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NYFF Review: La Práctica Displays Martín Rejtman’s Comedic Mastery

You’re plenty absolved for not knowing the deal. It’s been 30 years since Martín Rejtman’s debut feature (Rapado), almost 10 from his last (Two Shots Fired), a...

NYC Weekend Watch: Summer Hours, Klute, Gregg Araki & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of the Moving ImageReverse Shot celebrates its 20th anniversary with a months-l...

BFI London Review: The Hypnosis is a Toni Erdmann-Esque Cringe Comedy Skewering Corporate Culture

Toni Erdmann wasn’t the first film to skewer corporate culture, but the epic-length comedy struck a chord with many for how it used a fish-out-of-water conceit...

NYFF Review: A Prince is a Meandering, Otherworldly Tale of Taboos

A Prince, the second narrative feature from French director Pierre Creton, is rather strange. There is a chorus of narrators for a quiet film. This movie is ob...

New to Streaming: Four Shorts by Wes Anderson, Flora and Son, Dreamin’ Wild, 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...

MUBI’s October 2023 Lineup Features Passages, Tsai Ming-liang, Luchino Visconti & More

Having recently shifted away from their one-film-a-day approach, MUBI has now unveiled their October lineup, which is headlined by Ira Sachs' stellar drama Pas...

The Creator Review: Gareth Edwards’ Sci-Fi Spectacle Has Scale But Fails at Sentimentality

If you need an example of a movie that doesn’t earn the portentous use of chapter titles and an “Everything In Its Right Place” needle-drop, look no further th...

The Criterion Channel’s October Lineup Includes ’90s Horror, Techno Thrillers, James Gray & More

These last few years the Criterion Channel have made October viewing much easier to prioritize, and in the spirit of their '70s and '80s horror series we've gr...

The Human Surge 3 Review: Eduardo Williams Pushes the Edges of What Cinema Can Achieve

In an interview with the Metrograph Journal, Eduardo Williams remembers the first time he ventured into a jungle. Rumor had it the forest teemed with cougars, ...

San Sebastian Review: Cristi Puiu’s MMXX is a Provocative, Frustratingly Opaque View of the COVID Era

Clearly the COVID-19 scenario's been on Cristi Puiu's mind. After all, the Romanian director loudly voiced his opposition to mask mandates when on the publicit...

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

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

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

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

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

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

Features

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

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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