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James Ivory and Stephen Soucy on Merchant Ivory’s Legacy, Life-Long Collaboration, and Their Best Film

James Ivory has made so many films. And of the forty-plus he’s made––nearly everything under the Merchant Ivory Productions banner––many are masterpieces. Trul...

Memoir of a Snail Trailer: Mary & Max Director Adam Elliot Returns With First Claymation Feature in 15 Years

Recently featured on our fall movie preview, Memoir of a Snail marks the long-awaited return to feature filmmaking from Adam Elliot, director of 2009's Mary &a...

New to Streaming: Trap, Lee Chang-dong, Kinds of Kindness, Napoleon: Director’s Cut & 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...

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (January 14, 2005)

Welcome to a new episode from The Film Stage! It’s not The Film Stage Show. It’s not The B-Side! It’s something else! It’s a Box Office Bonanza from The Film S...

Venice Review: Pablo Larraín’s Sparse But Admirable Maria Paints a Tragic Portrait

After the detour of El Conde, Pablo Larraín returns with a study of opera singer Maria Callas, thus closing out a triptych of films on glamorous women, gilded ...

Martin Scorsese on Marlon Brando’s One-Eyed Jacks: “It Cries Back to the End of the Westerns”

Whatever pedigree ought to be established as the sole film directed by Marlon Brando, One-Eyed Jacks spent so much time in obscure status and degraded states t...

“I Hate Her”: Zia Anger on the Thorny Self-Portrait My First Film

Zia Anger's name has not broken into the mainstream; it's instead been a kind of totem for underground film artistry, to whatever extent that even exists anymo...

The Telluride Film Festival’s 2024 Lineup Includes Alfonso Cuarón, Guy Maddin, Alain Guiraudie & More

Unless you're a major studio or willing to pay for a rent-spiked ski lodge––and even then––few festivals ring more exclusive than Telluride, which has the dist...

The Falling Star Review: Jacques Tati-Esque Noir Falls Just Short of Absurdist Ambitions

What if Jacques Tati made a film noir? The Falling Star offers a commendable answer to this question, though the final result does not quite live up to such ex...

40 Films to See This Fall

With the summer movie season now quietly winding down, fall is upon us. As we do each year, after highlighting the best films offered thus far, we've set ...

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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