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Venice Review: The Card Counter is a Brooding, Late-Late Style Triumph from Paul Schrader

Whatever new could be said about Paul Schrader as an artist—curving around the extra-textual value in Kickstarter campaigns, Facebook posts, and tragic losses ...

Venice Review: Jane Campion’s Psychosexual Western The Power of the Dog Has an Irrepressible Bite

In a film of carefully appointed details, let’s isolate one. Phil Burbank (a fierce Benedict Cumberbatch) is, among many things, a man of reputation. The Monta...

The B-Side – Nicolas Cage (with Cory Everett)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they ma...

Posterized September 2021: Prisoners of the Ghostland, The Card Counter, Anne at 13,000 Ft. & More

The fall festival season is upon us and that means awards season isn't too far behind. And if you're wondering just how crazy the last couple years hav...

Mogul Mowgli Review: Riz Ahmed Contends with Assimilation, Disability, and Art in Clumsy Drama

In his roles as either a Silicon Valley super-villain (Venom) or Hannah Horvath’s baby daddy (Girls), Riz Ahmed has had to do the same as countless other Holly...

The Film Stage Show Classic – My Girl (with Heather Schwedel)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Heather Schwedel to discuss My...

Paul Schrader to Direct Sigourney Weaver and Joel Edgerton in Master Gardener

On the eve of the world premiere of his new Oscar Isaac-led drama The Card Counter, Paul Schrader has announced his next project. While he's hinted he'll be re...

Venice Review: Pedro Almodóvar Delivers a Zesty if Underwhelming Melodrama with Parallel Mothers

T. S. Eliot gave it a cryptic name in The Waste Land: "The Burial of the Dead." Pedro Almodóvar has instructed his glamorous cast in Parallel Mothers to carry ...

A Family Fractures in Trailer for Ricky D’Ambrose’s The Cathedral

Amidst the swarm of awards-season unveilings and studio premieres one shouldn't lose sight of the Venice Film Festival's Biennale College Cinema, a program sup...

Telluride Film Festival Unveils 2021 Lineup

As usual, Telluride Film Festival has unveiled their 2021 lineup just moments before the event gets underway. Taking place from Thursday, September 2 through M...

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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