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Exclusive Trailer for Hà Lệ Diễm’s Acclaimed Doc Children of the Mist Explores Coming of Age in the Mountains of Vietnam

One of the most acclaimed documentaries on the recent festival circuit is arriving just before the year closes out. Hà Lệ Diễm’s Children of the Mist, which la...

Return to Seoul Review: An Aching Reconciliation of an Incomplete Existence

Two titles at this year's New York Film Festival were deep character studies of women with fragmented pasts and a future that attempts to haunt them. While Tod...

Paweł Łoziński on Changing the Rules of the “Documentary Game” with The Balcony Movie

Taking a sight familiar to most during the pandemic––the view outside your window––and making it even more narrow, The Balcony Movie explores a universe of tho...

DOC NYC Review: Barbara Kopple’s Gumbo Coalition is a Thick Stew of “Good Trouble”

A sprawling exploration of a progressive coalition that includes the inner-city-focused Urban League and Latinx-focused UnidosUS, Gumbo Coalition is the latest...

Ang Lee to Direct His Son Mason Lee in Bruce Lee Biopic

Following Life of Pi, released a decade ago this fall, Ang Lee dabbled in the transportive cinematic technical experiments Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk and ...

First Trailer for Cocaine Bear Finds a Black Bear On the Hunt for More Blow and Blood

As we anxiously await the (presumably) cocaine-free adventures of Paddington 3, there's another bear in town. Directed by Elizabeth Banks and scripted by Jimmy...

James Cameron Says He’ll Only Direct About Six More Movies and Half Will Be Avatar Sequels

13 years since Avatar, we're now less than a week away from the first reactions to James Cameron's Avatar: The Way of Water as press screenings soon commence. ...

First International Trailer for Pietro Marcello’s Scarlet Introduces a Gorgeous Fable

Unless you were lucky enough to catch it on the 2019 festival circuit, the pandemic unfortunately led to most viewers seeing Pietro Marcello's stunning drama M...

Easy Rider Reboot is in the Works

Bullitt isn't the only late 1960s film getting a reimagining for the modern era. Dennis Hopper's Easy Rider, a landmark film that helped to usher in the New Ho...

MUBI Unveils December 2022 Lineup

MUBI has announced its lineup of streaming offerings for next month, including Park Chan-wook's Decision to Leave, alongside his 1999 short film Judgement, as ...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

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

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

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

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

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

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

“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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