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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...

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...

News

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Martin Scorsese Praises I Saw the TV Glow, Reveals Plans for Next Films

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

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

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

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

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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