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Leos Carax, Sparks, and Marion Cotillard Discuss Annette In 45-Minute Press Conference

Annette has been birthed and, surprise of surprises, initial reaction to a Leos Carax-directed, Sparks-penned musical proves divisive. In any case, we (the bes...

Robert Downey Sr. Dies at 85; Stream His Films and Watch Interviews with Paul Thomas Anderson

Was Robert Downey Sr. the world's greatest director? A bold claim for anybody, a very bold claim when the director in question hadn't produced anything for dec...

Nadav Lapid Returns In Teaser for Cannes Competition Title Ahed’s Knee

Brief but stirring, vague if not for lack of worthwhile images, here's the first teaser for Ahed's Knee, the new film from Synonyms director Nadav Lapid. Littl...

Cannes Review: Annette is a Gnarled Musical that Marks a Bracing Return for Leos Carax

In Annette, a provocative comedian (Adam Driver) and renowned opera singer (Marion Cotillard) fall in love and have a gifted child. Written and composed by Ron...

First Trailer for Ari Folman’s Where Is Anne Frank Arrives Ahead of Cannes Premiere

Following his live-action/animation hybrid The Congress in 2013, Waltz with Bashir director Ari Folman is finally returning this year with his long-awaited pro...

Taron Egerton Replaces Robert Pattinson in Claire Denis’ Stars at Noon

The Stars at Noon, Claire Denis' long-awaited Denis Johnson adaptation, will sadly not be a High Life reunion. While on the press tour for her ambitious sci-fi...

Val Kilmer Looks Inward In Trailer for Decades-Spanning Documentary Val

If, initially, I am not quite sure what to do with the knowledge that Val Kilmer has "amassed thousands of hours of footage" shot over 40 years, my being nonpl...

Charlotte Gainsbourg Shines Light on Mother In Trailer for Cannes Entry Jane By Charlotte

If the list of great and notable directors with whom Charlotte Gainsbourg's collaborated is longer than my arm, new, one wonders why it took this long for her ...

Watch the First Teaser from Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground Ahead of Cannes Premiere

Following Edgar Wright's The Sparks Brothers, it seems to be the year of auteur-directed music documentaries. This time around, the band is a bit more well-kno...

No Sudden Move Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Noir Homage is Both Relaxed and Invigorating

Steven Soderbergh is one of the few commercial American directors who makes films about money—stealing it (the Oceans trilogy, Out of Sight, The Informant!, Th...

News

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

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

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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