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Cyrano Review: A Stand-Out in a New Age of Movie Musicals

There is a moment forty minutes into Joe Wright's Cyrano where everything kicks up a notch. As a military regiment practices their swordcraft on a stunning pie...

Hellbender Review: Metal-Fueled Tale of Witchcraft Proves Less is More

As an accused witch is lifted into the air by rope in the hands of three women, we anticipate the worst. There's no choice when we already know what the latest...

Berlin Review: Super Natural Delivers Beautiful Sentiments with Cyclical Redundancy

Less a film than an experience, Jorge Jácome's Super Natural is the kind of work that only achieves the sort of transcendence it aspires towards if the viewer ...

Dear Mr. Brody Trailer Uncovers the Peculiar Tale of a Hippie Millionaire Who Wanted to Give Back

Not in fact a documentary about one of our most erudite film critics, Dear Mr. Brody uncovers the peculiar true tale of a hippie millionaire who wanted to give...

First Look at Cillian Murphy in Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer

With production getting underway on Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer—and as a bid to get ahead of the paparazzi sure to swarm the set—Universal Pictures have un...

U.S. Trailer for Radu Muntean’s Întregalde Explores Horrors of Humanity in the Transylvanian Forest

A selection at Cannes, TIFF, and NYFF, Romanian filmmaker Radu Muntean's latest work Întregalde plays with notions of genre trappings to tell a grounded story ...

Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon Will Be Released in November

We are now in the year of a new Martin Scorsese film. Following up The Irishman, the director embarked on another epic production, an adaptation of David Grann...

Adam Sandler Hits the Court in First Trailer for Hustle, From We the Animals Director Jeremiah Zagar

With Murder Mystery 2 now filming, Adam Sandler is brilliantly still letting Netflix pay for his on-location vacations, but in a post-Uncut Gems world the star...

Berlin Review: Denis Côté’s That Kind of Summer Shines a Light on Hypersexuality

Denis Côté is a weird kind of humanist, arriving at that angle from an offbeat starting point. Maybe the key to his work thus far is his short, powerful 2012 d...

The Criterion Channel’s March Lineup Includes Sophy Romvari, Pasolini, The Age of Innocence & More

Rarely one finds a friend on the Criterion Channel—discounting the parasitic relationship we form with filmmakers, I mean—but it's great seeing their March lin...

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

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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