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Beba Review: An Intimate, Introspective Exploration of a Filmmaker’s Life and Ancestry

Writer-director-subject Rebeca Huntt worries aloud whether her family will ever speak to her again after watching her feature debut Beba. It’s a real concern: ...

Pablo Larraín Begins Shooting Next Film El Conde, Arriving on Netflix in 2023

Continuing his trend of bouncing back and forth between English-language projects and Chilean features, Pablo Larraín is following Spencer with El Conde, backe...

New to Streaming: Crimes of the Future, Flux Gourmet, Happening, Watcher & 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...

Tribeca Review: Dreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotel Solemnly Binds the Past and Present

The Chelsea Hotel has a storied history of artistry, creativity, and death. Coming to fame as a place for bohemians to find cheap rent, it grew in notoriety wi...

Tribeca Review: Don’t Make Me Go is a Down-the-Middle Road Trip Movie

Don’t Make Me Go matches John Cho with Mia Isaac for a father-daughter road trip across the states. From director Hannah Marks and screenwriter Vera Herbert, t...

NYC Weekend Watch: Lost Highway, Marie Antoinette, Discreet Charm & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln Center The 4K Lost Highway restoration begins its run as a 20-film ...

Lena Dunham Returns with First Red Band Trailer for Sharp Stick

Marking her first feature since Tiny Furniture (now more than a decade old), Lena Dunham's Sharp Stick debuted at Sundance to an expectedly divisive response. ...

Peter Strickland on Flux Gourmet, Bowel Issues, Social Anxiety, Taboo Breaking, and Sonic Atmosphere

Peter Strickland wants to break taboos. The man behind films about giallo sound technicians (Berberian Sound Studio), BDSM-practicing lepidopterists (The Duke ...

Hit the Dance Floor in Exclusive Poster and Clip for Christos Nikou’s Apples

After working with Yorgos Lanthimos on Dogtooth and Richard Linklater on Before Midnight, Christos Nikou debuted his first feature Apples at Venice Film Festiv...

The Territory Trailer: Darren Aronofsky-Backed Sundance Winner Takes an Immersive Journey into the Amazon

Produced by Sigrid Dyekjær and Darren Aronofsky, Alex Pritz's directorial debut The Territory, partially shot by the Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people, examines the Indige...

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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