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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...

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 ...

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

Oh, Canada Trailer: Richard Gere Reflects on His Life in Paul Schrader’s Poignant Drama

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

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

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

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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