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Gianfranco Rosi Takes a Holy Journey in First Trailer for In Viaggio: The Travels of Pope Francis

Following his acclaimed trio of documentaries Sacro GRA, Fire at Sea, and Notturno, Italian director Gianfranco Rosi pivots a bit with next feature, this time ...

Berlinale Review: Sydney Sweeney Astounds in Tina Satter’s Fascinating Reality

A good conceit can go a long way. In 2017, a former U.S. Air Force member-turned-NSA translator named Reality Winner leaked a document to The Intercept exposin...

Berlinale Review: Matt Johnson’s BlackBerry Takes a Mostly Playful Approach to Capturing the Rise of a Tech Company

In BlackBerry, the rise of a blue-chip tech company sets the stage for the dissolution of a longstanding friendship. Sound familiar? Just wait ‘til you hear th...

Berlinale Review: Perpetrator is Another Phantasmagoric, Feminist High-School Horror from Jennifer Reeder

Just when you thought filmmakers and creators had exhausted everything worth saying in American high school-set comedies and thrillers, along comes Chicago-bas...

Agnès Varda Will Receive Documentary Portrait with Viva Varda!

While Agnès Varda explored her own work throughout her career, including in The Beaches of Agnès, her TV series From Here to There, and her final film Varda by...

New to Streaming: Infinity Pool, James Baldwin, The Civil Dead, The Integrity of Joseph Chambers & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

Berlinale Review: Rebecca Miller’s She Came to Me is a Loopy, Painfully Laugh-Free Screwball Black Comedy

She Came to Me has designs on being a grand opera, but it’s definitely more of what the British call a panto. Opening at a swanky cocktail reception as a male ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Citizen Kane, Vanilla Sky, Whisper of the Heart & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Anthology Film ArchivesCitizen Kane plays on 35mm this Saturday and Sunday. Roxy CinemaT...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 497 – Knock at the Cabin (with Cory Everett)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Cory Everett to discuss M. Nig...

The 2023 Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Animation The Boy, the Mole, ...

News

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Yokohama BJ Blues Makes U.S. Theatrical Premiere on November 11 from Amnesiascope

Trailers

First Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Follows Daniel Craig Searching for a High

Ride a Dreamlike Musical Carousel in Exclusive Trailer for Signe Birkova’s Lotus, Partly Shot on a 1920s Camera

Raoul Peck Investigates a Photographer Pioneer in First Trailer for Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Reviews

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

AFI Fest Review: My Favourite Cake Finds an Autumnal Romance Blooming Under Iranian Authoritarianism

NYFF Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a Powerfully Enraging, Surreally Comedic Look at Zambian Tradition

Features

Tony Leung, Johnnie To, and Chiara Mastroianni Talk Cinema’s Future as the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival Begins

New to Streaming: Trap, One False Move, Rap World, Daaaaaalí!, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Candy Mountain, Chantal Akerman, Azazel Jacobs & More

Interviews

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

“100 Clichés Move Us”: Rumours Directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson on Finding Humor in a World in Crisis

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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