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Murina Director Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović on Rebellion, Nature, and Martin Scorsese’s Advice

Directorial debuts rarely arrive as fully formed as Murina, Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović's riveting Cannes Camera d'Or winner that follows a coming-of-age journ...

10 Films to See at Fantasia International Film Festival 2022

As with most events this year, the Fantasia International Film Festival is heading back to theaters for its 2022 edition, the 26th year of its existence. From ...

Aubrey Plaza Gets Desperate in First Trailer for Emily the Criminal

Diving deeper into dramatic territory, Aubrey Plaza leads the new crime thriller Emily the Criminal, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival earlier this yea...

Michael Mann Aims to Adapt Heat 2 Into “One Large Movie”

The novelistic sprawl of Heat 2 proves massive, surely bigger than any film Michael Mann's made. Running as it does between 1988, 1995, 2000, Los Angeles, Chic...

Posterized July 2022: Murina, A Love Song, Resurrection & More

Theaters are back! Or that's what the studios would like you to believe from the huge box-office takes of Top Gun: Maverick and Minions: The Rise of Gr...

Olga Review: Gymnast Drama Balances Politics and Personal Struggle

Director Elie Grappe and co-writer Raphaëlle Desplechin waste no time showing their gymnast drama Olga is about more than the parallel bars. They introduce 15-...

A Love Song Trailer: Dale Dickey and Wes Studi Search for Connection in Colorado

A major highlight of Sundance and Berlinale earlier this year, A Love Song is a quaint drama of raw emotion. Max Walker-Silverman's directorial debut follows D...

First Trailer for David O. Russell’s Amsterdam Reveals a Star-Studded Crime Epic

After a prolific first half of the last decade with five films in four years––The Fighter, Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle, and Joy––David O. Russell ...

Claire Denis on Both Sides of the Blade, Autofiction, and FaceTime

Interviewing Claire Denis keeps one on their toes. Receptive to good ideas and quick to challenge any false note, the director—by most metrics one of our gre...

Viola Davis is The Woman King in First Trailer for Gina Prince-Bythewood’s Historical Epic

After breaking out with Love & Basketball at the start of the century, Gina Prince-Bythewood delivered her first action epic with The Old Guard just a few ...

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

Armand Trailer: Renate Reinsve Leads Norway’s Oscar Contender

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

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

New to Streaming: A Different Man, The Outrun, My Old Ass, Used Cars & More

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

“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

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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