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Deep Water Review: The Erotic Thriller is Resurrected with Lurid, Unabashedly Horny Abandon

The tale of Deep Water’s production and release could have easily overshadowed the film itself. Marking the return of Adrian Lyne (Fatal Attraction, 9 ½ Weeks)...

SXSW Review: Apollo 10½ is a Warm, Wise, and Nostalgic Look at Growing Up in the Space Age

A delightful meditation on childhood in the summer of 1969 set literally in the shadows of NASA’s central operations in Houston, Richard Linklater’s contemplat...

Charlie McDowell on Windfall, Being Inspired by Classic Noirs, and Casting Against Type

With his third feature, Windfall, writer-director Charlie McDowell crafts a playful deconstruction of the heist movie. With no specific character names, Lily C...

Jane by Charlotte Review: A Daughter Studies Her Mother in Intimate Yet Unengaging Doc

Is it possible for a documentary to be too intimate? If the answer is affirmative, a prime example might be Jane by Charlotte, actress Charlotte Gainsbourg’s s...

7 Films to See at Locarno in Los Angeles

Considering many films premiering at the Locarno Film Festival can take years to get a release here in the United States—should they get any at all—Locarno in ...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 464 – The Batman (with Brian Tallerico)

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

The Outfit Review: Mark Rylance Leads an Entertaining, Unassuming Mystery Thriller

The key to a good mystery isn't tricking the audience as much as it is entertaining them. The more you watch from this genre, the less slips past your percepti...

SXSW Review: Pretty Problems Explores “Authentic” Experiences for the Super Rich

Directed by SXSW alum Kestrin Pantera (Mother’s Little Helpers), Pretty Problems is yet another indie picture about a floundering 30-something couple stuck in ...

First Trailer for Tokyo Vice Heralds the Return of Michael Mann

It's not a new film, but Tokyo Vice can stand head and shoulders above most else of late, medium be damned, from one indisputable factor: Michael Mann, for who...

Arnaud Desplechin on Adapting Deception and Philip Roth’s Advice

Rarely have I been able to chart my relationship with a film like Arnaud Desplechin's Deception. When we spoke in fall 2015 he told me Philip Roth's slim, dial...

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

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

First Trailer for Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Follows Daniel Craig Searching for a High

Ride a Dreamlike Musical Carousel in Exclusive Trailer for Signe Birkova’s Lotus, Partly Shot on a 1920s Camera

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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