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NYFF Review: Personality Crisis: One Night Only is an Enjoyable, if Routine Rock Doc from Martin Scorsese

David Johansen has been called many names in his life. He’s been the lead singer of the New York Dolls. He’s been Buster Poindexter. He’s been a member of the ...

First International Trailer for Bertrand Bonello’s Coma Captures a Solitary Life

As filmmakers attempt to grapple with the ongoing pandemic, leave it to one of the great purveyors of modern society to deliver one of the best films about our...

Brother’s Keeper Review: Turkish Thriller Mines the Human Psyche

In a display of authoritarian punishment, the principal (Mahir Ipek) of the Turkish boarding school where Ferit Karahan's Brother's Keeper is set seeks to remi...

Something in the Dirt Trailer: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Dig Up a Mind-Bending Journey

With their DYI approach to filmmaking, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's genre-tinged delights provided a grounded approach to the otherworldly. This is certa...

Park Chan-wook on Decision to Leave, Methodical Directing, and Not Being a Film Buff

Park Chan-wook sees himself first and foremost as a storyteller, and as such his films masterfully marry striking visuals with twisty narratives that befuddle ...

NYFF Review: Stonewalling Navigates the Malaise of China’s Youth

The ebbs and flows of a rather long, deliberately paced narrative can test most viewers. Especially difficult when it seems the movie’s central conflict doesn’...

BIFF Review: Lovely Jackson Provides a Visceral Reckoning with Wrongful Imprisonment

More than just a documentary detailing the circumstances surrounding Rickey Jackson's 1975 conviction for a murder he did not commit, Matt Waldeck's Lovely Jac...

The Fire That Took Her Review: Judy Malinowski Murder Case is Revisited in Heroic, Heartbreaking Doc

There are many reasons director Patricia E. Gillespie wanted to tell Judy Malinowski's story. The most crucial was a desire to ensure she wasn't forgotten. Tha...

U.S. Trailer for The Novelist’s Film Presents Hong Sangsoo’s Best In Years

Well, all right: the headline isn't 100% ironclad. Your mileage may vary on where the best of Hong Sangsoo's recent work—let's say the last five films instead ...

All That Breathes Announced as Recipient of Inaugural Indie Film Site Network Advocate Award

Indie Film Site Network (IFSN) has announced Shaunak Sen’s remarkable, essential documentary All That Breathes as the inaugural recipient of the IFSN Advocate ...

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

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

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

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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