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Babylon Uncensored Trailer: Damien Chazelle Lavishly Captures Hollywood in Transition

Damien Chazelle is back with his fifth feature this winter and it is his most ambitious undertaking thus far. Led by Diego Calva, Margot Robbie, and Brad Pitt,...

Jean-Luc Godard, French New Wave Icon, Has Died at the Age of 91

A pioneering, revolutionary titan of the cinematic form, Jean-Luc Godard has passed away at the age of 91, as reported by French newspaper Liberation. The pape...

TIFF Review: How to Blow Up a Pipeline is an Urgent Depiction of Impact

Logan (Lukas Gage) meets Shawn (Marcus Scribner) holding a red-covered book within a section of a bookstore both men are trolling for like-minded individuals. ...

TIFF Review: Lena Dunham’s Medieval Comedy Catherine Called Birdy Plays it Safe

Lena’s Dunham’s new film Catherine Called Birdy represents a difficult case for this critic. The overwhelming feeling of “it’s simply not for me” throughout th...

TIFF Review: The End of Sex Delivers a Raunchy Conceit in an Endearingly Wholesome Way

Emma (Emily Hampshire) and Josh's (Jonas Chernick) first kiss was at a summer camp as teenagers and, minus a few break-ups here and there, they've been togethe...

TIFF Review: Chevalier Finds a Fantastic Kelvin Harrison Jr. Embodying a Virtuoso Violinist

TIFF wasn't kidding when they said they were welcoming director Stephen Williams back after pivoting into prestige television. It's been 27 years since his the...

TIFF Review: The Maiden is an Artistically Ambitious, Emotionally Inert Study of Grief

The Maiden, Graham Foy’s feature film debut after a series of impressive shorts, shows a lot of formal skill but a lack of flair for dramaturgy. The film initi...

Clerks III Review: A Jersey Boy Comes Home Again

For die-hards who have been there from the beginning, it can be frustrating to watch the evolution of a filmmaker's work as they branch out and try their hand ...

Sofia Coppola Casts Jacob Elordi as Elvis and Cailee Spaeny as Priscilla Presley for New Feature Priscilla

It's nice, every so often, to find yourself squinting and emitting a tiny what the fuck at a production item. I couldn't help—really couldn't help; forgive the...

TIFF Review: The Young Arsonists Captures Malaise with Beauty and Style

Small town rural living tends to instill a sense of malaise in youth and neither Nicole (Maddy Martin) nor Veronica (Jenna Warren) are exceptions to that rule....

News

James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Tarsem Singh, Jaume Collet-Serra, Kim Jee-woon, Paul W.S. Anderson & More Set Next Films

Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

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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