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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...

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...

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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