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A Serene Soul-Searching Journey Begins in Exclusive Trailer for Jonas Bak’s Wood and Water

One of the most serene, tranquil tales of the last few years is German director Jonas Bak's Wood and Water, a 16mm-shot feature that picked up an award upon it...

Bi Gan to Shoot Third Feature This Year

With his astounding debut Kaili Blues (2015) and the equally impressive 3D odyssey Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018), Chinese director Bi Gan emerged as one...

Rotterdam Review: In the Poignant, Dreamy EAMI, an Indigenous Community Fights Against Oblivion

Paz Encina’s EAMI opens with a scene that feels yanked from a dream, then hangs in this otherworldly realm for the 83 minutes that follow. The scene is a stati...

Hit the Road Trailer: Panah Panahi’s Remarkable Directorial Debut Takes a Journey Through Iran

Despite a number of masterpieces in his own career, Iranian director Jafar Panahi is not the only family member with a strong vision behind the camera. His son...

The Innocents Trailer: Eskil Vogt Delivers a Haunting Supernatural Tale

It's been quite a year for Norwegian filmmaker Eskil Vogt. Though Oscar-nominated for his co-writing work with longtime collaborator Joachim Trier on The Worst...

Watch: Paul Thomas Anderson Reunites with HAIM for Lost Track Music Video

After using his string of HAIM music videos as tests for Licorice Pizza––camera technology, but also of course collaborating with Alana Haim––it's no surprise ...

Face The Truth: Eiko Ishibashi on the Music of Drive My Car

Ryusuke Hamaguchi, the Japanese writer-director behind 2021’s epic drama Drive My Car, is something of a renegade: his breakout feature, 2015’s Happy Hour, abo...

First Details on Philippe Garrel’s Next Film La lune crevée, Which Will Be a Family Affair

As of late the work of prolific French director Philippe Garrel has gone a bit unappreciated here in the States, the perceived notion being that he keeps recyc...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: The Art of James Cameron, Exploring Welles, Keaton, Wilder, and Lean & More

Our first look at new books on filmmaking in 2022 must start with a mention of what is sure to be the most noteworthy cinema-related text in the first quarter ...

Berlin Review: Hong Sangsoo Delivers Calm, Casual Charms in The Novelist’s Film

There is a small but growing belief among critics that just as Hong Sangsoo inches toward legendary status (festival omnipresence; evangelized by Richard Brody...

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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