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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...

Mike Mills on Taking Detours, Geometric Filmmaking, and the Tenderness of C’mon C’mon

Director Mike Mills never shies from talking about his feelings. His films teem with care, compassion, and affection. His characters exude love, or at least wi...

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Review: Jason Reitman’s Sequel is One of the Worst Results of Our Infantilized Culture

The once-prestigious Jason Reitman has remarked that after five consecutive box office bombs he felt the need to make his own Ghostbusters to finally confront ...

The Real Charlie Chaplin Review: An Ambitious Attempt To Quantify a Legend

As directed by Peter Middleton and James Spinney, The Real Charlie Chaplin attempts a delicate dance, quite ambitiously trying to understand both Chaplin the g...

So Late So Soon Review: After 50 Years of Marriage, a Couple Reflects on Their Energetic Past and Deteriorating Present

As Jackie and Don Seiden unintentionally describe themselves by way of an impromptu thought experiment: he's the warm-hearted crocodile and she the intelligent...

Out of the Blue Review: Dennis Hopper’s Restored Classic is an Unnerving Descent Into Moral Decay

The new 4K restoration of Dennis Hopper’s mad-wheeling 1980 feature Out of the Blue opens with text detailing the fascinating behind-the-scenes turmoil that le...

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

U.S. Trailer for Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here Introduces Brazil’s Oscar Entry

The Wages of Fear Returns In Explosive Trailer for 4K Restoration

Asif Kapadia and Samantha Morton Imagine the Future in Trailer for La Jetée-Inspired 2073

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

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

Features

The Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

New to Streaming: A Different Man, The Outrun, My Old Ass, Used Cars & More

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

Interviews

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

“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

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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