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Thor: Love and Thunder Review: A Stale, Sexless, and Algorithmic Affair

Last year, in an article for Blood Knife, R.S. Benedict diagnosed a central issue plaguing most modern action movies: “Everyone is beautiful. And yet, no one i...

Christian Petzold Begins Shooting The Red Sky Starring Paula Beer

Back in the fall of 2020, when his fairytale Undine was making the festival rounds, German filmmaker Christian Petzold revealed he was working on a new project...

New to Streaming: Filmatique, The Before Trilogy, Montana Story, Noir in Color & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week's selections below and past r...

NYC Weekend Watch: Recent Restorations, Betty Blue, Kenneth Anger & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAM A series on recent restorations showcases what's made rep-going worthwhile of late—I...

Fourth of July Review: Louis C.K.’s Return Bears Little Humor or Passion

Why don't we address the elephant in the room? Fourth of July is of course the surprise new film from Louis C.K., which as pitted against the decadence of prev...

Mr. Malcolm’s List Review: A Period Romance with Electric Wit

Hearing that author Suzanne Allain originally set her idea—a bachelor utilizes an impossible list of criteria to find the "perfect" bride in modern day—before ...

The B-Side – Drew Barrymore (with Mitchell Beaupre & Marya E. Gates)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in...

The Forgiven Review: A Strained Morality Play By and for the Bourgeois

At a time when western cinema is in its most self-consciously liberal mode ever, it’s hard not to have mixed feelings about John Michael McDonagh's The Forgive...

Visions du Réel Review: Gregoris Rentis’ Dogwatch is a Surreal Account of Mercenaries in Limbo

In the world of Gregoris Rentis’ Dogwatch, pirates are the new Godot. The greek filmmaker's feature documentary debut is all about waiting: waiting to leave, t...

Visions du Réel Review: Simon Brückner’s A German Party Offers a Chilling Look at The Country’s Far-Right Faction

If the title of Simon Brückner’s new documentary conjures images of Bavarian beer halls or seedy nights at Kit Kat, don’t get your hopes up. There is an ample ...

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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