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Céline Sciamma on Petite Maman, Cinema as Resurrection, and Childhood Pleasures

There are few things in contemporary cinema as pleasurable as witnessing Céline Sciamma’s fascination with childhood. Although she doesn’t technically make fil...

Cooper Raiff to Direct David Harbour in The Trashers

Following his SXSW winner Shithouse and Sundance winner Cha Cha Real Smooth, the latter of which was picked up for a June release by Apple TV+ to the tune of $...

The Aviary Review: Malin Akerman Escapes Chris Messina’s Cult in Taut Thriller

Freedom is an escape from society's invisible cages. Thus Seth (Chris Messina) teaches his followers at The Aviary to emancipate themselves from those walls. H...

Bodies Bodies Bodies Trailer: A Game Turns Bloody in A24’s SXSW Hit

Premiering at SXSW last month to a strong response, Dutch director Halina Reijn's horror whodunit satire Bodies Bodies Bodies will now arrive in theaters this ...

Flux Gourmet Trailer: Peter Strickland Cooks Up a Delectable Oddity

Carving out quite a niche in stylistic psychological horror thrills with Berberian Sound Studio, The Duke of Burgundy, and In Fabric, Peter Strickland returned...

Exclusive Trailer for Japan Society’s Visions of Okinawa: Cinematic Reflections Featuring Films by Oshima and Marker

To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Okinawa’s reverting from American to Japan, our friends at New York's Japan Society will host, from May 13 to June 3, Vi...

First Trailer for Andrew Ahn’s Fire Island Sets Joel Kim Booster & Bowen Yang on a Summer Adventure

After his relatively subtle and restrained dramas Spa Night and Driveways, director Andrew Ahn is loosening it up a bit with the romantic comedy Fire Island. L...

The Wachowskis Announce Auction of Their Movie Props to Support Trans Youth

Have you ever wanted to own Channing Tatum's latex dog ears from Jupiter Ascending? A wealth of concept materials from The Matrix series? Or the Platinum Recor...

Michael Sarnoski, Alma Har’el, Nia DaCosta & More Announce New Films

A number of notable directors have unveiled new projects in development. First up, Michael Sarnoski, whose directorial debut Pig was one of last year's finest ...

Luca Guadagnino Says His Cannibal Lovers Movie Bones and All is “Extremely Romantic”

Although his last feature was four years ago, Luca Guadagnino has stayed quite busy with other various projects in the meantime from TV shows to shorts to musi...

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

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 Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

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

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

Interviews

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

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

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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