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The Criterion Channel Announce November Lineup: Fox Noir, Sony Pictures Classics, Cure & More

It is fair to assume Criterion could plunder the world of licensed film to build an ultimate noir playlist; credit, then, for focusing sharp and nabbing deep c...

Exclusive Trailer for New Restoration of the Pop Sci-Fi Queer Fantasy Flaming Ears

The radical post-apocalyptic sci-fi lesbian fantasy you need this season, A. Hans Scheirl, and Dietmar Schipek's Austrian odyssey Flaming Ears has been newly r...

Going All the Way: The Director’s Edit Trailer: Jeremy Davies, Ben Affleck & Rachel Weisz Star in Mark Pellington’s Restored Debut

One of the major rediscoveries of the year is a never-before-seen 4K re-edit of Mark Pellington’s Going All the Way, his directorial debut which premiered back...

Tár and Aftersun Lead 2022 Gotham Award Nominees

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced the nominations for the 32nd Annual Gotham Awards, with Todd Field's Tár leading the pack with five nominations...

Nina Menkes on Brainwashed, Audiences vs. Critics, and Countering the Male Gaze

Nina Menkes’ bracing 1991 feature Queen of Diamonds is one of a group of notable films by female auteurs that have recently been restored and brought back into...

BFI London Review: Inland Finds Mark Rylance Lost in a Surreal, Unsatisfying Puzzle Box

The mark of any successful directorial debut is whether you can find the makings of a distinctive authorial voice underneath various layers of homage to the ob...

Please, Baby, Please Review: A Gender Deconstruction Set in Stripped-Down Dreamscape

If ever a film was "very much a vibe," as the kids say, it is Please, Baby, Please. Directed by Amanda Kramer from a screenplay by Kramer & Noel David Tayl...

Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara Will Travel to The Island with Cold War Director Paweł Pawlikowski

Don't ask us how it's been four years since Cold War—COVID time-warp's a hell of a thing—but it sure seems a long wait for Paweł Pawlikowski's next. It, presum...

NYFF Review: Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux Memorializes the Past in The Super 8 Years

At a brisk 60 minutes, Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot’s mother-son collaboration The Super 8 Years doesn’t leave time for introductions. Ernaux, a recent ...

Jonah Hill Turns the Camera on His Therapist in First Trailer for Stutz

Following up his 2018 directorial debut mid90s, Jonah Hill has only been seen briefly in a few films since, The Beach Bum and Don't Look Up. He's now returning...

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

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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