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Benicio del Toro Reteams with Paul Thomas Anderson For Next Feature

After a relatively public first wave of production for Paul Thomas Anderson's next feature across California, things have recently been kicking back up after a...

Kneecap Trailer: Real-Life Hip-Hop Trio Fights For their Native Irish Language

Three Northern Irish rappers are portraying themselves in the new musical drama Kneecap, which screened at Sundance, SXSW, and Tribeca film festivals. The film...

Lena Dunham and Stephen Fry on Treasure, a Producer’s Dream, and Capturing Poland

Ten minutes speaking to two subjects with whom you could easily spend an hour each is somewhat like fighting with one arm behind your back. But having intervie...

Inside Out 2 Review: Pixar’s Lightly Entertaining Sequel Gets More Emotional

It’s been a difficult stretch for Pixar. In the near-decade since Inside Out became a creative and commercial hit, the animation powerhouse doubled down on a v...

Summer Solstice Director Noah Schamus on Inviting Audiences to Reconsider Transness on Screen

Summer Solstice took me by surprise when I first saw it at BFI Flare LGBTIQ+ Film Festival back in March. Fresh and funny, simple, but never slight, this medit...

Tribeca Review: Vulcanizadora is a Dark, Hilarious, and Contemplative New Vision from Joel Potrykus

Like the punk-rock cousin of Kelly Reichardt’s Old Joy, Joel Potrykus' Vulcanizadora also concerns a voyage in the woods that pinpoints the exact moment an old...

Matt Damon and Casey Affleck Return to the Heist in First Trailer for Doug Liman’s The Instigators

It's quite the year for Ocean's reunions. Following the trailer for Wolfs, with George Clooney and Brad Pitt, now Matt Damon and Casey Affleck are back togethe...

Daredevil Couple’s Romance is Tested in First Trailer for Skywalkers: A Love Story

"There is a danger to romance," says Jeff Zimbalist, co-director of the new documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story, which follows the love story of two Russian d...

Zia Anger Makes Her Case In Teaser for My First Film

Nestled in our list of most-anticipated 2024 premieres was Zia Anger's My First Film, a spin on / expansion of / who-can-say from her much-lauded shorts My Fir...

July on the Criterion Channel Includes Shakespeare, Glauber Rocha, Gregg Araki, Godzilla & More

How now, what news: the Criterion Channel's July lineup is here. Eight pop renditions of Shakespeare are on the docket: from movies you forgot were inspired by...

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: 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

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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