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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...

The Long Walk Review: Mattie Do’s Sci-Fi Drama Warns Against Opening Old Wounds

Modernization and traditional living collide to strong political effect in Mattie Do’s third feature film The Long Walk. Its first few images see both an unide...

Steven Spielberg to Direct New Film Based on Steve McQueen’s Bullitt Character

Coming off of one of his best films this century this far, his new take on West Side Story, Steven Spielberg's next film is already in the can, The Fablemans, ...

Tsai Ming-liang’s Vive L’Amour Gets Long-Overdue Restoration in New Trailer

It's a good time for Tsai Ming-liang fans. Not long after his latest masterpiece, Days, opened to the widest acclaim he's ever received and Goodbye, Dragon Inn...

New to Streaming: France, Friends and Strangers, The French Dispatch & 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...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 462 – The Lost Daughter

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Robyn Bahr, and Bill Graham discuss Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debu...

Hou Hsiao-hsien to Finally Embark on Shulan River This Year & Announces New Project with Chang Chen

After a prolific first two decades of his career (with many films we hope will get new restorations), Chinese-born Taiwanese master Hou Hsiao-hsien has been ta...

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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