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Watch Ryusuke Hamaguchi & Isabelle Huppert Discuss the Language of Cinema in 75-Minute Talk

Not only did Ryusuke Hamaguchi craft two of the greatest films of last year with Drive My Car and Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy, but the rising Japanese master ...

First Clips and Plot Details for Bertrand Bonello’s Coma, Premiering at Berlinale

Update: See the first clips below. Earlier last year it was announced Bertrand Bonello would be embarking on the ambitious sci-fi melodrama La Bête&nbs...

SXSW 2022 Lineup Includes Films by Richard Linklater, Ti West, Gillian Jacobs & More

This year's South by Southwest Film Festival, taking place March 11-20 in-person with select films available online, has unveiled its lineup. With 99 features,...

15 Films to See in February

With Sundance now wrapped up, this month we turn our sights on Berlinale and a number of notable releases arriving both theatrically and digitally. From intern...

10 Must-See Shorts from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival

After providing coverage on nearly every feature premiering at Sundance this year and sharing our top picks, today we take a deeper look at our favorite shorts...

Slamdance Review: Killing the Eunuch Khan is a Visceral Drama Set During the Iran-Iraq War

It would be a mistake to take the synopsis for Abed Abest's Killing the Eunuch Khan at face value. This is not a film about a serial killer in the generic sens...

Slamdance Review: Be Right Back Takes a Circuitous Journey into the Forest

Director Frauke Havemann's story about traveling into the woods with her dramaturg to discuss a new project at the onset of COVID-19 feels crucial to understan...

Sundance Review: Sharp Stick Marks a Bold, Messy Return for Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham’s Sharp Stick, her first feature since 2010’s Tiny Furniture, finds the writer-director again taking big swings with mixed results. Set in Los Ange...

Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead on Digging Up Something in the Dirt

With their latest feature together, DIY sci-fi directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead continue to make the low-budget thrillers that have gained them a ded...

Sundance Review: Nothing Compares Reassesses the Downfall of Sinéad O’Connor

If you know Sinéad O’Connor’s name it’s likely two images come to mind: a buzzed head in a black turtleneck, a ripped-up photograph of Pope John Paul II. Kathr...

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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