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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...

The Monk and the Gun Trailer: Pawo Choyning Dorji Returns with Bhutan’s Oscar Entry

Returning after his Oscar-nominated directorial debut Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom, Pawo Choyning Dorji's IFSN Advocate Award-shortlisted The Monk and the Gu...

News

James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Tarsem Singh, Jaume Collet-Serra, Kim Jee-woon, Paul W.S. Anderson & More Set Next Films

Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

Trailers

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Reviews

AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism

Paddington in Peru Review: Threequel Fails to Climb to Franchise Heights

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

Features

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Posterized November 2024: A Traveler’s Needs, Queer, Flow, Bird & More

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

Interviews

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

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

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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