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Lost Illusions Review: Sprawling Balzac Adaptation Gets Lost in Translation

Around the inception of Cahiers du Cinéma François Truffaut coined a term, “cinéma de papa,” to describe what he and cohorts sought to rebel against: the domin...

Exclusive Poster for Alex Thompson’s Tribeca Premiere Rounding Lights a Flame

Following his SXSW winner and Indie Spirit nominee Saint Frances, writer-director Alex Thompson turns to the psychological drama for his next feature Rounding....

Anonymous Club Trailer: Take a Musical Journey With Courtney Barnett This July

Captured over three years on 16mm, the new documentary Anonymous Club goes on the road with Courtney Barnett as she tours the world for Tell Me How You Really ...

UFOs Make Contact in Final Trailer for Jordan Peele’s Nope

One of the final wide releases worth paying attention to this summer is arriving in just over a month. Following the one-two punch of Get Out and Us, Jordan Pe...

Jurassic World: Dominion Review: Tired Franchise is Exhausted of Thrills and Pleasure

“At some point you do plan to have dinosaurs on your dinosaur tour, right?” That quip lobbed at Jurassic Park (the fictional place) creator John Hammond also s...

Steve McQueen, Joseph Kosinski, and John Hillcoat Move Forward With New Features

Following up his five-film anthology Small Axe, Steve McQueen's next narrative feature is Blitz, which will tell the story of Londoners during WWII in 1940 as ...

Julia Garner Lands Madonna Role, Isabelle Huppert Reteams with François Ozon & More

In a major casting coup, The Assistant star Julia Garner has beat out Florence Pugh, Alexa Demie, Odessa Young, and more to be offered the role of Madonna...

Cristian Mungiu on R.M.N. as a Microcosm of the World and Why Cinema Isn’t a Teacher

If Cristian Mungiu isn't the most prolific filmmaker to emerge from Romanian cinema's gilded age, he does tend to cause a stir. Cristi Puiu was first in the do...

Vesper Trailer: Sci-Fi Feature Examines Survival After the Collapse of Earth’s Ecosystem

If Hollywood's sci-fi outings have left one a bit disappointed in terms of a lack of imagination, a more grounded genre outing looks to hit the mark. Lithuania...

First Trailer for Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey Expands the Predator Universe

Six years after breaking out with 10 Cloverfield Lane, director Dan Trachtenberg is back with his next feature, one which hopes to revitalize the Predator fran...

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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