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A.J. Edwards on First Love, Capturing Human Frailties with Grace, and the Brilliance of Running on Empty

Following The Better Angels and Age Out, A.J. Edwards' third feature, First Love, is both a tender tale of blossoming romance and a nuanced depiction of the pr...

The Best Films of 2022 (So Far)

As we approach 2022's halfway point it's time to take a temperature of the finest cinematic thus far: we've rounded up our favorites from the first six months ...

Bitterbrush Review: A Beautiful, Slice of Life Journey Through the Idaho Plains

While they don't know it yet, this is, for friends Colie Moline and Hollyn Patterson, the end of five years range riding together in the American Pacific North...

A Summer of Dario Argento: Watch Trailers For New Retrospective & She Will, Backed by the Horror Maestro

At the age of 81, it's been quite a year for the Italian maestro of blood, Dario Argento. At the top of 2022, the director premiered his first new feature in a...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 475 – Fire Island (with Kyle Turner)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Robyn Bahr, and Bill Graham are joined by Kyle Turner to discuss Andrew ...

Park Chan-wook’s Decision to Leave Set for October Release, New International Trailer Arrives

With Cannes Film Festival now wrapped up, next comes the most pressing related update: when we can actually see the films in theaters. Aside from the likes of ...

Spiderhead Review: Chris Hemsworth Experiments with the Mind in Joseph Kosinski’s Netflix Oddity

Based on a New Yorker short story, Spiderhead has the low-stakes but high-concept feeling of something probably closer to an episode of Star Trek: The Next Gen...

Cannes Review: Lee Jung-jae’s Directorial Debut Hunt is a Knotty Spy Thriller

Lee Jung-jae’s writing, directing, and producing debut Hunt is a tricky film, a wolf in sheep’s clothing. At its heart this is a 50-50 blend of The Raid and JF...

Tribeca Review: Chop & Steele is a Hilarious Buddy Comedy of Joyful Chaos

A random VHS tape of a Mcdonald's janitorial training video serves as ground zero for Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher’s lifelong obsession with obscure video clip...

Tribeca Review: Attachment is Darkly Humorous Horror Set in an Orthodox Jewish Community

Leah's (Ellie Kendrick) reasons for being in Denmark are purely academic. At least, that's what she tells former actress Maja (Josephine Park) upon meeting by ...

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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