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SXSW Review: Andrea Riseborough is Brilliant in the Harrowing West Texas Drama To Leslie

British-born Andrea Riseborough deserves credit for her ability to seemingly morph into any character like a chameleon. With veteran TV director Michael Morris...

New Directors/New Films 2022 Lineup Announced

Returning from April 20-May 1 for its 51st edition, New Directors/New Films has announced this year's lineup. Taking place at NYC's Film at Lincoln Center and ...

SXSW Review: Lily Gladstone Traverses the Lonely Road in The Unknown Country

Beginning with a departure in the dead of night in the middle of winter, and ending perhaps where its lead Tana (Lily Gladstone) was destined to go, Morrisa Ma...

SXSW Review: Anonymous Club is a Kodachrome Trip Through Courtney Barnett’s Creative Process

A current of loneliness runs through Danny Cohen’s beautifully haunting Anonymous Club, a rich documentary filmed in 16mm chronicling little more than a year i...

SXSW Review: Under the Influence Finds Casey Neistat Turning His Lens on David Dobrik and the YouTube Culture of Enablers

What initially starts as a light-hearted look at YouTube star David Dobrik and his “Vlog Squad” evolves into a portrait that doesn’t quite know what to make of...

Dual Trailer: Karen Gillan is Seeing Double in Riley Stearns’ Sci-Fi Drama

Following his deadpan dark comedies Faults and The Art of Self-Defense, Riley Stearns heads into sci-fi territory with Dual, which still finds slivers of humor...

Tom Cruise Returns to the Sky in New Trailer for Cannes-Bound Top Gun: Maverick

Thanks to the pandemic and Tom Cruise's undying commitment to the theatrical experience, it's now the longest we've gone since the release of a new film starri...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 467 – Deep Water (with David Rooney)

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

Life Is Suffering: David Cronenberg on Kidney Stones, NFTs, and Crimes of the Future

I double-checked the email offering to interview David Cronenberg about his kidney stones. Of course there's no filmmaker with whom I'd more expect to discuss ...

The Contractor Review: Chris Pine Leads Conventional Yet Engaging Suspense Thriller

James Harper (Chris Pine) knows that military life has two faces. He grew up with first-hand knowledge thanks to a gung-ho Ranger dad who forced him to spend h...

News

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

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

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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