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Watch Martin Scorsese’s Venice 2022 Tribute to Paul Schrader: “His Career is a Beacon of Personal Expression”

Although they haven't worked together since 1999’s Bringing Out the Dead, the Taxi Driver and Raging Bull team of Martin Scorsese and Paul Schrader announced n...

Venice Review: The Banshees of Inisherin Finds Humor and Meaning in the Mundane

“When push comes to shove, we will always return to good chats,” Colin Farrell said at a press conference before the premiere of The Banshees of Inisherin. He’...

Abderrahmane Sissako Will Begin Shooting The Perfumed Hill This Month

At long last, after years of development, Abderrahmane Sissako is set to embark on his first feature since 2014's Timbuktu. The Mauritanian-born Malian directo...

Venice Review: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is an Empowering Chronicle of Activism

More than her urgently and perceptively topical subject matter, American documentarian Laura Poitras has a habit, and penchant, not solely for making work abou...

First Look at Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelmans Arrives, Along with More Plot Details

Although relatively shrouded in secrecy since its production last year, with a premiere just a few days away, we're now getting a few more details on Steven Sp...

Venice Review: Walter Hill’s Dead for a Dollar is a Sincere, Modest Western

What room is left for an honest gunslinger in a world where their tropes are repackaged ad infinitum? Have meticulous imitators like Red Dead Redemption actual...

Venice Review: Kôji Fukada Excels with Knotty, Engrossing Love Life

Love Life is one of those films that really wears its screenplay. The plot follows a mother's attempts to come to terms with the death of a child, but it's mor...

10 Must-See Short Films at TIFF 2022

The Toronto International Film Festival, like most other festivals this year, returns with a post-pandemic mindset: a primarily in-person event with an overall...

Armageddon Time Trailer: James Gray Returns Home in 1980s-Set NYC Tale

After searching for treasure in the Amazon and venturing to the far reaches of the galaxy, James Gray is returning home. Armageddon Time finds the director tel...

The B-Side Returns with a Super-Sized Teaser and Giveaway

Update: Listen to the 100th episode here or below! Summer may have come and gone, but The B-Side returns this Friday to celebrate the 100th Episode! ...

News

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson’s Stubborn Beast Begins Production

The Criterion Collection’s July Lineup Features The Elephant Man, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Mike Mills on 4K

Tony Leung Finds Earthly Connection in Exclusive Poster for Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend

Trailers

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Chie Hayakawa’s Cannes Selection Renoir, Opening This May

First Trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars Puts Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin & Margaret Qualley in the Apocalypse

Exclusive Trailer for Prismatic Ground 2026 Brings the Future of Cinema to NYC

Reviews

Erupcja Review: A Fateful Romantic Timebomb Erupts

Blue Heron Review: An Astonishing Seance of Self and Film

Mile End Kicks Review: A Canadian Music Critic Finds Herself

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Tina Aumont, Terry Zwigoff, Pauline at the Beach & More

New to Streaming: The Love That Remains, Magellan, Undertone, The Chronology of Water & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Faith in the Process: Pete Ohs on Erupcja, Charli XCX, and New Methods

“You Can’t Recreate a Reality”: Sophy Romvari on Blue Heron

David Lowery on Mother Mary, Beyoncé, and Transposing His Concerns Onto a Pop Icon

Podcasts

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

The B-Sides of Steve Martin with Eric D. Snider

Dolphins and Drugs: Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens on Capturing the Work of John Lilly

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