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The Criterion Channel’s April Lineup Includes Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, Delphine Seyrig, Ethan Hawke & More

No two ways about it: April's a great month for the Criterion Channel, which (among other things; more in a second) adds two recent favorites. We're thrilled a...

Zhang Yimou to Direct Cliff Walkers 2

Working at an immensely steady clip in the last few years, Zhang Yimou is setting his sights on the first sequel amongst his vast career. Following the impress...

The B-Side – The Final Frame: Peter Bogdanovich (with James Kenney)

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...

New to Streaming: The Godfather 4K, Jackass Forever, All My Friends Hate Me & 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: Alain Resnais, Romeo + Juliet, Naruse & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Metrograph Resnais, Demy, and Varda lead Left Bank Cinema; Metrograph A to Z continues w...

Panos Cosmatos Sets Sci-Fi Feature Nekrokosm with A24

One only gets word on a new Panos Cosmatos film so often—might as well appreciate it as it comes. Though the director, who we've admired since Beyond the Black...

The Lost City Review: Easy Breezy Adventure Rides on Charisma and Comedy

Without yelling at the clouds too loudly, let me just say: the theatrical experience is rough out there. There are still multiple screens dedicated to a certai...

U.S. Trailer for The Tale of King Crab Introduces a Transportive, Transfixing Odyssey

One of the most transportive, transfixing discoveries of last year's festival circuit was the Cannes and NYFF selection The Tale of King Crab. Coming from Ital...

SXSW Review: Soft & Quiet is a Provocative, Timely American Nightmare

Warning: Some spoilers ahead. Told in real-time across one (seemingly) unbroken shot, Beth de Araújo’s Soft & Quiet is perhaps the most provocative film...

Andrew Dominik’s Blonde Officially Gets NC-17 Rating, Trailer Arrives For His New Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Doc

Shot back in 2019, it's been a long wait for Andrew Dominik's Marilyn Monroe drama Blonde to see the light of day, but it looks like 2022 is finally the year. ...

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

Posterized November 2024: A Traveler’s Needs, Queer, Flow, Bird & More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & 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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