Rory O'Connor

NYFF Review: Frederick Wiseman Indulges with Restaurant Doc Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros

The first of Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros' four hours moves as quick as a glacier. Herbs are inspected at a farmer's market. Two chefs weigh up the benifits of...

Venice Review: Evil Does Not Exist Finds Ryusuke Hamaguchi Returning with Mystery and Snow-Capped Melodrama

Amongst a typically raucous lineup at this year's Venice Film Festival comes Evil Does Not Exist, a work in which tensions rise over little more than the place...

Venice Review: Harmony Korine Finds New Ways to Provoke in Aggro Dr1ft, a GTA Fever Dream of a Movie

Is it possible to leave your enfance without losing your terrible? The one-and-only Harmony Korine, now 50 years young, returns with Aggro Dr1ft, a premiere ou...

Venice Review: In The Killer, David Fincher Does What He Does Best

Murderers abound in the cinema of David Fincher, yet up until now they've tended to operate on the margins (Se7en, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) or hardly a...

Venice Review: Roman Polanski’s The Palace Goes Down Like a Curdled Cocktail

In The Palace, guests of a luxury hotel prepare to celebrate the turn of the millennium. The caviar is tasted. The fireworks are readied. Soon (you guessed it)...

Venice Review: Hollywoodgate Examines What The U.S. Left in Afghanistan with Darkly Comic Results

If you witnessed the chaos unfold in Kabul airport two years ago, it probably won't come as much of a surprised to learn the US Army left a helicopter or two i...

SFF Review: Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry is a Revelatory Film with One of the Performances of the Year

Georgian cinema continues to show thriving signs of life in Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, a film about a contently independent woman who is faced with the th...

Locarno Review: On the Go is a Joyfully Messy Road Movie with Sex and Fertility on the Brain

The Indonesians have a concept called nongkrong. To nongkrong is to meet and talk, preferably in large groups, and about nothing in particular. I first came ac...

Locarno Review: David Krumholtz Rounds Off a Big Year in Deadbeat Comedy Lousy Carter

What a year it's been for David Krumholtz. In 2023, the actor has added a Tony-winning play (Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt) and a box-office sensation (you know ...

Michael Cera and Dustin Guy Defa on The Adults, Poker Cinema, and the Joy of Sesame Street

It’s February in Berlin and Michael Cera is dodging bullets. What's it like, one reporter asks, to be a new dad? “It's like a new obsession," the actor explain...

News

MUBI’s October 2023 Lineup Features Passages, Tsai Ming-liang, Luchino Visconti & More

The Criterion Channel’s October Lineup Includes ’90s Horror, Techno Thrillers, James Gray & More

Martin Scorsese Speculates on Retirement: “A Couple More, One More Maybe, and That’s It, Okay?”

Trailers

John Woo Makes His Wordless Return In Silent Night Trailer

New Trailer for Sofia Coppola’s Priscilla Shows a Different Side of Rock ‘n’ Roll History

The Curse Teaser: Nathan Fielder, Emma Stone & Benny Safdie Want to Fix Your Home

Reviews

First Trailer for Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Evil Does Not Exist Takes a Serene Look at Protecting Nature

NYFF Review: Andrew Haigh’s All of Us Strangers is a Heartbreaking Ghost Story

NYFF Review: Mambar Pierrette is an Ode to Working-Class Mothers

Features

13 Films to See in October

NYC Weekend Watch: Summer Hours, Klute, Gregg Araki & More

New to Streaming: Four Shorts by Wes Anderson, Flora and Son, Dreamin’ Wild, and More

Interviews

Cinematographer Ed Lachman on Being Pablo Larraín’s “Dance Partner” for El Conde

Terence Davies on Bringing Poetry to Life, Directing His New Short, and Planning His Next Feature

Wayne Wang on His Diverse Filmography, Revisiting Old Work, and the Time Gangsters Visited His Set

Podcasts

The B-Side – Michael Keaton: Part II (with Cory Everett)

Watch: Cinephile Summer Season Finale Features The Film Stage vs. Bright Wall/Dark Room

The B-Side – In Conversation with Dustin Guy Defa

Rory O'Connor

NYFF Review: Frederick Wiseman Indulges with Restaurant Doc Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros

Venice Review: Evil Does Not Exist Finds Ryusuke Hamaguchi Returning with Mystery and Snow-Capped Melodrama

Venice Review: Harmony Korine Finds New Ways to Provoke in Aggro Dr1ft, a GTA Fever Dream of a Movie

Venice Review: In The Killer, David Fincher Does What He Does Best

Venice Review: Roman Polanski’s The Palace Goes Down Like a Curdled Cocktail

Venice Review: Hollywoodgate Examines What The U.S. Left in Afghanistan with Darkly Comic Results

SFF Review: Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry is a Revelatory Film with One of the Performances of the Year

Locarno Review: On the Go is a Joyfully Messy Road Movie with Sex and Fertility on the Brain

Locarno Review: David Krumholtz Rounds Off a Big Year in Deadbeat Comedy Lousy Carter

Michael Cera and Dustin Guy Defa on The Adults, Poker Cinema, and the Joy of Sesame Street

Rory O'Connor