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Locarno Review: Lebanese Lockdown Diary Tales of the Purple House is Blandly Nourishing

In Tales of the Purple House, French-Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel and his wife, Lebanese artist Nour Ballouk, offer a collaborative video diary of the last few...

Beast Review: Idris Elba Finds a Feline Foe in Lean, Likably Earnest Creature Feature

There’s no better form of getting over a dead parent or spouse than combatting a killer animal. At least that’s the thesis of The Shallows, Crawl, and now Beas...

Exclusive: The Film Stage Presents One-Night-Only Stream of Acclaimed Brazilian Drama Private Desert on Filmatique

A highlight of last year's festival circuit, Aly Muritaba's Private Desert is the bracing story of a suspended police officer who searches for his online love,...

New to Streaming: Ken Jacobs, The Legend of Molly Johnson, Spin Me Round, The Princess & 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: Keane, Love Unto Death, Sátántangó & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln Center As the 4K restoration of Keane opens (read our interview with Lod...

Lodge Kerrigan on Keane, the Magnetism of Damian Lewis, Steven Soderbergh’s Cut, and the Economics of TV vs. Film

Often a re-release is granted to some long-cherished classic or cult sensation. In the case of Lodge Kerrigan’s Keane, which played the festival circuit throug...

Locarno Review: It Is Night in America is a Rebellious Paean to Animals and Images on the Brink of Extinction

The few people bobbing up in Ana Vaz’s It Is Night in America are anonymous ciphers, their faces scarcely (if at all) visible, protruding limbs or silhouettes ...

60th NYFF Adds Films by Bertrand Bonello, Bi Gan, João Pedro Rodrigues, Helena Wittmann & More

Following the Main Slate and Spotlight announcements, the 60th New York Film Festival has unveiled its Currents section. The slate of boundary-pushing work fea...

First Trailer for Jafar Panahi’s No Bears Arrives Ahead of Venice, TIFF, and NYFF Premieres

A radically defiant artist, Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been making some of the most vital––both artistically and politically––works of the last three de...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 481 – Resurrection (with Isaac Feldberg)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Isaac Feldberg to discuss Andr...

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

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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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