Nick Newman

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Bigger Than Life,’ ‘Taste of Cherry,’ ‘Tokyo Story,’ Allan Dwan & More

Since any New York City cinephile has an almost suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile rep...

‘Independence Day 2’ Becomes Official With Release Date; ‘Apes’ and ‘X-Men’ Trade Spots

After years of comments, rumors, half-starts, rumors about half-starts, and comments about those rumors, Independence Day 2 looks to be a real, happening so...

‘Cinderella’ Adds Helena Bonham Carter; Cillian Murphy Goes ‘In the Heart of the Sea’

Who, truly, is surprised that Helena Bonham Carter will play the fairy godmother in Cinderella? The sole aspect of this news which could honestly surprise i...

Watch: Celebrate the Anniversary of ‘Chinatown’ with One-Hour Roman Polanski Interview

With the very recent anniversaries of Rosemary's Baby, Jaws, and Chinatown, it's all the more clear that summers just aren't the same. As the first two have...

‘Rabies’ Duo Return In ‘Big Bad Wolves’ Trailer

At the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, I was lucky enough to catch Rabies, a low-key horror picture touted as Israel's first-ever jump into the genre. As far as...

Paul Feig Sets Up Female Spy Comedy ‘Susan Cooper’; Clips from ‘The Heat’ Pour In

This "debate" over women in comedy was always an unfortunate bit of business, in large part because it's been propagated by male legends -- e.g. John Belush...

Remembering James Gandolfini

Across all of fiction, there is an extremely limited number of characters I’ve spent a larger length of time with than Tony Soprano, the New Jersey mobster ...

[Review] Maniac

Exceptions almost certainly must exist, but it remains a challenge to name any single visual “flair” with more limited and less effective purpose than an elonga...

Russell Crowe Will Make Foray Into Directing with ‘The Water Diviner’

Standing at one of the more prolific stages in his entire career -- six months after Les Misérables, currently seen exposition-ing Man of Steel, and forthcoming...

Douglas Trumbull Exposes More of Original Project ‘UFOTOG’

Working far outside the Hollywood spotlight -- this could be said from a more literal stance, given that he owns a personal studio in Massachusetts -- legen...

News

Kleber Mendonça Filho Sets Next Film The Secret Agent Starring Wagner Moura

Lisandro Alonso Will Revisit La Libertad for His Next, Potentially Final Film

First Look at Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis: Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel Have Grand Ambitions

Trailers

Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, and Louis Garrel Hit Their Marks In Trailer for Quentin Dupieux’s Cannes Opener The Second Act

Christian Petzold Sets Next Feature Miroirs No. 3 Starring Paula Beer

The Beatles’ Swan Song Breathes New Life In Trailer for Let It Be Restoration

Reviews

The Contestant Review: A Breezy Look at a Baffling Reality Show Challenge

VdR Review: Ruth Beckermann’s Favoriten Captures Laughs and Levity of an Austrian Primary School

Nowhere Special Review: Uberto Pasolini Crafts an Understated, Joyful Tearjerker

Features

17 Films to See in May

New to Streaming: Love Lies Bleeding, Nostalghia, Tótem, Monkey Man, Omen & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Starman & More

Interviews

Jane Schoenbrun on I Saw the TV Glow, Trans Girl Time, Olivier Assayas, and Emma Stone’s Support

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi on Evil Does Not Exist, Being in Harmony with Nature, and Why the Ending is Realistic

“All Great DPs Become Alcoholics”: Rob Tregenza on Shooting Béla Tarr’s Werckmeister Harmonies

Podcasts

The Film Stage Show Ep. 535 – Civil War (with Ryan McNeill)

The B-Side – Robert Redford (with Blake Howard)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 534 – Monkey Man (with Jenny Nulf)

Nick Newman

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Bigger Than Life,’ ‘Taste of Cherry,’ ‘Tokyo Story,’ Allan Dwan & More

‘Independence Day 2’ Becomes Official With Release Date; ‘Apes’ and ‘X-Men’ Trade Spots

‘Cinderella’ Adds Helena Bonham Carter; Cillian Murphy Goes ‘In the Heart of the Sea’

Watch: Celebrate the Anniversary of ‘Chinatown’ with One-Hour Roman Polanski Interview

‘Rabies’ Duo Return In ‘Big Bad Wolves’ Trailer

Paul Feig Sets Up Female Spy Comedy ‘Susan Cooper’; Clips from ‘The Heat’ Pour In

Remembering James Gandolfini

[Review] Maniac

Russell Crowe Will Make Foray Into Directing with ‘The Water Diviner’

Douglas Trumbull Exposes More of Original Project ‘UFOTOG’

Nick Newman