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‘Godard Mon Amour’ Trailer: ‘The Artist’ Director Pays Homage to the French New Wave Icon

As Jean-Luc Godard prepares for a potential Cannes debut of his new feature, a biopic on the French New Wave Icon (which premiered at the festival last year...

ND/NF Review: Life Breathes Through Ilian Metev’s Gentle-Paced Family Drama ‘3/4’

The characters populating Ilian Metev’s 3/4 (read: Three Quarters) often walk and talk in pairs, but they are seldom framed together, the camera lingering on ea...

ND/NF Review: ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’ is a Rollicking Bio-Doc as Uncompromising as its Magnetic Protagonist

Long before “Galang” and “Paper Planes," and prior to her Oscar nomination and universal fame, there was a time M.I.A. was Mathangi Arulpragasam, the daughter o...

Adèle Exarchopoulos and Matthias Schoenaerts Hit the Track in U.S. Trailer for ‘Racer and the Jailbird’

After teaming together for the Oscar-nominated Bullhead and The Drop, Matthias Schoenaerts and Michaël R. Roskam have reunited for another crime drama, this...

Chiwetel Ejiofor Experiences a Crisis of Faith in First Trailer for ‘Come Sunday’

Maria Full of Grace and The Forgiveness of Blood director Joshua Marston returned to Sundance this year with his new drama Come Sunday. Led by Chiwetel Ejio...

The Film Stage Show Classic – Touki Bouki

We discuss Djibril Diop Mambéty's classic French New Wave-inspired Senegalese film....

SXSW Review: ‘From All Corners’ Shows the Passion of an Artist and the Lows of Branded Content

Stretching what would have made a delightfully compelling short film into a feature of unbearable length, From All Corners feels like the worst kind of branded ...

SXSW Review: ‘The World Before Your Feet’ is a Beautiful, Simple City Symphony

There’s an exciting world beyond the typical Manhattan-centric image that comes to mind when we think “New York City." Jeremy Workman's documentary The World Be...

SXSW Review: ‘Alt-Right: Age of Rage’ is a Timely, But Rushed Documentary

Despite being billed as a documentary about the subject, Alt-Right: Age of Rage doesn’t know what to make of the modern day neo-Nazi movement. At least some of ...

SXSW Review: ‘Perfect’ is a Stylish, Trippy Take on Genetic Engineering Lacking Substance

A trippy take on genetic engineering, Perfect is a mind-altering film that, depending on the viewer's sensibilities, will either be an expressionist gem or a ho...

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

U.S. Trailer for Hirokazu Koreeda’s Sheep in the Box Arrives Ahead of July Release

The Debut Trailer: Julianne Moore and Paul Giamatti Lead Jesse Eisenberg’s Third Feature

New Trailer for The Devils Brings Home Ken Russell’s Restored 1971 Classic

Reviews

Rose of Nevada Review: Mark Jenkin’s Stupefying, Time-Slipping Ghost Story

Maddie’s Secret Review: John Early Shows Total Commitment In Feature Debut

Tribeca Review: Alicia Vikander Gives a Restrained, Layered Performance in The Last Day

Features

10 Years of Nitrate Picture Show: A Religious Experience of What Cinema Can Be

New to Streaming: Two Pianos, The Last One for the Road, Pressure, The Wizard of the Kremlin & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“There Are Always Fascists to Defeat”: John Waters on the Enduring Legacy of His Films and Never Getting Cancelled

“It Was Our Job to Commit”: John Early on the Roman Empire, Paul Verhoeven, and Maddie’s Secret

“I’ve Got No Idea How That Works”: Mark Jenkin on Rose of Nevada

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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