Michael Frank

Tribeca Review: Emergent City Tells a Resonate Tale of Brooklyn Community Fighting for Their Home

Full transparency: I’ve been to Sunset Park’s Industry City. I walked around the shops and restaurants, ate lunch at the Japan Village market, and even attende...

Keeping the Mystery: Alice Rohrwacher on La Chimera, Mythology, and Morality

In Alice Rohrwacher’s La Chimera, the Italian writer-director’s fourth narrative feature film, the past melds with the present. Art is something to be dug up, ...

Juliette Binoche on How to Be Original and the Connection Between Cooking and Acting

Juliette Binoche has impeccable taste. The French actress, who has been gracing the screen for over four decades, continues to work with directors that push th...

“It’s Uncomfortable to Be a Human in this World”: Daisy Ridley on Sometimes I Think About Dying

In Rachel Lambert’s Sometimes I Think About Dying, Daisy Ridley plays Fran, a quiet woman who loves cottage cheese. Working in an office, with all of the nonde...

The Iron Claw Review: The Grief and Glory of a Wrestling Dynasty

The Iron Claw is full of bruises. The family at the center of writer-director Sean Durkin's film, the Von Erichs (a stage name much different than their surnam...

Andrew Haigh on the Intimacy, Complexity, and 80s Sweaters in All of Us Strangers

In English filmmaker Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers, grief is overwhelming. Emotions run deep, relationships ebb within the span of a scene, and loneliness...

Willem Dafoe on Hope, Morality, and Being Called God in Poor Things

Willem Dafoe is your favorite actor’s favorite actor. He’s your favorite director’s favorite actor. He’s likely most people’s dad’s favorite actor. Over his 40...

Alma Pöysti on the Soft Smiles and Sad Songs of Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves

Aki Kaurismäki’s 20th film keeps his signature humor and style. Fallen Leaves, starring Alma Pöysti and Jussi Vatanen as lonely, meant-to-be lovers, finds the ...

Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain Review: Laughs Wear Thin in Tired Adventure

Please Don’t Destroy, the comedy troupe comprising NYU alums Ben Marshall, John Higgins, and Martin Herlihy, broke through the haze of hopeful comedians with q...

Raven Jackson on Holding Hands, Long Hugs, and the Life Cycles of All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Raven Jackson’s All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt is a small miracle. A feature debut from the Tennessee-born writer and director, the A24-backed film acts as a med...

News

Nicolas Winding Refn to Shoot New Feature In Japan

Martin Scorsese on Marlon Brando’s One-Eyed Jacks: “It Cries Back to the End of the Westerns”

The Telluride Film Festival’s 2024 Lineup Includes Alfonso Cuarón, Guy Maddin, Alain Guiraudie & More

Trailers

Nightbitch Trailer: Amy Adams Undergoes a Canine Transformation

Memoir of a Snail Trailer: Mary & Max Director Adam Elliot Returns With First Claymation Feature in 15 Years

First Trailer for Union Explores a Historic Battle Against Amazon

Reviews

Venice Review: Harmony Korine’s Baby Invasion Sets a New, Anxiety-Inducing Standard for Cinematic Absurdism

Venice Review: Luca Guadagnino’s Queer is a Hollow, Stylized Vessel of a Film

Venice Review: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s Harvest Beautifully Renders the Past Present

Features

11 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2024

NYC Weekend Watch: Rohmer Shorts, The Stranger and the Fog, Phantom Thread on 70mm & More

New to Streaming: Trap, Lee Chang-dong, Kinds of Kindness, Napoleon: Director’s Cut & More

Interviews

James Ivory and Stephen Soucy on Merchant Ivory’s Legacy, Life-Long Collaboration, and Their Best Film

“I Hate Her”: Zia Anger on the Thorny Self-Portrait My First Film

C. Mason Wells on the Complex Creation of Between the Temples

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 547 – Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1 (with Jen Johans)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (January 14, 2005)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 546 – Trap (with Dan Mecca)

Michael Frank

Tribeca Review: Emergent City Tells a Resonate Tale of Brooklyn Community Fighting for Their Home

Keeping the Mystery: Alice Rohrwacher on La Chimera, Mythology, and Morality

Juliette Binoche on How to Be Original and the Connection Between Cooking and Acting

“It’s Uncomfortable to Be a Human in this World”: Daisy Ridley on Sometimes I Think About Dying

The Iron Claw Review: The Grief and Glory of a Wrestling Dynasty

Andrew Haigh on the Intimacy, Complexity, and 80s Sweaters in All of Us Strangers

Willem Dafoe on Hope, Morality, and Being Called God in Poor Things

Alma Pöysti on the Soft Smiles and Sad Songs of Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves

Please Don’t Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain Review: Laughs Wear Thin in Tired Adventure

Raven Jackson on Holding Hands, Long Hugs, and the Life Cycles of All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Michael Frank