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Hirokazu Kore-eda on Why Monster is Not Like Rashomon, Queer Storytelling, and Ryuichi Sakamoto

Returning to Japan for the first time since his Palme d'Or-winning Shoplifters - after venturing to France and South Korea - Hirokazu Kore-eda's Monster was in...

First Look at Robert Eggers’ Nosferatu Brings Murnau to the Modern Age

Update: Nosferatu will open on December 25, 2024. After his biggest project yet with The Northman, Robert Eggers jumped quickly into his long-developing pas...

Film Fest Knox Introduces New Ways of Seeing in Inaugural Edition

We are less than a year removed from Robert Redford’s provocative declaration, at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival’s opening presser, that “there are too many f...

Thessaloniki Review: Camping du Lac is a Bewitching Ode to Stories and Storytellers

A film enamored with stories and with the art of telling them, Éléonore Saintagnan’s Camping du Lac opens with the director addressing the audience the way a r...

U.S. Trailer for Germany’s Oscar Entry The Teachers’ Lounge

While it's difficult to imagine there will be a better German film––or film, period––this year than Christian Petzold's Afire, the country went with Ilker Çata...

Frederick Wiseman on the Artistry of Cooking and Creating Echoes of His Work

Frederick Wiseman’s new film, Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros, a four-hour documentary on the Troisgros family and their three restaurants located in central Fran...

The Film Stage’s 2023 Holiday Gift Guide

The holidays are upon us, so whether you looking for film-related gifts or simply want to pick up some of the finest the year had to offer in the category for ...

Christopher Blauvelt on May December, Formatting for Netflix and 35mm, and Life Lessons from Harris Savides

Many cinematographers wouldn't want to be mistaken with someone else, but Christopher Blauvelt was exceedingly unbothered when I revealed May December initiall...

New to Streaming: Queens of the Qing Dynasty, Albert Brooks, The Creator, Good Time & 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...

Watch an Exclusive Clip from The Gods of Times Square, Presented by Josh Safdie

The true pleasure of watching a filmmaker's favorites is spotting influence. Artists, for all their daring and transgression, can only go so far escaping this,...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

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

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

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

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

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

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

“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

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

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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