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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

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

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

Trailers

Oh, Canada Trailer: Richard Gere Reflects on His Life in Paul Schrader’s Poignant Drama

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

Reviews

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

Features

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Interviews

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

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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