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Dìdi (弟弟) Director Sean Wang on Resisting Nostalgia, Marketing Battles, and Why First-Time Directors Need Patience

It wouldn’t have been Sundance without at least a handful of coming-of-age stories. Sean Wang’s audience award winner Dìdi (弟弟) proves that, with a n...

15 Films to See in August

As the summer movie season comes to a close, August brings a shockingly stacked slate of offerings, topped by a film that is sure to age like a fine classic in...

Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door Set for Centerpiece of 62nd New York Film Festival

After just wrapping production a few months ago, Pedro Almodóvar is already putting the finishing touches on his next feature. Following Venice Film Festival's...

Coup! Review: Peter Sarsgaard Leads a Class Comedy Less Thrilling Than Biting

Let's talk about the pandemic for a moment. No, not the COVID-19 Pandemic. The pandemic that, 100 years ago, killed millions and shuttered the United States fo...

Fantasia Review: The Code Finds Dasha Nekrasova and Peter Vack Pushing Through the Chaos of Modern Life

Ahead of its world premiere at the Fantasia Film Festival, The Code announced itself with several red flags. Set during the Coronavirus pandemic in 2021 with a...

Joel Potrykus on Vulcanizadora, the Darkness of Parenthood, and True Independent Filmmaking

Five years after his surrealist comedy Relaxer, and over a decade since his breakout Buzzard, Joel Potrykus is back with Vulcanizadora. For those familiar with...

Merchant Ivory Trailer Explores One of the Great Filmmaking Partnerships

One of the greatest filmmaking partnerships to grace the industry is getting its deserved due in a new documentary. Directed by Stephen Soucy and featuring Dam...

NYAFF Review: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Offers Phenomenal Sets and Creative Stunts

The apartment complexes making up what used to be Kowloon Walled City effectively sealed it off from the rest of Hong Kong. Soi Cheang's Twilight of the Warrio...

Slingshot Trailer: Casey Affleck and Laurence Fishburne Venture to the Far Reaches of the Galaxy

The return of the Alien franchise isn't the only space adventure of August. Mikael Håfström, director of the Oscar-nominated Evil and 1408, is headed deep in o...

Claire Denis Says She Would Direct a Batman Movie Under One Condition

It's a great time to be a Claire Denis fan. After delivering two (severely underrated) movies in one year with Both Sides of the Blade and Stars at Noon, she's...

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

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

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

Reviews

AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism

Paddington in Peru Review: Threequel Fails to Climb to Franchise Heights

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

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

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

“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

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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