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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...

Die in a Gunfight Review: A Fast-Paced Ride With Little Substance

From the 2010 edition of the Blacklist to Zac Efron's schedule, Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari's screenplay for Die in a Gunfight seemed to be getting the f...

Space Jam: A New Legacy Review: An Air Ball of a Sequel

It was hard to walk past a downtown Toronto McDonald's and not feel some twinge of melancholy seeing the tie-in for Space Jam: A New Legacy advertised on its g...

Roadrunner Review: Anthony Bourdain Doc is Earnest Because it Feels Incomplete

Anthony Bourdain took his own life. It’s common knowledge. It’s not the most defining facet of his legacy, but he knew his death would be of interest. He talke...

Mama Weed Review: Isabelle Huppert Breaks Bad in Contrived French Caper

There’s something off about Mama Weed. On a more superfluous level, there’s the translation from La daronne—the original French title and the street name its p...

Great White Review: A Change of Pace for the Shark Thriller

There's a legend of sorts about a shipwreck on the island locale most tourists ask Charlie (Aaron Jakubenko) and Kaz (Katrina Bowden) to take them off the Aust...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 435 – F9 (with Brett Arnold)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan and Bill Graham are joined by Brett Arnold to discuss Justin Lin's Cannes...

The Rescue Begins In Intense Trailer for Sundance Winner Sabaya

Few documentaries made an impact at Sundance comparable to Sabaya—it did win their World Cinema Documentary Directing Award, after all. Which surely played no ...

Trailer for Dash Shaw’s Sundance Animation Cryptozoo Takes a Wild Trip

In the sea (one might say glut) of contemporary animation—a form that, by its very nature, is most often supported by the ever-watchful eye of major studios—br...

Gunpowder Milkshake Review: Girl Power Comes to Gangsters with Mixed Results

Considering the pervasive aesthetic influence of John Wick on modern action cinema, it was only a matter of time before variations and riffs on the gun-fu form...

News

Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

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

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

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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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