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Fantasia Review: Voice of Silence Sets Burning Star Yoo Ah-in a Unique Crime Drama

Chang-bok (Yoo Jae-Myung) and Tae-in (Yoo Ah-in) sell eggs from the back of a truck in the country. It's honest work but hardly pays the bills. So rather than ...

Newly Restored Films by Mira Nair, John Carpenter, Lynne Ramsay & More Will Premiere at the 59th NYFF

Following their Main Slate announcement, Film at Lincoln Center has now unveiled the slate of new restorations set to premiere at the 59th New York Film Festiv...

Rare Beasts Review: Billie Piper Crafts a Singular Vision of Emotional Schizophrenia

I love this line from the director notes of Rare Beasts: "When you live through nihilism/cynicism/hopelessness, your view of the world is not necessarily as it...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Farewell Opus Labyrinth of Cinema

Passing away in April of last year, Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi left behind a surreal, fascinating body of work. While he was most known for his Criter...

Demonic Review: Unimaginative Possession Thriller Doesn’t Play to Neill Blomkamp’s Strengths

Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi work finds its chief pleasures as a cinema of the hyperreal. Aliens, robots, and impossibly cool implements of destruction exist fiftee...

Criterion’s November Titles Include 4K Debut and Once Upon a Time in China Box Set

November's a major month for Criterion, who round out 2021 with an induction into the 4K market. Surprising precisely nobody, all 2,160 pixels of their Citizen...

Spike Lee Delivers New Documentary Epic in Trailer for NYC Epicenters: 9/11-> 2021½

Spike Lee's best film this century is not 25th Hour; it's not Inside Man; I'll defend Oldboy but, come on; it's definitely not American Utopia; and whatever a ...

Exclusive Trailer for Isabella Finds Matías Piñeiro Vibrantly Expanding His Shakespeare-Inspired Universe

Joel Coen and Steven Spielberg aren't the only filmmakers drawing from William Shakespeare as of late. Matías Piñeiro, who has playfully done so for much of hi...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 440 – Val (with Sheri Linden)

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

Wild Indian Trailer: A Dark Secret Reemerges in Acclaimed Sundance Drama

One of the more ambitious films I saw at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year was Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.'s Wild Indian. Featuring a stellar performance ...

News

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

December on the Criterion Channel Includes Bob Dylan, John Waters, MTV & More

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

Trailers

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

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Trailer: A24 Sets Rungano Nyoni’s Cannes Winner for March Release

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

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

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 – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

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

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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