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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind The Monster Review: A Respectful, Stodgy Ode to an Icon

Straightforward to a fault, Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster crystallizes the horror icon's enduring legacy. From his complicated childhood to late-ca...

TIFF Review: Medusa Finds Anita Rocha da Silveira Shattering Notions of Purity

Writer-director Anita Rocha da Silveira has created an evangelical town of purity in her Brazilian-set sophomore film Medusa. It's the type of place all Christ...

TIFF Review: Keira Knightley Lends Her Voice to Charlotte, a Misguided Animated Biopic About a German Jewish Artist

Similar to co-director Tahir Rana before tackling the project, I too had never heard of Charlotte Salomon before sitting down to watch it. This fact seems weir...

Saint-Narcisse Review: A Sleazy, Incestuous, and Soapy Good Time

The Narcissus myth, where a man falls in love with his own reflection and ultimately destroys himself over it, has only grown more relevant with time. The domi...

Venice Review: You Resemble Me is a Provocative, Shape-Shifting Directorial Debut from Dina Amer

The worlds of contemporary geopolitics and narrative independent filmmaking collide in You Resemble Me, a movie that shape-shifts from a first act coming-of-ag...

TIFF Review: Scarborough is a Moving Institutional Study of Families Failed by the System

Taking place in the shadows of the Greater Toronto area and a liminal space of poverty, Scarborough isn’t an easy film to shake. A local, low-budget indie prem...

TIFF Review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye Lacks Bite But Gives Jessica Chastain an Exceptional Showcase

When we first see Jessica Chastain as Tammy Faye in Michael Showalter’s new film, she has a Bible in her hands. She’s young, she’s ready to take on the world a...

TIFF Review: The Humans Brings Neutered Horror to an Intimate Drama

Everything is wrong in The Humans, Stephen Karam’s adaptation of his Tony-winning play. Set entirely in a New York apartment building, Karam’s one-act play tra...

TIFF Review: Paka (River of Blood) Flips Questions of Kerala’s Culture with Intensity

On the basis of filmmakers like Lijo Jose Pelliserry, Salim Ahmed, Jeetu Joseph, Dileesh Pothan, Geethu Mohandas, and Rajiv Ravi, the state of Kerala (of which...

U.S. Trailer for Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Introduces Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s First Masterpiece of 2021

I'll thrown down a gauntlet: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi is having one of the single best years for any filmmaker, ever. You'll be forgiven for not noticing, since his t...

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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