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A Compassionate Spy Review: Steve James Crafts a Slippery Examination of Noble Betrayal

The latest film from acclaimed documentarian Steve James, A Compassionate Spy, comes with a fascinating subject: the spy who leaked nuclear information from th...

Klondike Director Maryna Er Gorbach on the State of the Russia-Ukraine War and Being Inspired by Maya Deren

If nothing else, Ukrainian director Maryna Er Gorbach’s first solo-helmed feature Klondike can be credited with uncanny timing. A vivid look at an ordinary far...

13 Films to See in August

While the fall movie lineup continues to shift due to studios adamantly deciding not to fairly pay the writers and actors responsible for them being in busines...

TIFF 2023 Adds New Films by Harmony Korine, Tarsem, Larry Charles, Patricia Arquette & More

The Toronto International Film Festival lineup keeps rolling in, with Midnight Madness, Discovery, and Platform programs being unveiled this week. Leading the ...

Exclusive Trailer for Astrakan Introduces an Enigmatic, Stunning Coming-of-Age Tale

A standout among feature-length directorial debuts this year, David Depesseville's Astrakan is one of the most piercing, enigmatic coming-of-age stories, provi...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Carl Franklin

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that the...

Our Body Review: A Deeply Felt, Poetic Hospital Visit

Claire Simon cites Frederick Wiseman’s Hospital (1970) and Near Death (1989) as key inspirations for her latest film, and for much of its 168-minute runtime Ou...

U.S. Trailer for Kōji Fukada’s Love Life Stirs Up the Past

Emerging as one of the most accomplished Japanese directors of the last decade, Harmonium and A Girl Missing director Kōji Fukada is back with his next feature...

U.S. Trailer for Kamila Andini’s Berlinale Winner Before, Now & Then

After Rory O'Connor reviewed Kamila Andini's Before, Now & Then some 18 months ago at Berlinale, where it picked up the Silver Bear for Best Supporting Per...

First Trailer and Clip for Roman Polanski’s The Palace Arrives Before Venice Premiere

Odds are low we'll watch Roman Polanski's The Palace through strictly legal means in the United States, those of us who maintain interest instead waiting for T...

News

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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