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The Criterion Collection’s January 2023 Lineup: Bergman Island, Lars von Trier, Terry Gilliam & More

And lo a new year begins—or will in two-and-a-half months' time, which still won't stop Criterion from cracking the seal. 2023 (Christ) begins on a bang with B...

BFI London Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Might Be the Finest Adaptation Yet of the Carlo Collodi Classic

Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio is widely understood as an easily accessible coming-of-age metaphor—peeling back our childlike wonderment at the wo...

NYFF Review: “Sr.” is a Tender, Reflexive Portrait of the Downey Family

Robert Downey Sr.'s accolades and popularity pale in comparison to his son. While Downey Sr. focused on writing and directing underground cinema in the 1960s a...

Olivier Assayas and Kristen Stewart Are Planning a New Film

If it was a great year for Olivier Assayas fans, the paradox is that knowing the man can still produce one of his liveliest, boldest, funniest, all-around-grea...

NYFF Review: She Said Depicts Harvey Weinstein’s Downfall as Measured Procedural

“Can I quote you?” As it did throughout Jodi Kantor and Meghan Twohey’s intrepid investigative journalism for the New York Times, that question reverberates in...

NYFF Review: Till Gives Proper Treatment to an Essential American Story

Chinonye Chukwu’s Till finds the Clemency writer-director facing the story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy lynched in 1955. More specifically the story of ...

New to Streaming: Stars at Noon, Dark Glasses, Piggy, The Northman & 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...

Stream Tindersticks’ Stars at Noon Soundtrack

It's been nine years since Tindersticks released a Claire Denis soundtrack; every listen to Stars at Noon (of which I've had several this week) justifies that ...

Stream John Carpenter’s Halloween Ends Soundtrack

Halloween Ends arrives like the undercooked dessert of a three-course meal nobody much enjoyed—but what garnish these John Carpenter scores were! Unlikely as i...

Sepa: Nuestro Señor de los milagros Review: A Long-Lost Film from Herzog Collaborator Finds New Life

After years of working with someone like Werner Herzog, it seems you deserve some rest—especially after films as spectacular as Aguirre: The Wrath of God and F...

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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