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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...

David Lowery Sets Next Film with Epic Pop Melodrama Mother Mary Starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel

There may be no director getting more use out of the one-for-them, one-for-me method of filmmaking than David Lowery. Following up The Green Knight, he returne...

News

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Martin Scorsese Praises I Saw the TV Glow, Reveals Plans for Next Films

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

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

Features

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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