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Jean-Luc Godard Transforms an Indian Village in Exclusive Trailer for Amartya Bhattacharyya’s Adieu Godard

It's accepted wisdom that the films of Jean-Luc Godard have transformed the very craft of cinema as we know it today, and filmmakers are continuing to find way...

Bodies Bodies Bodies Review: A Self-Aware Parody of Vapid Lives

Nine years into its existence, A24—the once-indie production and distribution label behind modern greats like Under the Skin (2013), Moonlight (2016), and Uncu...

GAIFF Review: Cyril Schäublin’s Unrest is a Quiet Film of Loud Ideas

The best word to describe Unrest is "clever." It isn't on the level of the artisans and thinkers it lovingly portrays—all the graphers (geo, carto, photo) and ...

Fantasia Review: Inu-oh Presents an Anachronistic Rock Opera to Breathe New Life into Ancient History

Director Masaaki Yuasa and screenwriter Akiko Nogi's adaptation of Hideo Furukawa's novel The Tale of the Heike: The Inu-oh Chapters finishes with a couple scr...

Fantasia Review: Missing is a Crime-Thriller That Flips the Father-Daughter Dynamic

Santoshi Harada (Jirô Satô) has a plan. It concerns a three-million-yen reward for helping capture the infamous serial killer known as "No-Name" (Hiroya Shimiz...

Fantasia Review: Country Gold Captures a Generational Clash with Absurdist Segues

The cost of fame sits in the living room wondering aloud whether dad will be home for Christmas. Why these two young boys' voices have been deepened to sound l...

Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio to Reunite Again for The Wager

Only a few days after learning the highly anticipated Killers of the Flower Moon will likely not see a release this year, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio...

New to Streaming: Benediction, Beba, Los conductos, Derek Jarman, and 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...

Thandiwe Newton Fights Back in First Trailer for Neo-Western Thriller God’s Country

Of the many directorial debuts premiering at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, one of the most impressive was Julian Higgins' neo-western thriller God'...

The Princess Trailer Examines Princess Diana’s Life Solely Through Archival Footage

If one was off-put by the over-the-top theatricality of last year's Spencer, a new documentary exploring the life of Princess Diana will be more up your alley....

News

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

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

Trailers

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Reviews

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

Interviews

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

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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