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Tribeca Review: Rudy! A Documusical is a Messy Look at a Messy Man

As complex and conflicted as the man himself, Rudy! A Documusical––which premiered on the same evening as the first primetime January 6 hearing––never quite kn...

Abandoned Review: Emma Roberts Faces a Deteriorating Mind in Slow-Moving Horror

A former preschool teacher from "the city," Sara Davis (Emma Roberts) had been told by so many parents of the euphoric sense of love they cultivated the moment...

The Criterion Collection Announce September Lineup: Blow Out in 4K, World Cinema Project, Sean Baker & More

So as the summer starts does Criterion eye fall, their latest announcement bringing us to September—a month that will finally bring another installment of Mart...

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...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

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

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

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

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

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

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

“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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