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Kevin Costner is Expanding His Epic Western Horizon into Four Movies

It's been nearly two decades since Kevin Costner last stepped behind the camera and, as he prepares his epic western Horizon, he's making up for lost time. ...

Tribeca Review: B. J. Novak’s Directorial Debut Vengeance is a Smart Comic Thriller

Despite its generic title, B.J. Novak’s feature-directing debut Vengeance is a smart, subversive fish-out-of-water comedy about a stereotypical coastal elite t...

Revealer Review: An Apocalyptic Battle for the Soul Unfolds in a Peep Show Booth

What better setting for a Biblical apocalypse than an XXX novelty shop with peep show booths picketed by religious zealots who, more often than not, protest as...

Tribeca Review: The Drop Falls Flat

Considering comedy is entirely subjective and in the eye of the beholder, I suspect fans of the comedians in Sarah Adina Smith's The Drop––allowed free reign t...

The Criterion Channel Announce July Lineup: Boxing, Noir in Color, Mississippi Masala, and Blake Edwards

The Criterion Channel's July lineup is an across-the-board display of strengths, ranging as it does from very specific programming cues to actor retrospectives...

Tribeca Review: Aisha is a Minor But Impactful Work of Social Realism

Roger Ebert once said movies are like a machine that generates empathy. Such is the third feature by Frank Berry (Michael Inside, I Used to Live Here). Followi...

Tribeca Review: The Black Phone Exists in an Uncanny Valley Between Realism and the Supernatural

Despite the rich texture of its late-1970s setting—the beginning of the latch-key kid era—Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone fails to transcend its central pre...

6 Films to See at BAMcinemaFest 2022

Kicking off this Thursday is one of the finest annual showcases in indie filmmaking, BAMcinemaFest, taking place at BAM Rose Cinemas. Among both well-curated h...

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Team on Sex Positivity, Sex Work as a Vocation, and Collaborating With Emma Thompson

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande is coming out at the right time. Kind, contained, and funny, this film––written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde––serves ...

Sean Durkin, Isabel Sandoval, and Nicole Kidman Set Next Projects

Following up The Nest, director Sean Durkin has set his next feature. The Martha Marcy May Marlene helmer will write and direct Iron Claw for A24, Deadline rep...

News

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Yokohama BJ Blues Makes U.S. Theatrical Premiere on November 11 from Amnesiascope

Trailers

First Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Follows Daniel Craig Searching for a High

Ride a Dreamlike Musical Carousel in Exclusive Trailer for Signe Birkova’s Lotus, Partly Shot on a 1920s Camera

Raoul Peck Investigates a Photographer Pioneer in First Trailer for Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Reviews

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

AFI Fest Review: My Favourite Cake Finds an Autumnal Romance Blooming Under Iranian Authoritarianism

NYFF Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a Powerfully Enraging, Surreally Comedic Look at Zambian Tradition

Features

Tony Leung, Johnnie To, and Chiara Mastroianni Talk Cinema’s Future as the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival Begins

New to Streaming: Trap, One False Move, Rap World, Daaaaaalí!, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Candy Mountain, Chantal Akerman, Azazel Jacobs & More

Interviews

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

“100 Clichés Move Us”: Rumours Directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson on Finding Humor in a World in Crisis

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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