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Hold Me Tight Review: Mathieu Amalric’s Restless Portrait of a Woman Grieving

The narrative action of Mathieu Amalric’s latest directorial feature, Hold Me Tight, adapted from a play which was never staged, takes place in a kind of suspe...

Diego Calva, Margot Robbie & Brad Pitt Lead a Life of Excess in First Images from Damien Chazelle’s Babylon

Despite the misstep that was his ersatz musical La La Land, Damien Chazelle showed quite a bit of promise with Whiplash and First Man, qualities that hopefully...

New to Streaming: Murina, The Cathedral, Elaine May, Beast, Venice 2022 Shorts & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

Venice Review: Dogborn is a Suspenseful Examination of the Complexity of Victimhood

The twins (Silvana Imam's Sister and Philip Oros' Brother) have nothing since their mother passed away. No house. No jobs. No money. Brother doesn't even have ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Remember My Name, Girl 6, Miloš Forman & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy Cinema The series “Woman as Witch” offers 35mm prints of von Sternberg's Disho...

Vicky Krieps on the Scientific Expedition of Acting, Imagined Worlds, and Hold Me Tight

There are few actors working today with the level of emotional intuitiveness of Vicky Krieps. Whenever she emerges onto a screen you innately feel exactly the ...

Pinocchio Review: A Perfunctory Remake with Only a Scant Touch of Zemeckis Magic

Even when experimenting with the latest new-fangled technology, Robert Zemeckis is, at heart, a storyteller of the classical variety. While some recent gambles...

First Trailer for Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Finds Benoit Blanc on the Case

Benoit Blanc is back. While many thought Rian Johnson may be embarking next on a Star Wars trilogy, he found a perhaps unexpected hit with Knives Out, which is...

Renate Reinsve and Anders Danielsen Lie Reteam for Handling the Undead

After a very brief acting debut in Oslo, August 31st, Renate Reinsve reteamed with Anders Danielsen Lie and Joachim Trier for The Worst Person in the World, pi...

First Trailer for Lukas Dhont’s Cannes Winner Close Captures a Fractured Friendship

Although a theatrical release date has not yet been set for Lukas Dhont's second feature Close, A24 is capitalizing off the Telluride premiere of the Grand Pri...

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

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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