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Vermiglio Trailer: Maura Delpero’s Gorgeous Venice Winner and Oscar Entry Arrives This Christmas

As evidenced in our best cinematography round-up, one of the year's most beautiful movies is Maura Delpero’s Vermiglio, shot by Leviathan and The End cinematog...

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...

News

The Friend Trailer: Naomi Watts Inherits Billy Murray’s Best Friend

First Look at Carla Simón’s Alcarràs Follow-Up Romería

Friendship Trailer: Tim Robinson is Obsessed with Paul Rudd

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Berlinale Premiere The Memory of Butterflies Explores Latin American History

Exclusive Trailer for Sophie Somerville’s Berlinale Premiere Fwends Captures Life in Melbourne

Tsui Hark Returns In U.S. Trailer for Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants

Reviews

The 2025 Oscar-Nominated Live Action Short Films, Reviewed

Rotterdam Review: Wind, Talk to Me is a Moving and Vivid Hybrid Study of Grief

Rotterdam Review: Tiger-Winning Fiume o Morte! is a Historical Reenactment of Rare Wit and Energy

Features

Posterized February 2025: Armand, Universal Language, The Monkey & More

New to Streaming: All We Imagine as Light, Matt and Mara, Suze, Jazzy & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“Institutions Have Collapsed”: Universal Language Team on Iranian Cinema, Individualism, and Canadian History

Bill Morrison on His Oscar-Nominated Short Incident and the Systemic Problems of Policing

Jonathan Rosenbaum on Selling His DVD Collection, Championing Raúl Ruiz, and the Role of a Critic

Podcasts

The B-Side – Queen Latifah (with KT)

The B-Side – In Conversation with Julia Stiles on Her Directorial Debut Wish You Were Here

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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