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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...

TIFF Review: Antoine Fuqua’s The Guilty Hands Jake Gyllenhaal the Phone in Solid American Remake

Only three years ago, Danish director Gustav Möller made The Guilty, a single-room thriller focused on an operator attempting to save a kidnapped woman. Met wi...

TIFF Review: Earwig is Gorgeous Gothic Horror in Search of a Story

Those who know Lucile Hadzihalilovic’s work will recognize a new film as an event. Having only made two features this century––2004’s Innocence and 2015’s Evol...

TIFF Review: Quickening Follows a Pakistani Canadian Teenager’s Search for Autonomy

Writer-director Haya Waseem's feature debut Quickening is not about a pregnancy. Knowing this is crucial enough that she opens the film with the definition of ...

TIFF Review: The Daughter is a Pregnancy Drama That Grows into a Psychological Thriller

The plan is simple but risky. Javier (Javier Gutiérrez) has worked at a juvenile delinquent center for two decades, interacting with all kinds of troubled teen...

TIFF Review: Jagged is a Rousing, Uncensored Look at Alanis Morissette’s Rise to Fame

It really is strange to look back almost 30 years and realize just how seminal Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill was to rock music. Being only thirteen at...

TIFF Review: Ste. Anne is an Atmospheric, Experimental Manitoban Odyssey

It's been four years since Renée (Rhéanne Vermette) left home without a word. Four years that her brother Modeste (Jack Theis) and his wife Elenore (Valerie Ma...

Exclusive Trailer for Bill Morrison’s The Village Detective: a song cycle Exhumes Cinema History

Following up one of this century’s greatest films, Dawson City: Frozen Time, Bill Morrison returns with The Village Detective: a song cycle, another ...

TIFF Review: With Sundown, Michel Franco Methodically Keeps His Audience Off-Balance

Writer-director Michel Franco throws the first curveball early during his latest film Sundown. We've already spent a bit of time with his quartet of European c...

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

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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