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Ambulance Review: Michael Bay Goes Back to the Basics

The Marvel machine may be the most fortuitous development for Michael Bay. Though the director hasn’t dabbled in the world of superheroes—despite a fondness fo...

Minamata Review: Johnny Depp Finds a Role Fitting For His Talents in Photographer Biopic

A lot of things helped make this past Oscars ceremony an infamous affair—the most innocuous being the addition of two online popularity contests seemingly devo...

Watch: Robert Eggers Visits the Witchy Woods in Debut Short Film Hansel & Gretel

We're now just a few weeks away from Robert Eggers' The Northman and while a review embargo prevents full thoughts from being shared, I'm delighted to report t...

Werner Herzog Will Return to the Inferno in Next Documentary The Fire Within

After working at quite a steady clip the last few decades, the usually intrepid 79-year-old Werner Herzog has had a rightfully quiet pandemic. We've now finall...

U.S. Trailer for Gaspar Noé’s Lux Æterna Descends into Chaos

The season of Gaspar Noé is upon us. Following Climax, the director's next two films are now set for back-to-back U.S. releases. Vortex, which premiered at Can...

Gagarine Directors on Dreaming of Space and the Otherworldly Vision of Leos Carax

Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh's remarkable drama Gagarine is one of the best films of 2022. Centered on Youri, a 17-year-old engineer who is likely on the s...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza Will Get Blu-ray Release This May

Update: The Blu-ray is now available to pre-order here. Not many directors these days get a six-month window between theatrical release and home video relea...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 468 – Nitram (with Eric Langberg)

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

SXSW Review: Seriously Red is a Hilarious Yet Predicable Comedy Following a Dolly Parton Impersonator

Dolly Parton was everywhere at SXSW, from her documentary Still Working 9-5 to her collaboration with Blockchain Creative Labs which involved both a well-recei...

SXSW Review: Look at Me: XXXTentacion is a Kaleidoscopic Peek Behind the Lyrics

An authorized but often unflattering portrait of rapper Jahesh Dwayne Ricardo Onfroy, known as XXXTentacion, Look at Me is a comprehensive study of his career,...

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

17 Films to See in November

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tony Leung, Johnnie To, and Chiara Mastroianni Talk Cinema’s Future as the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival Begins

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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