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New Trailer for The Matrix Resurrections Fuses Past and Present

Years of anticipation and months of micro-studying that trailer are winnowing down to a matter of weeks. Our expectations for The Matrix Resurrections are much...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Iuli Gerbase’s The Pink Cloud Presciently Examines a Relationship in Lockdown

While many filmmakers have been rushing to cinematically capture the feelings of isolation, despair, and all-around strangeness of the last year-and-a-half, Br...

Paul Verhoeven to Reteam with RoboCop & Starship Troopers Writer for Young Sinner

After a few pandemic-related delays, Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta finally premiered at Cannes earlier this year and, as of this past weekend, is in U.S. theaters...

DOC NYC Review: We Are Russia is an Immersive Look at an Impossible Political Protest

Despite having premiered in 2019 with some subsequent updates, Alexandra Dalsbaek's documentary We Are Russia still feels as if it is a work-in-progress beyond...

New to Streaming: The Power of the Dog, Azor, Alfred Hitchcock, The Last Duel, and 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...

Joanna Hogg’s The Souvenir Part II Leads Sight and Sound’s Top 50 Films of 2021

One of the most respected film magazines has delivered their list of favorite films of 2021. Sight and Sound, from the BFI, has selected Joanna Hogg's stunning...

NYC Weekend Watch: Michael Snow, Juliet Berto, Death Proof & 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...

Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza Leads 2021 National Board of Review Winners

The National Board of Review have announced their 2021 winners and Paul Thomas Anderson's dazzling Licorice Pizza has come out on top. Picking up Best Film, Be...

Michael Bilandic on Project Space 13, Capturing the Present, and Fostering a Filmmaking Community

Michael Bilandic’s cinema has, over the course of four very small-scale features, staked out a distinct corner in indie film. Focusing on niche interests—be it...

The Power of the Dog Cinematographer Ari Wegner on Subverting the Western and Jane Campion’s Search for Authenticity

Early during Camerimage, everyone's still reeling from jet lag. By the time Ari Wegner sits down for an interview by a reception desk in the festival's main ha...

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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