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Cate Blanchett Reteams with Jim Jarmusch For His Next Film Father Mother Sister Brother

While he didn't release a new film this year, the work of Jim Jarmusch still got the cinematic spotlight thanks to Aki Kaurismäki's inclusion of The Dead Don't...

The Journey of Making a Living as a Documentary Filmmaker: Chris Wilcha on Flipside

Nearly 24 years ago, Chris Wilcha premiered his debut feature documentary, Target Shoots First, a fascinating personal essay shot on a Hi8 camera gifted to him...

The Black List’s 2023 List of Best Unproduced Screenplays

Rounding up the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, as voted on by hundreds of film executives, The Black List has been a strong resource to clue one in ...

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...

Peter Greenaway Begins Filming Lucca Mortis with Dustin Hoffman and Helen Hunt

One year after his 80th birthday and with a new lease on life, Peter Greenaway's begun shooting his first feature since 2015's Eisenstein in Guanajuato with a ...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: The Impact of Siskel & Ebert, Unleashing Oppenheimer, and Lots of Late Gift Ideas

This is our last filmmaking books column in 2023, and it’s a good one. Plus, you can watch for even more gems from recent months in our companion column runnin...

Lighting the Unreal: Robbie Ryan on the Mad World of Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things

It could be said a cinematographer's greatest attribute is flexibility. Loathe though I am attributing much credence to Twitter prompts, it's fairly often that...

NYC Weekend Watch: Days of Heaven, Heaven Knows What, Jesus Christ & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumThe new 4K Days of Heaven restoration is now playing (read our interview with Bro...

New to Streaming: Killers of the Flower Moon, Kelly Reichardt, Walk Up, Revoir Paris, and More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

Sight and Sound’s Top 50 Films of 2023 is Led by Killers of the Flower Moon

Sight and Sound have unveiled their top 50 films of 2023, led by Killers of the Flower Moon and, somewhat humorously, featuring a tie between Barbie and Oppenh...

News

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Yokohama BJ Blues Makes U.S. Theatrical Premiere on November 11 from Amnesiascope

Trailers

First Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Follows Daniel Craig Searching for a High

Ride a Dreamlike Musical Carousel in Exclusive Trailer for Signe Birkova’s Lotus, Partly Shot on a 1920s Camera

Raoul Peck Investigates a Photographer Pioneer in First Trailer for Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Reviews

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

AFI Fest Review: My Favourite Cake Finds an Autumnal Romance Blooming Under Iranian Authoritarianism

NYFF Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a Powerfully Enraging, Surreally Comedic Look at Zambian Tradition

Features

Tony Leung, Johnnie To, and Chiara Mastroianni Talk Cinema’s Future as the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival Begins

New to Streaming: Trap, One False Move, Rap World, Daaaaaalí!, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Candy Mountain, Chantal Akerman, Azazel Jacobs & More

Interviews

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

“100 Clichés Move Us”: Rumours Directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson on Finding Humor in a World in Crisis

Podcasts

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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