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Free Chol Soo Lee Trailer: Acclaimed Documentary Examines a Korean American’s Fight for Justice

A premiere at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Julie Ha and Eugene Yi’s documentary Free Chol Soo Lee examines the story of a 20-year-old Korean ...

Nope Review: Jordan Peele Delivers Grand Sci-Fi Spectacle

Only two films have cemented Jordan Peele as a formative voice in contemporary horror, Oscar winner, and rein-puller for one of the biggest properties in scien...

Owen Kline Turns the Funny Pages in First Trailer for Safdies-Produced Directorial Debut

Jesse Eisenberg wasn't the only Squid and the Whale star who brought an A24-backed debut to Cannes. Owen Kline's Funny Pages, produced by the Safdies and shot ...

Skies of Lebanon Review: Alba Rohrwacher Leads a Creative, Heartbreaking Look at Love During Wartime

When historical events are too complex and sprawling to do them justice in a 90-minute film, the best thing is to shrink the aperture. Rather than try cramming...

Listen to the First Episode of Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary’s Video Archives Podcast

For quite some time we've heard Quentin Tarantino would venture into a new medium with The Video Archives Podcast, which doubles in interest as a reunion with ...

Fantasia Review: South Korean Actioner The Roundup is a Non-Stop Thrill Ride

Set four years after events from The Outlaws (known as Crime City in Korea), new director Sang-yong Lee and screenwriter Min-Seong Kim bring Detective Ma Seok-...

Fantasia Review: Mali Elfman’s Directorial Debut Next Exit Imagines a World Without the Fear of Death

While a viral video of a young boy playing cards with his dead father captured the nation so profoundly that suicides and murders have skyrocketed due to human...

Trailer for Jessica Oreck’s One Man Dies a Million Times Tells a Tarkovsky-Esque True Tale Set in the Future

The tradition of Tarkovsky burns bright in Jessica Oreck's One Man Dies a Million Times, a feature which premiered at SXSW back in 2019 and was planning a thea...

Venice Classics 2022 Lineup Features Jacques Tourneur, Seijun Suzuki, Edward Yang & More

While the new premieres at the world's greatest film festivals usually garner much of the spotlight, the lineup of restorations should be equally as exciting t...

Fantasia Review: Dark Nature Unpacks Deepening Psychological Turmoil During a Woodland Retreat

There's risk dealing with a therapy group like that at the center of Berkley Brady's directorial debut Dark Nature: the narrative quite often needs to turn int...

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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