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NYC Weekend Watch: Humphrey Bogart, Fear and Desire, Wong Kar-wai & More

After a hiatus as theaters in New York City closed their doors during the pandemic, we're delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend Watch, our weekly rou...

The Works and Days Review: A Monumental Vision That Earns Its Runtime

“It’s sad to get old in any period.” Tayoko (Tayoko Shiojiri) has just watched Yasujirō Ozu’s Tokyo Story on television and it’s struck a nerve of melancholy. ...

Adam Sandler, Humphrey Bogart, and Satyajit Ray Coming to Criterion in October

Coming off an especially top-dollar June announcement, the Criterion Collection has unveiled a similarly striking October lineup. Who'd have thought Adam Sandl...

Park Chan-wook and Robert Downey Jr. Team for Vietnam War Project The Sympathizer

Here's a bit of news A24 would like to see emerge: continuing their partnership with HBO—the same that'll bring us Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep 2.0—the studio's p...

Cannes Review: Bergman Island is a Playful Labor of Løve

Parenthood, relationships, and the creative process: three key elements of the cinema of Mia Hansen-Løve casually combine in Bergman Island, a playfully self-a...

Cannes Review: Aya Affectingly Shows the Erosion of a Culture Through Climate Change

Living on the beaches of the Atlantic Ocean would be a dream to many. Not only is the view beautiful, but one's ability to live a simple life can often be a we...

Cannes Review: The Innocents Explores Childhood Morality with Psychological Shocks

The Innocents, the assured sophomore feature from Eskil Vogt, is a prickly film about childhood morality designed to get under its audience’s skin. It quickly ...

Cannes Review: Compartment No. 6 is Richly Realized, Ultimately Uninvolving Finnish Drama

There are few things more aggravating than critics lazily comparing an emerging filmmaker to one of the best-known directors from their country, a shorthand to...

Cannes Review: Petrov’s Flu Delivers a Bewildering Fever Dream

Petrov’s Flu opens on a stuffy commute—a Moscow bus in the early years of post-Soviet Russia. The eponymous protagonist is already bent over a handrail, strick...

No Ordinary Man Review: Transgender History Gets Illuminated in Vital Documentary

In 1998, Dianne Middlebrook published Suits Me: The Double Life of Billy Tipton, and the narrative around Billy Tipton’s life was warped. The truth was that Ti...

News

Léa Seydoux, Lee Kang-sheng, Margaret Qualley, Steven Yeun, Natalie Portman, Armie Hammer & More Set Next Roles

Exclusive: Paul Schrader’s Next Films Involve a Pederast Professor and a Wall Street-Set Erotic Thriller

2024 Gotham Awards Nominations Unveiled

Trailers

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Exclusive Trailer for Jōhatsu, a Lithuanian Thriller Exploring a Japanese Phenomenon

Reviews

Juror #2 Review: Courtroom Thriller Represents the Best from Clint Eastwood’s Late Era

The Graduates Review: A Melancholic Look at a Community Bonded by Tragedy

AFI Fest Review: Robert Zemeckis’ Here Plays Like the Anti-Boyhood

Features

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Posterized November 2024: A Traveler’s Needs, Queer, Flow, Bird & More

New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

Interviews

“Nobody Ever Gave Me Anything”: Alan Rudolph on Robert Altman, Bruce Willis, Kurt Vonnegut, and Resurrecting Breakfast of Champions

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat Director Johan Grimonprez on a Jazz-Fueled, Kaleidoscopic Vision of Displaced Blackness

The Making of the Indian Sci-Fi Box-Office Sensation Kalki 2898 AD

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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