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Berlin Review: Scala is an Incandescent Tribute to a Cinema and its Passing

In the heyday of big-screen entertainment Thailand was home to some 700 standalone single-screen theaters. By 2019 only one of them survived in Bangkok. It was...

Berlin Review: One Year, One Night is a Benign Dramatization of the Bataclan Terror Attacks

It took seven years before any filmmaker dared touch the Utøya massacre; then in 2018, all of a sudden, we had two too many. It probably didn't help that the f...

Berlin Review: Queens of the Qing Dynasty is a Character-Focused Look at Nonconformity

Our introductions to writer/director Ashley McKenzie's leads in Queens of the Qing Dynasty are not to be forgotten. Whether Star's (Sarah Walker) open-mouthed ...

James Mangold to Direct Buster Keaton Biopic

Born over 125 years ago, the legacy of Buster Keaton endures in everything from Jackass to Jackie Chan. The subject of a lauded new book by Dana Stevens has fu...

The 2022 Oscar-Nominated Short Films, Reviewed

Ahead of the Academy Awards, we’ve reviewed every short film in each category: Animation, Documentary, and Live Action. Animation Affairs of the Art ...

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...

News

Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

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

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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