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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 ...

Tribeca Review: A Wounded Fawn Finds a Serial Killer Getting More Than He Bargained For

This weekend is supposed to be a rebirth for Meredith (Sarah Lind). After battling the demons of an abusive relationship, she's accepted an invitation of roman...

Tribeca Review: Angelheaded Hipster: The Songs of Marc Bolan & T. Rex Celebrates a Rock Icon Ahead of the Curve

It has been nearly 45 years since the death of Marc Bolan, a.k.a., T. Rex., at the shockingly young age of 29. Yet five decades after the heyday of glam rock, ...

Wong Kar Wai Has Recreated the Scent of In the Mood for Love for New Limited Collection

As post-production continues on Blossoms Shanghai, Wong Kar Wai has been dabbling in NFTs and, once again, revisited In the Mood for Love—this time not with hi...

Celebrate Julee Cruise with David Lynch’s Concert Film Industrial Symphony No. 1

Some time since a celebrity death hit like Julee Cruise. Though rightfully known and loved for her appearances in Twin Peaks—series, film, series again—her wor...

Phil Tippett on Realizing His Decades-Long Passion Project Mad God

Something that genuinely can be described as a passion project, the new stop-motion animated film, Mad God has been with legendary visual effects artist Phil T...

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

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

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

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

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

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

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

“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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