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The Black List’s 2024 List of Best Unproduced Screenplays

Rounding up the best unproduced screenplays in Hollywood, as voted on by hundreds of film executives, The Black List has been a strong resource to clue one in ...

Follow a Hummingbird Rehabilitator’s Journey in First Trailer for Every Little Thing

One of the most delicate, heartwarming films I saw at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year was Sally Aitken's Every Little Thing, which follows the journey...

A Complete Unknown Review: James Mangold’s Biopic Falls Short of Bob Dylan’s Genius

In a revealing anecdote after the first screening of his latest biopic A Complete Unknown, James Mangold relayed the question posed to him by Bob Dylan: "So wh...

The Best Performances of 2024

Our year-end coverage continues with a look at the best performances of 2024. Rather than divide categories into supporting or lead or by gender, we've written...

Rob Tregenza Makes Return In Exclusive Trailer for The Fishing Place

In the last couple years I’ve conducted two very long interviews with Rob Tregenza, whose journey through cinema comprises four independent features of stagger...

Adrien Brody Builds His Magnum Opus in New Trailer for The Brutalist

We're now finally just about a week away from the U.S. release of Brady Corbet's The Brutalist, which will roll out in NY and LA in 70mm engagements starting n...

28 Years Later Trailer: Danny Boyle and Alex Garland Bring a New Era of Zombies

After the 2000s brought us 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later, get ready for a whole new trilogy of zombie features in the franchise. Danny Boyle, returning six ...

The Best Cinematography of 2024

"A cinematographer is a visual psychiatrist–moving an audience through a movie making them think the way you want them to think, painting pictures in the dark...

Posterized December 2024: Nosferatu, The Brutalist, The End & More

We've reached another year's end, so get ready for all the limited releases and qualifying runs primed for Oscar consideration as guild votes start pro...

John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2024 Include Love Lies Bleeding, Queer, Joker: Folie à Deux & More

One of our favorite traditions in best-of-the-year festivities is a lineup that tends to find a more interesting path than any guilds or critics groups. The wo...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January 2025 Lineup Features David Bowie, Nicole Kidman, Sean Baker & More

Brady Corbet Reveals First Details for Next Film, Inspired by Horror and Westerns

The Criterion Collection’s March 2025 Lineup Includes Michael Mann, Alan Rudolph, and The Wages of Fear on 4K

Trailers

Black Bag Trailer: Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett Play Spy Games for Steven Soderbergh

Enter an Expansive World in Exclusive U.S. Trailer and Poster for Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel’s Eat the Night

Warfare Trailer: Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza Capture the Horrors of Battle in Real-Time

Reviews

Endless Summer Syndrome Review: An Incest Drama With Depth

Carry-On Review: Jaume Collet-Serra Delivers A New Christmas Crime Classic

A Complete Unknown Review: James Mangold’s Biopic Falls Short of Bob Dylan’s Genius

Features

The Best Undistributed Films of 2024

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Pacino Remembers, Clinical Cronenberg, De Palma on De Palma & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Robert Siodmak, Marlon Brando, Tokyo! & More

Interviews

Alessandro Nivola on The Brutalist, The Room Next Door, and the “Total Mayhem” of You Were Never Really Here

“Look at the Cinema”: Nickel Boys Cinematographer Jomo Fray on First-Person Filmmaking and the Opulence of Mundanity

“There’s No Villains in This Film”: Joshua Oppenheimer on The End and Value of Self-Deception

Podcasts

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

The B-Side – Ridley Scott (with Maria Lewis)

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The Black List’s 2024 List of Best Unproduced Screenplays

Follow a Hummingbird Rehabilitator’s Journey in First Trailer for Every Little Thing

A Complete Unknown Review: James Mangold’s Biopic Falls Short of Bob Dylan’s Genius

The Best Performances of 2024

Rob Tregenza Makes Return In Exclusive Trailer for The Fishing Place

Adrien Brody Builds His Magnum Opus in New Trailer for The Brutalist

28 Years Later Trailer: Danny Boyle and Alex Garland Bring a New Era of Zombies

The Best Cinematography of 2024

Posterized December 2024: Nosferatu, The Brutalist, The End & More

John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2024 Include Love Lies Bleeding, Queer, Joker: Folie à Deux & More