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John Waters to Direct First Film in Two Decades

A Dirty Shame is not only the title of John Waters' most recent feature, but also the general feeling when considering the Baltimore-born director hasn't helme...

Jerzy Skolimowski’s Celebrated Eo Gets U.S. Trailer

The words "Bressonian joy" are rarely deployed, but from Cannes onward we've heard almost exclusively great things about Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo, a Balthazar sp...

Listen to Tindersticks’ Track for Claire Denis’ Stars at Noon as Soundtrack Is Announced

A true Tindersticks fan will only welcome whatever's next, but even by such open-armed standards was I dazzled by their soundtrack for Stars at Noon, the (give...

Causeway Trailer: Jennifer Lawrence Deals with Demons of the Past

Jennifer Lawrence's sole outing this year is Causeway, which comes from first-time director Lila Neugebauer. The A24 and Apple TV+ production, which premiered ...

Sirens Review: Finding Poetry in Love and Music

While Rita Baghdadi's documentary Sirens centers upon the first all-female thrash metal band from the Middle East, it's not really about the band. We follow th...

NYFF Review: In Saint Omer, Alice Diop Examines Motherhood Through True Crime

In 2016, documentary filmmaker Alice Diop (We) felt compelled to attend the trial of Fabienne Kabou, a Senegalese mother accused of infanticide. Pregnant at th...

15 Films to See in October

As we get deeper into the fall movie season, October—per usual—delivers some of the most essential films of the year. As much of the cinema-related excitement ...

Francis Ford Coppola Finalizes Cast of Megalopolis Ahead of Fall Production

It's finally happening. After developing the project for decades, Francis Ford Coppola is embarking on his epic drama Megalopolis this fall in Georgia. With a ...

Quentin Tarantino to Embark on Nationwide Book Tour for Cinema Speculation

We are now less than a month away from the latest project from Quentin Tarantino. Following up his expanded novelization of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the ...

BIFF Review: Relative Finds a Reunited Family Searching for Catharsis

Life is about handling contradictions. And they all demand that we choose between compromising, conceding, or refusing to back down—whether it's opposite a fam...

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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