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James Gray Says Hollywood is Destroying the Cultural Impact of Movies—But He Has a Fix

A new film from James Gray also means new interviews with one of filmmaking's most brilliant minds. Following the premiere of his autobiographical drama Armage...

Cannes Review: Triangle of Sadness is a Scatological Rinsing of Wealth and Hubris

Ruben Östlund might like his fish in a barrel but he's a ruthless shot. Following a Palme d'Or win for The Square, the Swedish filmmaker returns to Cannes in c...

David Bowie is Waiting in the Sky in the First Trailer for Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream

In a trailer that sells an experience more like 2001: A Space Odyssey than your standard music documentary, the first look at Brett Morgen's David Bowie specta...

Cannes Review: Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother and Sister is a Furious Melodrama

It is lonely being an Anglophone Arnaud Desplechin fan, let alone one based in the U.K. A strong cult generated in the aftermath of his '00s arthouse hits King...

Cannes Review: War Pony Marks a Strong Directorial Debut for Riley Keough and Gina Gammell

There are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States. South Dakota is home to nine, the majority of which lie on the western half. Al...

Cannes Review: Boy from Heaven is an Engaging, Conventional Mosque-Set Spy Thriller

Spy thrillers are a dime a dozen. Rarer is encountering one set in an Egyptian mosque, much less Al-Azhar, one of the most significant mosques in Islamic histo...

Cannes Review: God’s Creatures Finds Emily Watson in Stellar Form

Some actors slip into familiar roles like old sweaters. Emily Watson might prefer a raincoat. The actress first graced our screens in Breaking the Waves for La...

Marielle Heller, Paul Greengrass, Audrey Diwan, Michel Gondry & More Set Next Films

The Cannes market ensures there is no shortage of news updates, and so we have another round-up. The talented Marielle Heller has found her next project as Var...

Cannes Review: Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo is a Bressonian Joy

In one of analytic philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's most widely shared quotes, he mused that "if a lion could talk, we would not understand him.” The barrier ...

Three Thousand Years of Longing Trailer: George Miller Returns with Fantasy Tale Starring Tilda Swinton & Idris Elba

Between Mad Max: Fury Road and his forthcoming Furiosa, George Miller has directed the fantasy drama Three Thousand Years of Longing, coming at the end of Augu...

News

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

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Yokohama BJ Blues Makes U.S. Theatrical Premiere on November 11 from Amnesiascope

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

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

NYFF Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a Powerfully Enraging, Surreally Comedic Look at Zambian Tradition

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

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

“100 Clichés Move Us”: Rumours Directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson on Finding Humor in a World in Crisis

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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