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Wes Anderson Returns to the World of Roald Dahl in First Trailer for The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar

Following his western sci-fi feature Asteroid City, we're getting a whole lot more Wes Anderson this year, specifically later this month on Netflix. His latest...

Remembering Every Night Review: A Soothing Cinematic Experience of Simple Pleasures

If, like me, you have a morbid fascination with the strangest conspiracies of the far right, chances are you’ve encountered protests around the concept of the ...

TIFF Review: Uproar is an Effective New Zealand Coming-of-Age Dramedy

Fitting in has never been easy for Josh Waaka (Julian Dennison) as a Brown young man in an almost all-white New Zealand Christian school. Things were easier fo...

TIFF Review: After the Fire Details the Fight Against a Broken Bureaucracy

There's no need for writer/director Mehdi Fikri to spend too much time on the tragic death of twenty-five-year-old Arab-Frenchman Karim itself. We already know...

TIFF Review: Wang Bing’s Youth (Spring) Hopes for a Better Future

Speaking about his underseen 1970 film British Sounds, Jean-Luc Godard said it was important that the bourgeois heard oppressive factory noise the working clas...

TIFF Review: Denis Côté’s Mademoiselle Kenopsia is a Strangely Effective Portrait of Monotony

This writer is not necessarily fond of Quebecois director Denis Côté's experiments, which oscillate between slow-cinema, documentary, and deeply unfunny deadpa...

TIFF Review: Ladj Ly’s Spiritual Sequel Les Indésirables Strives to Balance Anger and Entertainment

Ladj Ly not only wants to be the truth-teller of French cinema, but a director of exciting, dynamic action as well. His concentration on Paris' underprivileged...

TIFF Review: They Shot The Piano Player is a Well-Researched, Unremarkable Animated Documentary

Using animation as the medium for feature-length documentaries is a fairly novel development, Waltz with Bashir and Flee being notable examples of internationa...

Final Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

After years of rumors, confirmations, production, post-production, waiting for release news, a Cannes premiere, and two-week theatrical delay, we might abstain...

TIFF Review: Rustin is a Propulsive Biopic That Unpacks Prejudice

It just goes to show how one movement will always be followed by another. No matter how integral Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo) proved to advancing Civil Right...

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

Oh, Canada Trailer: Richard Gere Reflects on His Life in Paul Schrader’s Poignant Drama

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

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

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

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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