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Aftersun Trailer: Charlotte Wells Examines Fatherhood in Stunning Directorial Debut

A directorial debut of staggeringly impressive form with a wallop of an ending, Charlotte Wells' Aftersun completely broke me. Following Paul Mescal and Franki...

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...

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

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

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

17 Films to See in November

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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