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The Beach House Review: A Visceral Horror Debut Out of Step with Reality

There's a lot to like about Jeffrey A. Brown's feature directorial debut The Beach House, from its gorgeous production design to its rumina...

John Lewis: Good Trouble Review: Finding Hope In Political Persistence

Relic Review: Three Generations of Women Face Familial Terror

The Outpost Review: An Honorable Though Not Particularly Memorable Ode to Brave Men

Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen Review: A Brief, Insightful History of Trans Representation

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The 20 Best Films of 2020 (So Far)

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Film Festival Coverage

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First Trailer for Kirill Serebrennikov’s Petrov’s Flu

First Clip & Images from Terrence Malick-Produced Drama The Book of Vision

Sundance Film Festival 2021 Announces First Details, Including Digital Approach

Locarno Spotlights New Films from Lucrecia Martel, Lisandro Alonso, Lav Diaz, Wang Bing, Miguel Gomes & More

Oscar Isaac and Michelle Williams are Remaking Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes From a Marriage

Ingmar Bergman's influence was far and wide throughout culture, spanning the globe and other mediums, but it's rare for one of his films to get the remake trea...

A Letter to Walter Mercado, Who Lived a Life of Love and Acceptance

“Through Walter Mercado’s existence we have greater acceptance for people around us.” - Lin-Manuel Miranda Querido Walter, Although you’re gone from ...

Kelly Reichardt on Creating the World of First Cow and Surviving in the Wilderness

With each successive film she directs, Kelly Reichardt refines and clarifies her unique aesthetic, one that’s rooted in gentle observation and cumulative grace...

Hirokazu Kore-eda on Being Starstruck by Catherine Deneuve and the Movies Ingrained in His Memory

Great directors, like adventurous travelers, explore new lands not trying to impose their sensibilities on them but allowing the foreignness to wash over them ...

The Film Stage Show Classic – House of Games (with Eric Marsh)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by special guest Eric Marsh t...

She Dies Tomorrow Trailer: Kate Lyn Sheil Fears the End in Amy Seimetz’s Acclaimed Drama

A fixture in American independent filmmaking this century, Amy Seimetz is following her acclaimed feature debut Sun Don't Shine with She Dies Tomorrow, another...

Jonathan Glazer and Mica Levi Reteam for Strasbourg 1518, Reimagining a Peculiar Slice of History

As Jonathan Glazer prepares to shoot his forthcoming Holocaust drama once the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, the filmmaker has stayed more active than usual. Foll...

First Teaser for Luca Guadagnino’s We Are Who We Are; All 8 Hours Was Set to Premiere at Cannes

After his three-film streak of A Bigger Splash, Call Me by Your Name, and Suspiria, director Luca Guadagnino has turned to the medium of television for his nex...

Martin Scorsese to Direct Documentary on New York Dolls’ David Johansen

It could be the most cataclysmic, apocalyptic-seeming of years and Martin Scorsese will still direct a rock doc. Word has come from Variety of involvement with...