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Vesper Review: Atmospheric Dystopian Sci-Fi Searches for a Better World

It's the New Dark Ages and the world has devolved to mimic a YA novel's class system with the poor left to fend for themselves in desolate wastelands while the...

The Criterion Channel Unveil October Lineup: Vampires, Ishirō Honda, Songs for Drella, Tsai Ming-liang & More

Though their "'80s Horror" lineup would constitute enough of a Halloween push, the Criterion Channel enter October all guns blazing. The month's lineup also in...

Abel Ferrara on Padre Pio, Casting Shia LaBeouf, and His Upcoming Patti Smith Doc

Walk a few clicks from Venice's Palazzo del Cinema and you'll find the Hotel Excelsior, as grand a work of Moorish revival architecture as you can likely find ...

Ticket to Paradise Review: George Clooney and Julia Roberts Coast in Lazy Rom-Com

2022 has been the year of the big-screen romantic comedy resurgence. But while audiences may have been reminded of the joys of the high-concept, star-driven ge...

TIFF Review: Raymond & Ray Finds Ethan Hawke and Ewan McGregor Stuck in Bland Dramedy

There are types all over Rodrigo García’s Raymond & Ray. There’s Raymond (Ewan McGregor), the more stuck-up type who only wears business-casual. There’s Ra...

TIFF Review: John Hyams Delivers the First Good Pandemic Horror Movie with Sick

Horror movies, like documentaries, have a knack for rolling the cameras whenever tragedy strikes. It didn’t come as much of a surprise when, mere months after ...

RaMell Ross to Direct Adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s The Nickel Boys for MGM and Plan B

After crafting one of the most remarkable documentaries of the last few years with the Apichatpong Weerasethakul-backed, Sundance-winning, and Oscar-nominated ...

San Sebastian Review: Thunder is a Sensually Thrilling Debut Feature

If your thirst for movies about the sexual awakening of French-speaking nuns wasn’t quenched by Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta, take a look at Thunder, a gorgeousl...

Saoirse Ronan to Lead Steve McQueen’s Blitz, Babak Anvari Lands Next Cloverfield Film & More

Earlier this year we learned that following up his five-film anthology Small Axe, Steve McQueen's next narrative feature is Blitz, which will tell the story of...

New to Streaming: Athena, New York Film Festival Favorites, Kino Lorber on YouTube, and 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...

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

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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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