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TIFF Review: Isiah Medina’s He Thought He Died is an Illusory Exploration of Art and Commerce

During the TIFF screening of Isiah Medina’s He Thought He Died, which was preceded by Blake Williams’ 3D short Laberint Sequences, nearly half the theater clea...

TIFF Review: Riddle of Fire is an Uneven But Skillfully Made Children’s Fantasy Adventure

Films with child protagonists present a unique tonal challenge. If overly saccharine whimsy can alienate an adult audience, having precocious kids delivering m...

TIFF Review: Achilles is an Engrossing, Courageous Act of Rebellion Against an Authoritarian Regime

From its opening moments, an Orwelleian gloom envelopes Iranian director Farhad Delaram’s debut feature Achilles. The prying forces of an authoritarian governm...

TIFF Review: Woodland is a Restrained, Visually Stunning PTSD Drama

Right from its opening moments, Austrian director Elisabeth Scharang’s Woodland is visually arresting, commanding one's attention. Which is fortunate as the fi...

TIFF Review: The Critic is an Improbable, Grim Farce Enlivened by Ian McKellen

Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s All About Eve has ably demonstrated that a catty feud between theater critics and actresses is crackling subject matter for witty, adult...

TIFF Review: Defiant Puts a Spotlight on the Battle for Ukraine

For much of Karim Amer's reliably efficient documentary Defiant we follow Dmytro Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs in Ukraine. Following Russia's invasion in...

NYFF Review: Frederick Wiseman Indulges with Restaurant Doc Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros

The first of Menus-Plaisirs Les Troisgros' four hours moves as quick as a glacier. Herbs are inspected at a farmer's market. Two chefs weigh up the benefits of...

New to Streaming: Bottoms, Cassandro, Sanctuary, Padre Pio & 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: Reverse Shot at 20, The Tree of Life, Dog Day Afternoon & 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-long p...

First Trailer for Bruno Dumont’s Sci-Fi Feature The Empire Promises Epic Scale and Silly Gags

Early last year we learned Bruno Dumont would next direct the science fiction feature The Empire, then said to mingle "the common life of the inhabitants of a ...

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

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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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