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Dressed in Blue Review: A Long-Lost, Essential Document of Spanish and LGBTQI+ Cinema History Gets New Life

Few sights in the lush El Buen Retiro Park in Madrid are as stunning as that of the Palacio de Cristal. On languorous summer days, the iron and glass structure...

DOC NYC Review: Jerry Brown: The Disrupter is an Entertaining Portrait of a Colorful Changemaker

Directed by Marina Zenovich, Jerry Brown: The Disrupter is an entertaining political documentary culling upon extensive archival footage from Brown’s tenure as...

An Akira Kurosawa Classic Gets Reimagined in New Trailer for Living

While it's easy to agree that most remakes these days seem solely concocted for economic rather than artistic reasons, every once in a while a remake comes alo...

Todd Haynes’ May December Wraps Filming with Cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt

One of the most fruitful cinematographer-director pairings in cinema, Ed Lachman and Todd Haynes began working together with 2002's Far From Heaven. Sadly, the...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 489 – Armageddon Time (with Robert Daniels)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Robert Daniels to discuss Jame...

There There Review: Andrew Bujalski Searches for Connection in Disjointed Experiment

Support the Girls, Andrew Bujalski’s previous feature, was a far cry from his usual subgenre of mumblecore, with which he made his mark and was the primary foc...

Jerzy Skolimowski on the Total Freedom of EO, Biblical Tales, and the Power of Robert Bresson

At the age of 84, Polish director Jerzy Skolimowski has crafted one of the most vigorously energetic and vibrant films of the year. Inspired by Bresson's semin...

First Teaser for Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Monster, Set for 2023 Premiere

Before his latest feature Broker even arrives stateside, we have an update on the next film from Japanese director Hirokazu Kore-eda. After heading elsewhere i...

Elegance Bratton on The Inspection, Animal Collective’s Score, and Humanizing the Black Experience

There’s a rhythm to The Inspection, written and directed by Elegance Bratton, that holds the viewer’s attention from minute one. A bristling opening quickly ca...

New to Streaming: TÁR, A Night of Knowing Nothing, Moonage Daydream, The Kingdom, and 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...

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

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

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

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

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

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

Features

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

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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