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Cannes Review: Kelly Reichardt’s Showing Up Examines the Meditative Joy of Creation

Two years after First Cow, which we collectively named our favorite film of 2020, Kelly Reichardt returns with a work like a line drawing: neat, lean, evocativ...

The Score Review: Johnny Flynn and Will Poulter Lead a Heist Film with a Musical Twist

As Troy (Will Poulter) muses on the car ride out-of-town to meet with "professional criminals" (he and Johnny Flynn's Mike realize they're amateurs at best, st...

U.S. Trailer for Murina Brings Home a Festival Favorite

It's nice seeing a movie grow from festival stand-out to full-blown theatrical release. Credit to Kino Lorber for taking up Murina, which won Antoneta Alamat K...

The Best Films from the 2022 Cannes Film Festival

Returning to its standard May slot for the first time in two years, the 75th edition of the Cannes Film Festival has now concluded, with a familiar Swede takin...

Cannes Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Broker is a Drama of Endearing Sweetness

On April 11, 2019, South Korea’s ban on abortion was struck down by the Constitutional Court. On January 1, 2021, abortion was finally decriminalized. That’s i...

Cannes Review: Adolescent Friendship Tragically Ruptures in Lukas Dhont’s Close

There is a dearth of films about what it means to lose a friendship. With a close friend at most mature stages of life, there is a sense of vibrant chemistry (...

First Look at Bradley Cooper and Carey Mulligan in Maestro

Update: Sarah Silverman has joined the cast as Leonard Bernstein's sister, Deadline reports. After not being seen on screen since 2018 in The Mule and in h...

Quentin Tarantino’s New Book Cinema Speculation Set for Fall Release

It doesn't seem like much coincidence Quentin Tarantino's tenth and final film is being preceded by, let's say, literally anything else he can do. Last year br...

The Bob’s Burgers Movie Review: A Delightful Summer Treat

After struggling to find its footing over an initial season, Loren Bouchard’s Bob’s Burgers has become one of the most delightful half-hours on TV. Its feature...

Triangle of Sadness Wins the Palme d’Or; See Full List of Cannes 2022 Winners

With a jury led by Vincent Lindon and including Rebecca Hall, Deepika Padukone, Noomi Rapace, Jasmine Trinca, Asghar Farhadi, Lady Ly, Jeff Nichols, and Joachi...

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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