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King Richard Review: Will Smith Shines in Williams Sisters Origin Story

Throughout King Richard, I kept waiting for a flashback. The thing about biopics is that even the good ones tend to be overstuffed, bogged down by an incessant...

NYC Weekend Watch: Hugo, On the Waterfront, Fox and His Friends & 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...

Martin Scorsese and Jonah Hill Reunite for Jerry Garcia Biopic

As we wait—probably another year—for Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese (79 yesterday!) has not let a long stay in the edit bay get him down. Per Vari...

Listen to Jonny Greenwood’s Score for The Power of the Dog

The movie music Gods have blessed us this month. Following last week's release of Jonny Greenwood's score for Spencer, this week brings the Radiohead artist's ...

Full Trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley Delivers a Carnival of Horrors

Following up his Best Picture winner The Shape of Water, Guillermo del Toro has assembled another star-studded lineup with Nightmare Alley. Bradley Cooper, Cat...

Radu Jude on Ethics in Filmmaking, TikTok, and Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn

It’s August at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival and Radu Jude can’t get on the Wi-Fi. Six months on from his shock Golden Bear win for Bad Luck Banging or Loony ...

The Feast Review: Welsh Eco-Horror Invites You to a Particularly Gruesome Dinner Party

Lee Haven Jones’ slow-burn eco-horror The Feast may feature extended conversations around the dinner table about wealth inequality and the ecological damage of...

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain Review: An Important, Complex Look at Police Overreach

I'm not sure there's a more textbook example of police overreach and excessive force than the one depicted in David Midell's The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain...

Doclisboa Review: The Story of Looking is a Moving and Personal Essay Film from Mark Cousins

As the face (sometimes) and voice (always) of an amuse-bouche of TV shows, film criticism (in his column for Sight and Sound), and documentaries over the last ...

DOC NYC Review: The Cannons is a Crowd-Pleaser About Race, Mentorship, and Hockey in DC

Directed by former NHL videographer Steven Hoffner, The Cannons follows a year in the life of the Fort Dupont Cannons, one of the nation’s first Black hockey t...

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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