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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,...

Experience a Cinematic Fever Dream in Exclusive Trailer for Camilo Restrepo’s Los Conductos

Premiering in a pre-pandemic world, Camilo Restrepo's Los Conductos was a highlight at the 2020 Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Best First Feature Prize...

Ethan Coen Flies Solo with Next Directorial Feature, Shooting this Summer

After a nothing less than extraordinary few decades, it's looking increasingly likely that 2018's The Ballad of Buster Scruggs will be the last Ethan and Joel ...

Justin Kurzel on Nitram, Gun Culture, Creative Partnerships, and Step Brothers

Controversy is no stranger to Justin Kurzel. His 2011 debut Snowtown, an impressionist true-crime drama of harrowing power, dramatized Australia’s most notorio...

News

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

Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

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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