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TIFF Review: Naomi Watts is on the Run in Phillip Noyce’s Flimsy Thriller Lakewood

Screenwriter Chris Sparling takes us back to the script that put him on the Hollywood map with Lakewood. Much like his isolated one-man show Buried, it focuses...

TIFF Review: You Are Not My Mother Delivers Irish Horror With Psychological Underpinnings

Despite leaving writer-director Kate Dolan's feature debut You Are Not My Mother with a lot more questions than answers, I don't think that reality is necessar...

Best Sellers Review: Michael Caine and Aubrey Plaza Are a Formidable Comedic Duo

Harris Shaw (Michael Caine) is a writer in need of money. Lucy Stanbridge (Aubrey Plaza) is an editor/publisher in need of money. And it just so happens that a...

TIFF Review: Laurent Cantet’s Arthur Rambo Presents a Complex Web of Emotions

There's an interesting lesson to be learned at the center Laurent Cantet's Arthur Rambo—one it's honestly shocking to think still needs to be learned. I don't ...

TIFF Review: Murina is a Coming-of-Age Tale That Goes Beyond the Usual Tropes

We often forget that exotic locales aren't an escape for those living here. While co-eds dock ashore for sun, sex, and fun, families merely wake up early to go...

TIFF Review: The Mad Women’s Ball is an Emotionally Shattering Period Piece From Mélanie Laurent

With the TIFF world premiere The Mad Women’s Ball (Le Bal des folles), Mélanie Laurent proves again to be an equal force in front of and behind the camera. The...

Venice Review: The Lost Daughter Puts Olivia Colman in a Fine Meditation on Motherhood

One of the particular pleasures of The Lost Daughter, actress Maggie Gyllenhaal’s debut feature as a director, is wondering which of the handful of sizeable fe...

Titane Red Band Trailer: Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or Winner is Unleashed Next Month

With Cannes returning this year but pushed back two months from its normal May slot, it means the wait between premiere and theatrical release for most films i...

TIFF Review: Julia Captures a Culinary Icon with Taste

Booked to talk Mastering the Art of French Cooking on public access channel WGBH-TV, Julia Child took it upon herself to call the station and request a hotplat...

TIFF Review: Clio Barnard’s Ali & Ava is a Heartwarmingly Funny, Melancholic Romance

Their differences are plenty. Her heritage is Irish; his is Pakistani. She lives in a part of Britain where he knows to worry about getting stones thrown at hi...

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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