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Robert Zemeckis to Direct Tom Hanks in Eric Roth-Scripted Here, Which Spans Thousands of Years

While my auteurist admiration for Robert Zemeckis has carried through even with his latest, widely-derided offerings, I can't say there's much excitement aroun...

New to Streaming: The Souvenir Part II, Parallel Mothers, jeen-yuhs, Blackhat & 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...

Francis Ford Coppola Hopes His $120 Million Epic Megalopolis Will Be a Yearly Viewing Tradition – Forever

Francis Ford Coppola has been developing his sci-fi epic Megalopolis for longer than most people reading this have probably been alive, but the gears have fina...

Watch Park Chan-wook’s New 21-Minute Short Film for Apple

It's been six long years since the last film from South Korean master Park Chan-wook, The Handmaiden, but he's now poised to return this year with the mystery ...

Elvis Trailer: Baz Luhrmann Returns to the Big Screen to Rock ‘n Roll

Having only directed five films across thirty years, the wait for a new Baz Luhrmann feature is usually a long one. For his sixth feature, Elvis, this break ha...

jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Review: The Making and Unraveling of a Cultural Icon

The falsified myth of the overnight success is further solidified in jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy, a three-part, nearly five-hour documentary by Coodie & Chi...

NYC Weekend Watch: Jonas Mekas, Mifune-Kurosawa & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln Center A retrospective of the invaluable Jonas Mekas has begun. Film ...

Berlin Review: Dry Ground Burning is a Fulminating, Engrossing Paean to the Marginalized in Bolsonaro’s Brazil

In the late 1950s newly elected President of Brazil Juscelino Kubitscheck ordered the country’s capital be moved from Rio de Janeiro toward a more central loca...

Berlin Review: Tyler Taormina’s Happer’s Comet is a Hypnotic Ode to the Night Owl

Spotting COVID-era ephemera was novel in the films of 2021—even in some of the best. As early as last February we saw masks being worn, some pointedly below th...

Playground Director Laura Wandel on Cycles of Bullying and Taking a Children’s Point of View

With her forceful feature debut Playground, Laura Wandel takes an intimate, intense look at the intricacies of abuse at school from a child's point of view. Fo...

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

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

17 Films to See in November

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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