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Penélope Cruz Guides Her Trans Son in U.S. Trailer for Acclaimed Drama L’immensità

A selection at Venice Film Festival and Sundance Film Festival, Emanuele Crialese's 1970s-set drama L’immensità follows Clara (Penélope Cruz) and her emotional...

To Catch a Killer Review: Damian Szifron’s Crime Procedural is Torn Between Genre Requirements and Loftier Aspirations

To Catch a Killer’s logline is about as familiar as its title: a rookie cop with a detective's intelligence and drive, Eleanor Falco (Shailene Woodley) finds h...

Nathan Lane on His Interpretation of Beau Is Afraid, Disagreeing with Ari Aster, and Making Joaquin Phoenix Laugh

Among the strange cast of characters Beau (Joaquin Phoenix) meets on his nightmarish journey through the mind of Ari Aster, perhaps the most memorable is Natha...

György Fehér’s Twilight, a Hungarian Noir Masterpiece, Gets Restored

Upon completing duties as a debut screenwriter, Friedrich Dürrenmatt celebrated a job well done by promptly rewriting the whole thing. The Swiss playwright and...

U.S. Trailer for Ashley McKenzie’s Acclaimed Queer Coming-of-Age Drama Queens of the Qing Dynasty

One of the films we hoped would get distribution at the start of the year was Ashley McKenzie's Werewolf follow-up Queens of the Qing Dynasty, a selection at B...

Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant Review: Dar Salim Shines in Military Action Throwback

What can one say about the career of Guy Ritchie? The guy was nearly as essential to the rejuvenation of the British film scene in the '90s as Danny Boyle. His...

Trenque Lauquen Director Laura Citarella on Crafting an Ever-Changing Epic and Being Inspired by Agnès Varda

Argentinian writer-director Laura Citarella, part of the film collective El Pampero Cine responsible for such monumental work as La Flor, presented her third f...

The Film Stage & Bleeding Edge Present the Toronto Premiere of Bertrand Bonello’s Coma This May

Few––I mean one or two––films from last year were equal to Bertrand Bonello's Coma. It also never got a theatrical release. Though I'd try offering some explan...

Cannes Directors’ Fortnight 2023 Features New Films by Hong Sangsoo, Michel Gondry, Sean Price Williams & More

After Cannes Film Festival announced its main lineup last week, the Directors' Fortnight and Critics' Week sidebars have unveiled their slates. Now in its 55th...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 503 – The Super Mario Bros. Movie (with Valerie Ettenhofer)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, The B-Side host Conor O'Donnell joins Robyn Bahr, Bill Graham, and special guest Val...

News

The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features Leos Carax 4K Set, The Secret Agent, Richard Linklater, Satyajit Ray & More

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Trailers

Barrio Triste Trailer: Bad Bunny Collaborator Stillz’s Bold Directorial Debut Arrives In July

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Reviews

Tribeca Review: Sophia Takal’s Act One Feels Like a Lucid Nightmare

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

Interviews

Read This: Wonderful and Strange Peaks, the Life of Hannibal Lecter, a Century of Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese’s Filmography & More

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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