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First Trailer for Martine Syms’ The African Desperate Brings an Electrifying End to Academia

One of the most exciting directorial debuts of the year, Martine Syms' The African Desperate is an electrifying ride through the day in the life of Palace Brya...

Venice Review: White Noise is a Death-Defying Black Comic Satire

Certain literary works feel destined for adaptation; with Don DeLillo’s postmodern classic White Noise, published in 1985, it was surely inevitable. Inevitable...

Todd Haynes on the Genius of Douglas Sirk and Collaborating with Kelly Reichardt

“These three films, they're all masterful. They're extraordinary films, and they're actually quite different.” It’s mid-July in Switzerland and Todd Haynes is ...

Announcing the Launch of Indie Film Site Network

We're thrilled to announce the launch of Indie Film Site Network (IFSN), a collaboration between well-respected media outlets covering the most essential devel...

Nanny Trailer: Nikyatu Jusu’s Sundance Winner Examines the Horrors of the American Dream

The jury prize winner at Sundance Film Festival, Nikyatu Jusu's Nanny is a disquieting examination of the horrors of the American Dream through a Senegalese wo...

Our 20 Most-Anticipated Films Premiering at Venice, TIFF, and NYFF This Fall

After highlighting 40 titles confirmed to hit theaters this fall, we now turn our attention to the festival-bound films either without distribution or a r...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 482 – Summer 2022 Grab Bag (with Jordan Raup)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Jordan Raup for a special grab...

Sal Watts’ Long-Lost Black Crime Drama Solomon King Returns in Trailer for New Restoration

Shot in Oakland, California in 1973, the Black crime drama Solomon King marked the only film from writer-director-actor Sal Watts. Featuring a soul-funk soundt...

William Friedkin Sets New Feature with The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial Starring Kiefer Sutherland

While the likes of Martin Scorsese and Steven Spielberg have had a relatively easier time finding the resources to get their films realized, not all the New Ho...

Infernal Affairs Restoration Trailer Finds Tony Leung and Andy Lau Going Head to Head

With Tony Leung and Andy Lau recently reuniting for the new feature Goldfinger, it's only fitting that restorations of the iconic Hong Kong stars' crime trilog...

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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