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Thessaloniki Review: Orlando, My Political Biography Poetically Reframes Virginia Woolf’s Classic Text

A century from publication, Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography is still in vogue. Just before the pandemic, Tilda Swinton––who played Orlando in Sally Potte...

SXSW Review: Caterpillar is a Genre-Defying Tale About the Quest for Beauty

Categorized as a documentary by the filmmakers and programmers of SXSW, Liza Mandelup’s Caterpillar has a lucid structure that feels like a loose, improvised s...

Watch: Jean-Luc Godard Directed a Nike Commercial in 1991 Centered on Death

As rumors swirl of Jean-Luc Godard's final posthumous film eying a Cannes premiere along with the recent premiere of Ben Affleck's Nike drama AIR, it's only fi...

Exclusive Trailer for Oleh Sentsov’s Venice Hit Rhino: Ukrainian Godfather Enters a Criminal Underworld

While we've been receiving vital cinematic dispatches from the frontlines of Ukraine's ongoing battle against Russia, this week another look at the country's h...

U.S. Trailer for Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes Selection R.M.N. Brings Chills and Portent

The wait for a new Cristian Mungiu feature sure isn't short––between 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days he's averaging about one every five years––but nobody, as sc...

Finnish Classic Eight Deadly Shots Receives Restoration Trailer Ahead of Janus Release

In an especially appreciated instance of ask-and-you-shall-receive (and plainly great day for enthusiasts of five-hour Finnish cinema) the World Cinema Project...

John Wick: Chapter 4 Review: A Grandiose Action Epic Executed with Brutal Efficiency

There is a go-for-broke, frenzied aura upon John Wick: Chapter 4. Even for a franchise so heavily steeped in bullets and body count, this outing finds a way to...

Léa Mysius on The Five Devils, Sensual Filmmaking, and Learning From Claire Denis

The sophomore feature from director Léa Mysius is an enchanting work of near-unclassifiable fantasy, an evocative tale that links the sense of smell with long-...

SXSW Review: Rachel Sennott Shows Her Range in I Used to Be Funny

Rachel Sennott continued her impressive run as a quick-witted, creatively vulgar comic in Bottoms, which premiered during South By Southwest’s second night. Bu...

Virginie Efira Finds Delicate Love in U.S. Trailer for Rebecca Zlotowski’s Other People’s Children

One of the most tender, accomplished films of the year is Rebecca Zlotowski's French drama Other People’s Children. Featuring Virginie Efira's best performance...

News

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

Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

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

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

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

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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