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Cate Blanchett Will Play Donald Trump’s Sister in James Gray’s Armageddon Time

Following up his most ambitious film yet, the glorious space opera Ad Astra, James Gray is setting his sights a bit smaller for his next film. Armageddon Time ...

Dakota Johnson Joins Cha Cha Real Smooth, the Second Feature from Shithouse Director Cooper Raiff

One of the breakout films of 2020's SXSW Festival was Cooper Raiff's Grand Jury Prize-winning Shithouse. The 23-year-old director, writer, actor, and editor is...

François Ozon to Rework Fassbinder with Peter von Kant

Coming off his Normandy-set gay drama Summer of 85, which will get a. U.S. release later this year, François Ozon already shot another new film titled Everythi...

Let The Right One In Will Get Remade Once More, With Demián Bichir-Led Showtime Show

First adapted by Tomas Alfredson in 2008 for his break-out film, John Ajvide Lindqvist's 2004 novel Let the Right One In will be getting yet another adaptation...

SXSW Review: See You Then Captures a Haunting, Dream-Like Reunion

Flipping a traditional formula on its head, Mari Walker’s haunting feature film debut See You Then begins simply enough: we're introduced to a reunion that tak...

SXSW Review: Ludi Finds a Haitian Immigrant Searching for the American Dream in the Shadow of MAGA Land

Arriving on the festival circuit just as a group of Ivy League-educated millionaires in Congress punted on raising the minimum wage, Edson Jean’s Ludi is an of...

Idris Elba Saddles Up in First Trailer for Concrete Cowboy

Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival last fall, Ricky Staub's Concrete Cowboy follows fifteen-year-old Cole (Caleb McLaughlin), who gets expel...

Happily Review: A Perfect Marriage Gets Tested in Weirdly Surreal Black Comedy

I can't tell you how many times a friend has come up to me with a story that positions their significant other as the proverbial albatross around their neck wi...

The Criterion Collection’s June Lineup Includes The Human Condition, Marlon Riggs, Pariah & More

The Criterion Collection's June 2021 lineup has been unveiled, led by Masaki Kobayashi's staggering, 9.5-hour epic The Human Condition, a seven-film set dedica...

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Review: A Bombastic Superhero Epic with a Singular Vision

There recently went viral a clip from some adult cartoon wherein one character mouthed the oft-mentioned Martin Scorsese opinion that superhero films were ruin...

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

Armand Trailer: Renate Reinsve Leads Norway’s Oscar Contender

Oh, Canada Trailer: Richard Gere Reflects on His Life in Paul Schrader’s Poignant Drama

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

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

New to Streaming: A Different Man, The Outrun, My Old Ass, Used Cars & More

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

“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

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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