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Jessie Buckley & Rory Kinnear on the Unnerving Provocation of Men, Gender Dynamics, and Fables

Alex Garland built his career on cerebral sci-fi. The novelist-turned-screenwriter-turned-director was responsible for two of the most acclaimed science fictio...

Cannes Review: Marco Bellocchio’s Exterior Night is a Riveting Historical Thriller

Most films ask nothing of you. You simply press play and watch the story unfold, gleaning context as the filmmaker colors in their narrative. But the occasiona...

Hold Your Fire Review: Hostage Situation Sheds Light on America as a White Supremacist Nation

An "us versus them" mentality inherently possesses the drama many documentarians seek to bottle when telling their stories. They mine their topic for the messa...

Torn Hearts Review: Never Meet Your Idols

Keeping things in the family isn't always easy—just ask the Gallagher Brothers. Blood doesn't mean anything once fame and fortune enter the fray because outsid...

David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson Make a Selection of Film Analysis Books Available for Free

If you're looking to take a summer film analysis course for free, David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson have graciously offered that opportunity. The invaluable ...

Cannes Review: Pietro Marcello’s Scarlet is a Tender Tribute to the Imagination

In his previous film Martin Eden, and now with Scarlet, Pietro Marcello has found a novel way to depict artistic striving, closely tying it with the concept of...

Lynne Ramsay to Direct Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh in Stone Mattress

In the five years since the Joaquin Phoenix-led You Were Never Really Here, Lynne Ramsay has circled a number of projects but now, at long last, seems to have ...

Cristian Mungiu Returns with First Trailer for Cannes Premiere R.M.N.

The Romanian New Wave has enjoyed quite a substantial few years with Bad Luck Banging, Malmkrog, Întregalde, and The Whistlers. One of its forebearers, Cristia...

First Trailer for Holy Spider, From Border Director Ali Abbasi

Following his one-of-a-kind, Oscar-nominated fantasy drama Border, Iranian-Danish director Ali Abbasi is heading into Cannes competition with his next feature,...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 472 – On the Count of the Three (with Mitchell Beaupre)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Bill Graham are joined by Mitchell Beaupre to discuss Jerrod Carmicha...

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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