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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'...

Moonage Daydream Director Brett Morgen on Meeting David Bowie and Capturing the Artist’s Spirit

Back in May, Moonage Daydream – the hypnotic, experimental documentary abstraction that encapsulates David Bowie’s life, art, and philosophy – blew the top off...

All That Breathes Trailer: Sundance & Cannes Winner is One of the Best Docs of 2022

The first film to ever win both the Grand Jury Prize (World Cinema) at Sundance and the Best Documentary Prize at Cannes, Shaunak Sen's gentle, inspiring docum...

Venice Review: In Viaggio is a Fascinating Rorschach Test of the Pope

Following The Young Pope, The New Pope, and The Two Popes, the time has officially come for the Woke Pope. In Viaggio, Gianfranco Rosi’s fascinating Rorschach ...

Confess, Fletch Review: Jon Hamm Charms in Clever, Casual Mystery

Jon Hamm finally got the leading man role he deserved after Mad Men. It's a shame it took seven years. Regardless, Confess, Fletch is an absolute treat. Direct...

San Sebastian Review: Ulrich Seidl’s Controversial Sparta Examines Pedophilia with a Non-Judgmental View

Ulrich Seidl is a director of curiosities, of shabby characters, pursued with an uncompromising and sometimes unfashionable gaze. Yet Sparta arrives in competi...

TIFF Review: Sidney Maintains an Icon’s Sanitized Likability

With Sidney Poitier's own voice providing the narrative backbone to Reginald Hudlin's documentary Sidney, we get to rediscover just what a wonderful storytelle...

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

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

First Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Follows Daniel Craig Searching for a High

Ride a Dreamlike Musical Carousel in Exclusive Trailer for Signe Birkova’s Lotus, Partly Shot on a 1920s Camera

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

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tony Leung, Johnnie To, and Chiara Mastroianni Talk Cinema’s Future as the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival Begins

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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