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Mira Nair on Mississippi Masala’s Enduring Impact, Body Language, and That Phone Call Scene

After being lost in the tendrils of rights issues for many years, Mira Nair’s 1991 masterpiece Mississippi Masala is finally being brought back to audiences wi...

Jane Schoenbrun on the Power of Slow Cinema and the Loneliness of the Internet in We’re All Going to the World’s Fair

In the midst of writer-director Jane Schoenbrun’s We’re All Going to the World’s Fair it becomes easy to forget we're watching a film, not a swirl of the next ...

Mickey Rourke Joins Roman Polanski’s The Palace, Which Has Begun Production

It's been nearly a year since we learned Roman Polanski was planning The Palace, a drama co-written by Jerzy Skolimowski and set on New Year’s Eve 1999 in a lu...

New to Streaming: Good Time, Paris, 13th District, Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy & 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: Ghost in the Shell, Tale of Cinema, Lady Terminator & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Japan Society Ghost in the Shell kicks off "Monthly Anime." Film at Lincoln Center ...

Penélope Cruz & Antonio Banderas Are Egomaniacal Movie Stars in U.S. Trailer for Official Competition

Poking fun at an industry they know quite well, Almodóvar favorites and renowned international legends in their own right, Penélope Cruz and Antonio Banderas' ...

First Teasers for David Cronenberg’s Cannes-Bound Crimes of the Future, Set for June Release

One of the best surprises of this morning's Cannes Film Festival lineup announcement was that not only are we getting the world premiere of a new David Cronenb...

2022 Cannes Film Festival Lineup Unveiled

After a skipped year and then a delayed year, the Cannes Film Festival is now back in its usual spring slot, taking place May 17 through 28. After many rumors ...

Kristen Stewart, Safdies, Jacques Audiard & More Line Up New Projects

Kicking off today's news round-up, Kristen Stewart will lead the next film from Saint Maud director Rose Glass. Titled Love Lies Bleeding, THR reports the A24 ...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 469 – Ambulance (with Jonah Jeng)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Robyn Bahr, and Bill Graham are joined by Jonah Jeng to discuss Michael ...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Trailers

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

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

Features

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

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

Interviews

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

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

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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