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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...

Criterion’s December Lineup Include The Red Shoes in 4K and One Night in Miami…

Criterion have followed one of their biggest, most historic months ever with a lighter selection—"lighter" including a 4K debut for one of the greatest films a...

A Metamorphosis Begins in Exclusive Trailer for Sundance Winner Son of Monarchs

Winner of the Alfred P. Sloan prize at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Alexis Gambis' Son of Monarchs follows a New York-based Mexican biologist who ...

Copshop Review: Joe Carnahan’s Crime Drama Proves Limitations May Be His Best Friend

It’d be hard to argue Joe Carnahan isn’t permanently stuck in 1997. Operating well past the point where dozens upon dozens of Tarantino knockoffs were inescapa...

TIFF Review: Tom Burke Disturbs Ruth Wilson’s Monotonous Life in True Things

Kate (Ruth Wilson) is listless. She works a dead-end workers' claim desk wherein her bosses are so redundant that they don't think they're doing their job unle...

Full Trailer for Steven Spielberg’s West Side Story Dances Through 1950s NYC

With it being touted as the year of movie musicals, the one film that has yet to premiere in this category is Steven Spielberg's West Side Story. We had the vi...

Venice Review: Michelangelo Frammartino’s Il Buco Burrows Down, Down, Down Towards an Epiphany

Caves… whence we came from––and for Italian auteur Michelangelo Frammartino’s latest work Il Buco––towards which we return. The fixation with caves and speleol...

Lady of the Manor Review: Supernatural Slacker Comedy Offers Juvenile Farce and Low Stakes

The directorial debut of brothers Justin and Christian Long (who also co-write) hinges on a pedophilia joke. Let's get that out in the open because you're eith...

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

Armand Trailer: Renate Reinsve Leads Norway’s Oscar Contender

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

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

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

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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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