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First Trailer for Alejandro G. Iñarritu’s Bardo, Which Has Been Trimmed by 22 Minutes

Breathless reporting on standing ovations is not the only quantitative metric utilized during film festival season. There's also how many minutes directors sha...

The Last of the Mohicans Turns 30: Michael Mann’s Incisive Piece of Historical Fiction

Michael Mann’s films turn on the fulcrum of historical upheaval. Sometimes that upheaval is imminent; sometimes it has already happened. In either case his cha...

The Film Stage Show Classic – Basic Instinct

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr take part in a special Classic episode, disc...

TIFF Review: Empire of Light Recalls the Magic of Better Movies

Any movie about the value of movies should be met with a healthy level of skepticism. There’s the obvious amount of self-satisfaction involved (maybe it’s just...

TIFF Review: The Menu is a Shallow Eat-the-Rich Comedy

It comes as no surprise to see a film like The Menu come out of a major studio like Searchlight Pictures. Populism has been around for a good while, but it’s h...

The Justice of Bunny King Review: Essie Davis-Led Drama Handles a Delicate Scenario with Complexity

There's a crucial point of clarity in the director's notes for The Justice of Bunny King wherein director Gaysorn Thavat admits one of her goals for the film w...

The Enforcer Review: Antonio Banderas is a Conflicted Hit Man in Average Crime Drama

Miami kingpin Estelle (Kate Bosworth) is looking for insurance. Not because she doesn't trust her usual muscle Cuda (Antonio Banderas) anymore, but because she...

First Trailer for M. Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin Finds Dave Bautista Attempting to Avert the Apocalypse

Following his delightfully entertaining genre outing with Old, M. Night Shyamalan is enjoying a bit of career resurgence as one of the few Hollywood directors ...

Léa Seydoux Joins David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, Set for Spring Shoot

If we were so grateful to get a new David Cronenberg film in the first place, it was a pleasant surprise Crimes of the Future also wouldn't be his final hurrah...

The Best Films from the 2022 Venice and Toronto Film Festivals

While we're in the middle of the fall festival season, with Telluride, Venice, and TIFF in the rearview, and NYFF, BFI London, and AFI Fest on the horizon, it'...

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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