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Cannes Review: Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble in Mind Finds Ethan Coen Hitting a Bum Note

In 2021 Joel Coen directed his first feature apart from his brother. Seven months after The Tragedy of Macbeth's premiere, it’s Ethan’s turn to fly solo. The p...

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...

News

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Martin Scorsese Praises I Saw the TV Glow, Reveals Plans for Next Films

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

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

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

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

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

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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