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Benny Safdie Sets Solo Directing Effort with The Smashing Machine Starring Dwayne Johnson

Who was it who said ‘never tell me the odds’? And was it uttered in some distant galaxy’s asteroid hail, or just the butt of a colonoscopy joke? The great gamb...

The Best Performances of 2023

Our year-end coverage continues with a look at the best performances of 2023. Rather than divide categories into supporting or lead or by gender, we've written...

Out of Darkness Trailer: Stone Age Survival Thriller Arrives in February

Set 45,000 years ago, Andrew Cumming's directorial debut Out of Darkness follows six people searching for a home in a brutally inhospitable landscape, stalked ...

First Trailer for Alex Garland’s Civil War Presents a Near-Future, Divided America

After dividing audiences with Men, Alex Garland is back with what looks to be his most ambitious directorial outing yet. Civil War, which follows a divided, ne...

National Film Registry Adds Bamboozled, Terminator 2, 12 Years a Slave & More

Since 1989, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has been accomplishing the important task of preserving films that “represent important cultu...

Disco Boy Trailer: Franz Rogowski is on the Run From the Past

Coming off one of the best performances of the year in Ira Sachs' Passages, Franz Rogowski will next be seen in Giacomo Abbruzzese’s stylish debut Disco Boy, w...

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Includes James Gray, Ava Gardner, and Cats

Catering directly to my interests, the Criterion Channel's January lineup boasts two of my favorite things: James Gray and cats. In the former case it's his fi...

Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two Returns with New Trailer

Since it took Hollywood executives far too long to get their shit together and pay writers and actors what they deserve, a number of major 2023 films were dela...

The 50 Best 2023 Films You Might Have Missed

As the arthouse cinema market continues to regain its footing, the list of what may be considered an overlooked film could be quite vast, depending on one's me...

The Boy and the Heron Cinematographer Atsushi Okui on Analog vs. Digital Animation and 30 Years with Hayao Miyazaki

One of the less public-facing key talents at the most publicly scrutinized animation studio in the world, cinematographer Atsushi Okui joined Studio Ghibli in ...

News

Daniel Day-Lewis Ends Retirement for Anemone Co-Written with and Directed By Son Ronan Day-Lewis

Exclusive Premiere of Sean Henry’s “In Heaven” Video Reworks a Classic David Lynch Tune

Claire Denis and Arnaud Desplechin’s Next Features Secure Financing

Trailers

Nicholas Hoult Faces Justice In Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2

Babygirl Trailer: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson Play Erotic Games

Robert Eggers Brings the Gothic Horror in New Trailer for Nosferatu

Reviews

NYFF Review: Nickel Boys Finds Miraculous Beauty in the Horrors of the World

NYFF Review: The Friend Amply Portrays Grief with an Admirable Naomi Watts Performance

NYFF Review: Afternoons of Solitude is a Hypnotic Take on Bullfighting from Albert Serra

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Samuel L. Jackson, Akerman-Duras, Compensation & More

Posterized October 2024: Rumours, Woman of the Hour, La Cocina & More

New to Streaming: Evil Does Not Exist, Powell and Pressburger, Red Rooms, It’s What’s Inside & More

Interviews

It’s What’s Inside Director Greg Jardin on Manifesting Anxiety, Giallo Lighting, and the Road to Success

“I Made It So I Could Breath”: Tarsem on Restoring The Fall, Distribution Woes, and the Next Chapter

The Substance Director Coralie Fargeat on Playing By Her Own Rules and the Strong Weapon of Humor

Podcasts

The B-Side – Barbra Streisand (with Chris Feil)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 549 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (with Trace Sauveur)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 548 – Janet Planet (with George W. Myers)

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