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Watch Francis Ford Coppola and Shia LaBeouf Quarrel on the Set of Megalopolis

Is Shia LaBeouf a better director than Francis Ford Coppola? It's a question perhaps only considered in the mind of the former, at least evidenced in an exclus...

Predators Director David Osit on Subverting the True Crime Genre, Verité Filmmaking, and Diverse Reactions

David Osit’s Predators makes supremely challenging viewing. In a world of snap judgments, the film, which premiered at Sundance this January and open...

MEGADOC Review: Behind the Scenes of Francis Ford Coppola’s Legendary Big Swing

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Venice coverage. MEGADOC opens in theaters on September 19. A risky filmmaking project with F...

Predators Reviewing: Unpacking the Moral Complexities of a Hit Reality Show

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Predators opens in theaters on September 19. Filmmaker David Osit gives vi...

Plainclothes Review: A Riveting Paranoia Thriller About Coming Out

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Plainclothes opens in theaters on September 19. Set years before George Mi...

The Summer Book Review: A Clunky Drama Connecting Landscape and Soul

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 BFI London coverage. The Summer Book opens in theaters on September 19. In Charlie McDowell’s...

Beautiful, Melancholic, Philosophical: Mike Figgis on Francis Ford Coppola, Megalopolis, and MEGADOC

Reflecting on Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis a year later, after all the memes, hyperbolic hitpieces, and even some admiring reviews, it’s likely public op...

Watch: Scarlett Johansson Finds Rituals in Yorgos Lanthimos-Directed Prada Ad

If one finds it a bit hard to endure feature-length works by Yorgos Lanthimos these days, he may have found his ideal mode of expression in (certainly well-pay...

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Review: Kogonada Crafts a Lovely Adventure with Trademark Empathy

If there’s a thread running through Kogonada’s films to date, it’s his distinct fascination with spare, deeply human character studies unfolding within meticul...

Remembering Robert Redford (with Blake Howard)

In remembrance of the legendary Robert Redford, we're resharing this conversation from 2024 on his extraordinary career and most overlooked performances. We...

News

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Exclusive Palestine 36 Poster and Clip: Palestine’s Oscar Entry Tells an Epic Tale of Resistance

Trailers

Disclosure Day Trailer: Steven Spielberg Returns to Extraterrestrial Exploration

A Major Restoration Arrives in Exclusive Trailer for Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly

Exclusive Trailer for Bertrand Bonello-Scored Europe’s New Faces Covers a Troubled Continent

Reviews

Avatar: Fire and Ash Review: James Cameron Gets His Hands Dirty

Ella McCay Review: A Living Legend’s Final Word on Hope and Forgiveness

Goodbye June Review: Kate Winslet’s Directing Debut is a Well-Meaning Misfire

Features

The Best Undistributed Films of 2025

The Best Scores & Soundtracks of 2025

The Film Stage’s Top 50 Films of 2025

Interviews

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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