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NYFF Review: The Eternal Daughter Finds Tilda Swinton in a Remarkable Metanarrative

In the tradition of Okja and Hail, Caesar!, writer-producer-director Joanna Hogg has gifted the world with two Tildas (Swinton, that is) in one film. Just shy ...

Hamburg Review: Trenque Lauquen is a Rewarding Epic About Puzzles of the Heart

There are many films that start with a bang and many that climax at the end. There are fewer that wow with a deliberately calibrated, orgiastic halfway mark. T...

TIFF Review: Tora’s Husband is a Meandering Third Feature from Rima Das

Rima Das is one of this century's most remarkable indie-filmmaker stories from India. Essentially a one-woman crew, she released her debut feature Village Rock...

Ruben Östlund on Sexuality as Currency, #MeToo, and the YouTube Inspirations for Triangle of Sadness

Ruben Östlund has always maintained a fearlessness in his work. 2011’s Play depicted a group of Swedish-Somali boys who rob white kids by preying on their disc...

NYC Weekend Watch: Isabelle Huppert, NYFF Revivals, The Addiction & More

Film Forum Isabelle Huppert, our (give or take) greatest living actress, is celebrated in a retrospective that includes films by Pialat, Chabrol, and more, ...

First Look at Adam Driver in Michael Mann’s Ferrari

As I work my way through Michael Mann's Heat 2 (in deliciously gruff audiobook form), it's a great time to be a fan of the director. Following Tokyo Vice earli...

Posterized October 2022: Decision to Leave, TÁR, Holy Spider & More

As we work into the second week of the New York Film Festival, the theatrical shift towards awards-season fare officially begins at your local multiple...

New to Streaming: ’80s Horror, Mathieu Amalric, Free Chol Soo Lee, God’s Country & 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...

Hellraiser Review: Tired Reboot Reeks of Unfulfilled Potential

Renowned horror author and filmmaker Clive Barker has oft remarked about his directorial debut, Hellraiser, that he had virtually no idea what he was doing whi...

Paul Schrader Will Form a Tetralogy With His Next Film, Following a Nurse in Puerto Rico

Premiering at the Venice Film Festival and then stopping by the New York Film Festival, many thought Paul Schrader's Master Gardener––following Joel Edgerton's...

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

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Posterized November 2024: A Traveler’s Needs, Queer, Flow, Bird & More

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and 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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