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Fantasia Review: Glorious is a Bathroom-Set Horror Comedy of Apocalyptic Proportions

The universe has a favor to ask. Well, it's the universe's would-be destroyer asking on its behalf. After an eternity hidden in the ether watching the life tha...

The Gray Man Review: The Russos Brothers Deliver a Hideous, Dreary Franchise Hopeful

Netflix’s dreary $200 million franchise hopeful The Gray Man deserves at least one compliment: it begins with relative finesse. Recruited out of prison as a ta...

NYC Weekend Watch: Showgirls, Princess Mononoke, Time Bandits & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy Cinema Showgirls has multiple 35mm screenings; Queen of the Damned plays on film th...

KVIFF Review: Small, Slow But Steady Packs a Punch

What drops of cinema are still to be wrung from boxing? The new Japanese drama Small, Slow But Steady is about as calm and modest as its title suggests, but th...

Tom Burke and Ruth Wilson Strike a Volatile Bond in First Trailer for True Things

Premiering at TIFF last year, Harry Wootliff's drama True Things will now arrive this September. The first trailer has landed, featuring the story of Kate (Rut...

My Donkey, My Lover & I Review: Jackass Forever

Taking a more natural interpretation of D. W. Griffith’s phrase by way of Jean-Luc Godard—"All you need to make a movie is a girl and a gun”—Caroline Vignal’s ...

Alone Together Review: Katie Holmes’ Pandemic Relationship Drama is Tone-Deaf and Trivial

People died, businesses closed, and health and science became politicized to a point of no return. But what about the good that COVID accomplished? What about ...

The First Poster for Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer is Here to Change the World

Set for a release exactly one year from today, Christopher Nolan's epic drama Oppenheimer, about the father of the atomic bomb, is now in post-production and U...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 478 – Elvis (with Rico Gagliano)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by Rico Gagliano (host/writer/editor of the MUB...

New Plot Details for Wes Anderson’s Asteroid City, Acquired by Focus Features

After working with Searchlight Pictures for his previous three features, Wes Anderson will reteam with Moonrise Kingdom distributors Focus Features for his nex...

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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