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Exclusive Trailer for João Pedro Rodrigues’ Musical Fantasy Will-o’-the-Wisp, Premiering at Cannes 2022

Six years after his evocative character study The Ornithologist, Portuguese director João Pedro Rodrigues is returning with a new feature. The 67-minute Will-o...

Cannes Review: Three Thousand Years of Longing is Another Ambitious Swing for George Miller

In Three Thousand Years of Longing, an introverted historian (as if there's another kind) meets a genie. The historian is played by a bespectacled Tilda Swinto...

Ethan Hunt Returns in First Trailer for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

The last action franchise––or perhaps Hollywood franchise, in general––worth giving a damn about is finally returning next summer. After a few pandemic-related...

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...

News

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

December on the Criterion Channel Includes Bob Dylan, John Waters, MTV & More

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

Trailers

U.S. Trailer for Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here Introduces Brazil’s Oscar Entry

The Wages of Fear Returns In Explosive Trailer for 4K Restoration

Asif Kapadia and Samantha Morton Imagine the Future in Trailer for La Jetée-Inspired 2073

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

New to Streaming: A Different Man, The Outrun, My Old Ass, Used Cars & More

Interviews

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

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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