercise from Kim Jee-woon
With Cobweb, South Korean genre stalwart Kim Jee-woon falls back on that old piece of received wisdom: “movie people, ain’t they crazy?” When in self-satirizin...