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Memory Review: Liam Neeson’s Latest Thriller is Decidedly Undercooked

It all started in January 2009. The movie? Taken. The movie star? Liam Neeson. That surprise hit created a new, palpable career path for the Irish thespian. Si...

Anaïs in Love Review: A Breezy, Bright Romance Bursting with Energy

The seasons have changed––spring is here, summer is on the way, and no film out right now better exudes the aura of love in the sunshine than Charline Bourgeoi...

Daniels on Directing as a Duo, Soulmates, and Embracing the Chaos of Everything Everywhere All At Once

Everything Everywhere All At Once has become a cultural phenomenon. Adored by critics and audiences alike, it’s one of the few films of the pandemic era that s...

New to Streaming: Ambulance, Gagarine, The Wobblies & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week's selections below and past r...

NYC Weekend Watch: Robert Downey Sr, Chantal Akerman, Celine and Julie & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Anthology Film Archives Robert Downey Sr's best-known films—some of the funniest ever ma...

Black Box Review: Smart Thriller Undone By Convoluted Solemnity

Even for the twisty paranoid thriller sub-genre, there is a whole lot going on in Yann Gozlan's Black Box. Not boring yet not quite enveloping, the film never ...

Anaïs in Love Director Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet on Cassavetes, Capturing Vitality, and Setting a Tone

Immediately setting a buoyant, vibrant tone that carries through the rest of the film, Charline Bourgeois-Tacquet’s Anaïs in Love makes one of 2022's finest de...

Distant Trailer: Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s Acclaimed Drama Returns to Theaters for 20th Anniversary

Following The Wild Pear Tree, Turkish master Nuri Bilge Ceylan has been working on his next feature for some time and is poised for a return to Cannes Film Fes...

Hello, Bookstore Review: Capra-Esque Documentary Finds Hope in a Small Town

There's a moment in Hello, Bookstore, directed by A.B. Zax, wherein Matt Tannenbaum––owner of The Bookstore in Lenox, Massachusetts––spots a happy customer pic...

Maika Monroe is Being Followed in First Trailer for Watcher

Slipping back into a genre she knows well, Maika Monroe leads Watcher, a slow-burn thriller with a sense of paranoia seeping into every frame. Directed and co-...

News

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

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

Trailers

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Reviews

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

Interviews

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

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

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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