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Spider-Man: No Way Home Review: The MCU Enters the Multiverse on a Nostalgic Thrill Ride

Two years ago, when Martin Scorsese called the Marvel Cinematic Universe something akin to a theme park, the comic book community—both its filmmakers and fans—...

Simon Rex on Taking Risks with Red Rocket and the Directors He’d Like to Work With

“Best Oral three years in a row,” Mikey Saber brags yet again to a disinterested stranger. As if the thirtysomething, out-of-work porn star’s unprompted self-a...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 455 – West Side Story (with Neil Bahadur)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Neil Bahadur to discuss Steven...

DOC NYC Review: McCurry: The Pursuit of Color Portrays a Life Out-of-Focus

Early in McCurry: The Pursuit of Color, renowned photographer Steve McCurry bemoans that the world is becoming an endless airport terminal, devoid of color and...

Martin Scorsese Institute Established at NYU, Courtesy of George Lucas

Once again refuting a notion in the worst corners of the Internet that Martin Scorsese strictly lives out his days as a Marvel-hating director who only makes g...

Criterion’s March Lineup Includes Le Cercle Rouge and The Last Waltz in 4K

As 2021 reaches its merciful end we are only happy to look forward—towards March, mainly, and what Criterion’s planning as spring springs. The 4K stride contin...

IFFMH Review: Georgia’s Oscar Entry Brighton 4th is a Touching Tragicomedy

In Brighton 4th, the Georgian diaspora of Brooklyn's Brighton Beach (an area known colloquially as “Little Odessa” for its largely East European and Russian co...

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...

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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