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Ben Mankiewicz on Being Caretakers of Classic Cinema, Mank, Martin Short, and the Politics of Art

For the second year in a row, the TCM Classic Film Festival is available from home and now even more accessible than ever with two ways to watch. The festival ...

Enfant Terrible Review: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Biopic is a Banal Brew

Following on the heels (and somewhat novelty) of art-film director biopics Pasolini and Godard Mon Amour comes Enfant Terrible, which spans fifteen years in th...

NYC Weekend Watch: The Story of a Three-Day Pass, Mirror, 2001: A Space Odyssey & More

After a 14-month hiatus as theaters in New York City and beyond closed their doors during the pandemic, we're delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend W...

Monster Review: Kelvin Harrison Jr. is on Trial in Clumsy, Heavy-Handed Drama

Filling the void left by much of Hollywood when it comes to sharing stories told by Black artists, streamers like Netflix and Amazon have recently had an impre...

New to Streaming: TCM Classic Film Festival, Satyajit Ray, Tenet, Gena Rowlands, and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

ND/NF Review: Moon, 66 Questions is a Touching Story of Father-Daughter Healing, With Dance and Tarot

Consider an odd occurrence: my generation––the millennials––are really feeling tarot and astrology at the moment. There are many pop-psychological interpretati...

Watch Sofia Coppola’s Short Film for the New York City Ballet

Following her Bill Murray reunion On the Rocks, Sofia Coppola returned to the Big Apple for her latest project. She's directed a new short film for the New Yor...

Wrath of Man Review: Guy Ritchie Reunites with Jason Statham to Spin a Familiar, Welcome Revenge Yarn

With his new picture, Guy Ritchie continues down a familiar, albeit entertaining, road. Following a decade-plus of big budget tentpoles (two Sherlock Holmes mo...

Posterized May 2021: Swimming Out, Spiral, Spring Blossom & More

There are a lot fewer ampersands this month as more theaters open and smaller studios decide to go back to their theatrical only rollouts with VOD arri...

African Cinema and Colonial History Collide in Férid Boughedir’s Newly Restored Camera d’Afrique

African cinema may, for most, be top of the blindspot list. The history of filmmaking, distribution, and access to cinema in African countries is contentious: ...

News

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

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

Trailers

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

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

Reviews

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

AFI Review: Vermiglio Paints a Lyrical Portrait of Desires Constrained by Catholicism

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

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

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

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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