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The Novice Review: Isabelle Fuhrman Goes Through the Psychological Wringer in Intense Drama

There's a difference between being the best and being the hardest worker. If you're the best, you don't always need to work. It's natural. Alex Dall (Isabelle ...

The Best Documentaries of 2021

The state of surveillance, intimate music celebrations, Helen Keller's socialist ethos, refugee tales, examining the scars of abuse in the Catholic Church, and...

Nicolas Cage Gets Meta in First Trailer for The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

After a major year featuring one of the best roles of his career in Pig and also one of his wildest with Sion Sono's Prisoners of the Ghostland, Nicolas Cage i...

Italian Studies Trailer: Vanessa Kirby is Adrift in New York

Ping-ponging between major blockbusters like the Mission: Impossible and Fast & Furious franchises and indie dramas such as Pieces of a Woman and The World...

Paolo Sorrentino & Filippo Scotti on Federico Fellini, Diego Maradona, and the Therapeutic Journey of The Hand of God

In The Hand of God, Paolo Sorrentino tells an intimate story about growing up in Naples, Italy. The turbulent coming-of-age film, marking the director's most p...

Watch Luca Guadagnino’s New 43-Minute Short Film for Zara Starring John C. Reilly, Alex Wolff & More

It's become a holiday tradition almost as old as Christmas itself for a major brand to secure some top filmmaking talent for their latest ad campaign timed to ...

Michelle Yeoh Enters the Multiverse in First Trailer for Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once

After their one-of-a-kind, fart-propelled odyssey Swiss Army Man, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert briefly went their separate ways as the latter directed the ...

You Mean Everything to Me Review: Morgan Saylor’s Strong Performance Holds Up This Toxic Relationship Drama

Romance takes a predatory turn in You Mean Everything to Me, a film that explores the pattern by which a DJ named Nathan (Ben Rosenfield) begins to grip a vice...

New Year Review: A Party Unfurls with Hard Truths and Interesting Ideas

It's New Year's Eve: Ben (Timothy V. Murphy) and Kat's (Elisha Renee Sutton) last night in Los Angeles before heading to New York. He's spearheading the move w...

Stop Making Sense, The Long Goodbye, Return of the Jedi, and More Added to National Film Registry

Since 1989, the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress has been accomplishing the important task of preserving films that “represent important cultu...

News

The Indie Awards Launch With Nominees Including Free Time, The People’s Joker, and Atikamekw Suns

Lance Oppenheim Will Direct Primetime for A24 and Robert Pattinson; Sydney Sweeney to Play Kim Novak for Colman Domingo’s Scandalous

All 2024 Films Having Awards-Qualifying, One-Week Releases

Trailers

Raoul Peck Investigates a Photographer Pioneer in First Trailer for Ernest Cole: Lost and Found

Porcelain War Trailer: Sundance Winner Captures Ukrainian Artists Fighting for Their Country

September 5 Trailer Explores a Sports Broadcasting Team’s Coverage of the 1972 Hostage Crisis

Reviews

AFI Fest Review: My Favourite Cake Finds an Autumnal Romance Blooming Under Iranian Authoritarianism

NYFF Review: On Becoming a Guinea Fowl is a Powerfully Enraging, Surreally Comedic Look at Zambian Tradition

BFI London Review: Charlie McDowell’s The Summer Book is a Clunky Drama Connecting Landscape and Soul

Features

New to Streaming: Trap, One False Move, Rap World, Daaaaaalí!, The Remarkable Life of Ibelin & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors, Candy Mountain, Chantal Akerman, Azazel Jacobs & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

“100 Clichés Move Us”: Rumours Directors Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson & Galen Johnson on Finding Humor in a World in Crisis

“You Cannot Project Your Desire”: Albert Serra on Afternoons of Solitude, Bullfighting, and Kristen Stewart

Podcasts

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

The B-Side – Barbra Streisand (with Chris Feil)

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