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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 ...

William Friedkin’s Final Film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Receives Trailer

William Friedkin's passing was coupled with anticipation for The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, a Venice-premiering and Showtime-bound adaptation of Herman Wouk's...

Exclusive Trailer for Metrograph’s Robby Müller Retrospective Featuring Films by Jarmusch, Friedkin, Wenders & More

The list of directors who put their trust in Robby Müller could constitute a nice history of post-war cinema. (Some highlights: Wim Wenders, Peter Bogdanovich,...

The B-Side – Michael Keaton: Part II (with Cory Everett)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in...

News

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

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

Trailers

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

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

Reviews

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

Interviews

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

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

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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