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Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: A History of Mad Max, Barbie on Tour, Michael Mann, Baseball on the Big Screen & More

Our latest look at new and recent books about (or connected to) cinema must start with a mention of Miss May Does Not Exist: The Life and Work of Elaine May, H...

A Ghost Story: Chronicles of a Wandering Saint Director Tomás Gómez Bustillo on Dogs, Miracles, and Damnation

From statues that weep blood to dancing suns that lead to sudden darkness in the middle of the day, the Catholic faith overflows with accounts of miracles. But...

The Imaginary Review: Studio Ponoc’s New Animation Lacks an Imaginative Vision

Adapted by director Yoshiyuki Momose (a former animator at Studio Ghibli) and screenwriter Yoshiaki Nishimura (a former producer at Studio Ghibli) from a popul...

Lynne Ramsay Will Begin Shooting Die, My Love Starring Jennifer Lawrence Next Month

Considering she's only directed four features in the last quarter-century, any new film from Lynne Ramsay comes with quite the anticipation. Following 2017's Y...

13 Films to See in July

As you catch up on our list of the best 20 films from the first half of the year, it's also time to look at what the latter half brings. While July may be a bi...

Noémie Merlant Seeks Pleasure in First Trailer for Audrey Diwan’s Emmanuelle

This spring we learned that, rather surprisingly, Audrey Diwan’s follow-up to her Golden Lion-winning Happening, won't be at Venice, Telluride, or TIFF either ...

Amnesiascope Presents The Green Ray at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research July 15-17

My screening series Amnesiascope returns to the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research on July 15, 16, and 17 with Éric Rohmer's The Green Ray, co-presented by T...

First Trailer for the New 7-Hour Version of Abel Gance’s Restored Napoleon

When it comes to summer blockbusters, it doesn't get much more epic than a film that first premiered nearly a century ago. For nearly two decades work has been...

Mia Hansen-Løve Reveals New Feature If Love Should Die, Shooting Next Year

Few directors capture modern life so vividly as Mia Hansen-Løve, and only in some cases does she show it in English-language contexts. Suggesting something of ...

Harley Chamandy on Allen Sunshine, Shooting on 16mm, and Finding Inspiration Outside of Cinema

At a lakeside cottage, Allen Sunshine (Vincent Leclerc) keeps to himself. He goes out on his boat, walks his dog, and wanders the surrounding forest with a tap...

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

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

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

Reviews

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism

Paddington in Peru Review: Threequel Fails to Climb to Franchise Heights

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

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

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

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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