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Arnaud Desplechin to Direct Marion Cotillard and Melvil Poupaud in New Film Brother and Sister

Along with celebrating his 60th birthday during quarantine, Arnaud Desplechin has kept quite busy. Following up his crime procedural Oh Mercy! (still, sadly, w...

Martin Eden Director Pietro Marcello Sets Next Narrative Feature with L’Envol Starring Louis Garrel & More

While he earned acclaim with Lost and Beautiful, The Mouth of the Wolf, and more, Pietro Marcello received a much-deserved breakthrough with his astounding, te...

First Look at Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s Haruki Murakami Adaptation Drive My Car

Following up the stellar Happy Hour and Asako I & II, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi's streak continued last month with the premiere of his latest film, the triptych Wh...

Magic Mike Franchise Expands With Reality Show Set to Arrive This Year

One of the great franchises of the previous decade––including the rare one where the second film improves upon its predecessor––there are sadly no plans for Ma...

Honeydew Review: A Monotonous Merry-Go-Round Riffing on The Texas Chain Saw Massacre

It's comforting to see the words "bizarre" and "absurd" in the press notes and director's statement for Devereux Milburn's Honeydew because they prove that he ...

The Power Review: A Richly Atmospheric Haunted Hospital Creeper

The Power, Corinna Faith’s haunted hospital creeper, hinges on such a richly atmospheric historical context that it’s a wonder it hasn’t been used as the backd...

Voyagers Review: A Neutered Space Odyssey Clouded with Disneyfied Naïveté

Neil Burger, director of 2014’s YA adaptation Divergent, returns to the form of teeny-bopper dystopian parable with Voyagers, a sci-fi thriller combining 60s-v...

New to Streaming: Malmkrog, La Commune, Slalom, Pulse, Awaken, 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 ...

U.S. Trailer for Haifaa Al-Mansour’s Acclaimed Drama The Perfect Candidate

An official selection at Venice, TIFF, Sundance, and BFI London, director Haifaa Al-Mansour's The Perfect Candidate follows Maryam, a determined young doctor i...

God’s Own Country Star Josh O’Connor Reteams with Francis Lee for Queer Horror Film

"My favorite genre is horror. I've always wanted the opportunity to make a really, really fucking scary horror film. So I'm working on that," director Francis ...

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

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

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

Reviews

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

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

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

Interviews

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

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

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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