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Exclusive Trailer for Film Forum’s Toshirō Mifune Retrospective Celebrates an Acting Legend

“I am a person rarely impressed by actors… but in the case of Mifune I was completely overwhelmed. The ordinary Japanese actor might need ten feet of film to g...

Rotterdam Review: The Plains is an Astonishingly Touching Road Trip and Terrific Debut

It’s 5 p.m. and the day tumbles white with clouds. A car sneaks out of a parking lot and into traffic. The man at the wheel is alone. He turns off the radio an...

New to Streaming: Nightmare Alley, Air Doll, House of Gucci, Poly Styrene & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week's selections below and past r...

The B-Side – Paul Newman (with Roxana Hadadi)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in...

NYC Weekend Watch: Solaris, John M. Stahl, Lina Wertmüller & More

After a hiatus as theaters in New York City and beyond closed their doors during the pandemic, we’re delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend Watch, our...

Joachim Trier on Falling in Love and the Chaotic Impulsivity of The Worst Person in the World

With The Worst Person in the World, Joachim Trier completes his loose Oslo trilogy, a collection of films set in his childhood hometown focused, generally, on ...

Air Doll Review: Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Achingly Human Sex Doll Fable Finally Receives a U.S. Release

Despite coming from one of international cinema’s foremost working filmmakers, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s 2009 film Air Doll had never seen a release in the U.S. Adap...

Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern on the Magic of NYC, the Indie Music Landscape, and Making Meet Me in the Bathroom

Adapting Lizzy Goodman's novel of the same name, Will Lovelace and Dylan Southern’s Meet Me in the Bathroom captures the essence of late-90s, early-2000s New Y...

Lingui, The Sacred Bonds Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun on Seven Favorite Films

The Chad-born, France-based Mahamat-Saleh Haroun debuted his latest drama, Lingui, The Sacred Bonds, in competition at the Cannes Film Festival last summer. A ...

Sincerity & Spite: A Conversation with the Directors & Star of Hannah Ha Ha

Directors Jordan Tetewsky and Joshua Pikovsky are two of the hardest-working young artists in the U.S. Each of their three short films from 2021––the Jewish an...

News

February on the Criterion Channel Includes Argentine Noir, Joan Micklin Silver, Chantal Akerman & More

An Expanded Edition of Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love with Never-Before-Seen Footage Sets China Premiere

David Lynch Has Died at 78

Trailers

Jaume Collet-Serra Returns to Horror in First Trailer for The Woman in the Yard

Peter Weir’s Landmark of Australian Cinema Is Salvaged In Trailer for Picnic at Hanging Rock‘s 4K Release

Rounding Trailer: Ghostlight and Saint Frances Director Alex Thompson’s Psychological Thriller Arrives in February

Reviews

Wolf Man Review: Leigh Whannell’s Effective Reboot Scares Up Hereditary Horrors

Emmanuelle Review: Audrey Diwan Subverts an Erotic Classic to Compelling, Alienating Effect

Every Little Thing Review: A Sensitive Portrait of a Great Woman’s Dedication to Hummingbirds

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Fat City, THX 1138, Anthony Mann & More

New to Streaming: Queer, Close Your Eyes, A Different Man, Red Rooms & More

Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings of 2024

Interviews

The Brutalist Composer Daniel Blumberg on the Ambitious, Intensive Process of Scoring Brady Corbet’s Epic

Mike Leigh on Hard Truths, Losing Dick Pope, and the Duty of an Artist

“Cinema Could Be Grander”: Nickel Boys Director RaMell Ross on Perspectives, Contradictions, and True Intimacy

Podcasts

The B-Side – In Conversation with Julia Stiles on Her Directorial Debut Wish You Were Here

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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