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Nina Menkes on Brainwashed, Audiences vs. Critics, and Countering the Male Gaze

Nina Menkes’ bracing 1991 feature Queen of Diamonds is one of a group of notable films by female auteurs that have recently been restored and brought back into...

BFI London Review: Inland Finds Mark Rylance Lost in a Surreal, Unsatisfying Puzzle Box

The mark of any successful directorial debut is whether you can find the makings of a distinctive authorial voice underneath various layers of homage to the ob...

Please, Baby, Please Review: A Gender Deconstruction Set in Stripped-Down Dreamscape

If ever a film was "very much a vibe," as the kids say, it is Please, Baby, Please. Directed by Amanda Kramer from a screenplay by Kramer & Noel David Tayl...

Joaquin Phoenix and Rooney Mara Will Travel to The Island with Cold War Director Paweł Pawlikowski

Don't ask us how it's been four years since Cold War—COVID time-warp's a hell of a thing—but it sure seems a long wait for Paweł Pawlikowski's next. It, presum...

NYFF Review: Nobel Prize Winner Annie Ernaux Memorializes the Past in The Super 8 Years

At a brisk 60 minutes, Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot’s mother-son collaboration The Super 8 Years doesn’t leave time for introductions. Ernaux, a recent ...

Jonah Hill Turns the Camera on His Therapist in First Trailer for Stutz

Following up his 2018 directorial debut mid90s, Jonah Hill has only been seen briefly in a few films since, The Beach Bum and Don't Look Up. He's now returning...

Argentina, 1985 Review: Ricardo Darín Leads Quiet Thriller About the Horrors of Jorge Rafael Videla’s Dictatorship

During the early morning of March 24, 1976, a radio and TV broadcast informed the Argentinian people that their country was now under rule of Joint Chiefs Gene...

Watch a Visual Effects Breakdown for Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave

While Park Chan-wook's masterful cinematic trickery has a great deal to do with the in-camera feats he pulls off, the director also weaves in visual effects qu...

Alejandro G. Iñarritu Returns Home in New Trailer for Bardo

With about 20 minutes trimmed out, Alejandro G. Iñarritu's first film in seven years, Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths, is now ready for its prope...

Listen to Sofia Coppola’s Playlist for Priscilla as Production Commences

Sofia Coppola has begun production on Priscilla, her Priscilla Presley biopic starring Cailee Spaeny and, filling Elvis' massive shoes, Jacob Elordi. Adapting ...

News

MUBI’s January 2025 Lineup Includes Close Your Eyes, Pepe, Luca Guadagnino, Charli XCX & More

The Criterion Channel’s January 2025 Lineup Features David Bowie, Nicole Kidman, Sean Baker & More

Brady Corbet Reveals First Details for Next Film, Inspired by Horror and Westerns

Trailers

The Game Is Out of Joint In Trailer for Grand Theft Hamlet

Gazer Trailer: Paranoia Thriller and Cannes Selection Arrives This February

Exclusive: ’90s Sundance Gem Girls Town Gets 4K Restoration, Trailer, and Theatrical Release

Reviews

Laceno D’Oro Review: Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari Entrancingly Explores the Histories of Science, Cinema, and War

Endless Summer Syndrome Review: An Incest Drama With Depth

Carry-On Review: Jaume Collet-Serra Delivers A New Christmas Crime Classic

Features

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2024

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Guy Pearce on the Egoism of The Brutalist and Why Brady Corbet’s Epic Earns Its Runtime

Robert Eggers on Nosferatu, Jump Scares, and Making Vampires Terrifying Again

“A Good Cinematographer is Like an Alchemist”: Jarin Blaschke on Nosferatu and Lighting Darkness

Podcasts

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

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