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Licorice Pizza Review: Paul Thomas Anderson’s Coming-of-Age Adventure is Funny, Romantic, and Danger-Filled

Paul Thomas Anderson has always been fascinated with pretenders, with people who use their assumed gigs and personas as a shield for their own deep insecuritie...

Where to Stream the Best Films of 2021

As 2021 winds down, like most cinephiles, we’re looking to get our eyes on titles that may have slipped under the radar or simply gone unseen, so—as we do each...

Cinephile Game Night’s November 2021 Lineup Features Filmspotting

Tune in below! https://twitter.com/TheFilmStage/status/1465878548728713236 We’re excited to announce that Cinephile Game Night will return for our next...

Now Return Us to Normal Review: A Poetic, Personal Road Trip Reflecting on the Unintended Consequences of Wilderness Schools

At the center of Now Return Us to Normal is the desire to understand the trauma of so-called “wilderness schools," remote camps built around the shaky principl...

MUBI Unveils December 2021 Lineup

MUBI is closing the year out on a high note with their December lineup, featuring some of 2021's most acclaimed U.S. releases. Highlights include Tsai Ming...

House of Gucci Review: Ridley Scott Spins a Threadbare Family Saga

Upon sitting down to write about House of Gucci, I thought I’d open with a quote. There had to have been some line, however peripheral, that stuck. That wasn’t...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Analyzing David Fincher, Reminiscing With Spike Lee, the Making of Dune & More

The holiday season is here, and with it comes a whole lot of gift-worthy books, as well as — if you don’t have kids — plenty of time to do some reading. This f...

Doclisboa Review: Factory to the Workers Inspiringly Examines Collective Ownership in Post-Socialist Europe

In the new documentary Factory to the Workers, the men and women of a doggedly socialist metal factory in northern Croatia struggle facing up to the realities ...

The Criterion Channel’s December 2021 Lineup Includes Hitchcock, Johnnie To, The Magnificent Ambersons & More

If 2021 has been a calvacade of bad decisions, dashed hopes, and warning signs for cinema's strength, the Criterion Channel's monthly programming has at least ...

The First Wave Review: Matthew Heineman Captures the Early Days of the COVID-19 Crisis in NYC

I wonder when we'll grow numb to movies about the COVID-19 crisis. Anyone saying they already have is either lying or living a life of privilege wherein the co...

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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