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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, ...

Rodeo Trailer: Lola Quivoron’s Cannes Favorite Revs into Theaters This March

One of the breakouts of last year's Cannes Film Festival, where it premiered in the Un Certain Regard section and picked up a jury prize, was Lola Quivoron's f...

Mike Leigh Will Begin Shooting a New Film This Year

Update: Filming has begun on the new film in London, which will "explore family relationships in the post-pandemic work" and finding Leigh “return to his ongoi...

News

The Criterion Collection’s April Lineup Includes Anora, Chungking Express, and Ugetsu on 4K

Claire Denis’ The Cry of the Guards Finds New Lead with Mia McKenna-Bruce; Production Begins This Month

Long-Rare Films from John Woo, Johnnie To, Tsui Hark & More Acquired By Shout! Studios

Trailers

Jaume Collet-Serra Returns to Horror in First Trailer for The Woman in the Yard

Peter Weir’s Landmark of Australian Cinema Is Salvaged In Trailer for Picnic at Hanging Rock‘s 4K Release

Rounding Trailer: Ghostlight and Saint Frances Director Alex Thompson’s Psychological Thriller Arrives in February

Reviews

Wolf Man Review: Leigh Whannell’s Effective Reboot Scares Up Hereditary Horrors

Emmanuelle Review: Audrey Diwan Subverts an Erotic Classic to Compelling, Alienating Effect

Every Little Thing Review: A Sensitive Portrait of a Great Woman’s Dedication to Hummingbirds

Features

Jose Solís’ Top 10 Films of 2024

Luke Hicks’ Top 10 Films of 2024

Soham Gadre’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Interviews

The Brutalist Composer Daniel Blumberg on the Ambitious, Intensive Process of Scoring Brady Corbet’s Epic

Mike Leigh on Hard Truths, Losing Dick Pope, and the Duty of an Artist

“Cinema Could Be Grander”: Nickel Boys Director RaMell Ross on Perspectives, Contradictions, and True Intimacy

Podcasts

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

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

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

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