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Berlin Review: Daniel Brühl Gets Meta With Directorial Debut Next Door

In Next Door, a famous actor living in the penthouse of a renovated Altbau in Berlin––complete with his own private elevator––has his life flipped upon confron...

Berlin Review: Pietro Marcello Gives a Charming Snapshot of One of Italy’s Great Crooners in For Lucio

The director of 2019’s critically acclaimed Martin Eden returns with For Lucio, a slim, charming documentary about one of Italy’s premier post-war crooners. Lu...

Spend a Year with Éric Rohmer in Restoration Trailer for Tales of the Four Seasons

Among the greatest of the French New Wave filmmakers, Éric Rohmer's films age like a fine wine, opening up delicate intricacies of the human heart upon each ne...

Craig Brewer on Flipping the Comedy of Coming to America, Zamunda vs. Wakanda, and Why He Loves ’80s Movies

Craig Brewer burst on the scene in 2005 with the hip-hop classic Hustle & Flow, winner of Best Original Song Oscar for Three 6 Mafia's “It's Hard Out Here ...

kid 90 Review: The Trials and Tribulations of Young Hollywood Stardom

My mindset entering Soleil Moon Frye's autobiographical documentary kid 90 anticipated a fun, nostalgic, low stakes look at kid celebrities. That's what the sl...

Berlin Review: What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Appreciates the Little Things

What did the drain pipe, the security camera, and the sapling say to the girl when she crossed the road? This is the set up, not of some shitty joke, but of a ...

Berlin Review: Ballad of a White Cow Shows Innocence Shattered Under Iran’s Repressive Regime

The cruelty of the Iranian justice system is in the spotlight again in Ballad of a White Cow, the compelling debut of directing team Behtash Sanaeeha and Marya...

Berlin Review: Memory Box Unpacks Life During the Lebanese Civil War

One of two films at the 2021 Berlinale about the lasting trauma of the Lebanese Civil War (along with the superior Miguel’s War), Memory Box follows three gene...

Minari Star Youn Yuh-jung on Memories, Mountain Dew, and a Myopic America

Although there could have been something chaotic about the arrival of Soon-ja (Youn Yuh-jung), her introduction in Minari is almost unassuming. She’s left her ...

Berlin Review: Fabian – Going to the Dogs Sings a Tragic Ballad of Weimar Germany

German author Erich Kästner is most celebrated for the children’s novel Emil and the Detectives, but he was one of the more renowned men of letters of his day,...

News

Alice Winocour to Direct Angelina Jolie in Stitches

David Fincher’s Remastered Se7en Comes to IMAX to Kick Off 2025

Criterion Collection’s February 2025 Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Crossing Delancey & More

Trailers

Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott Clash in First Teaser for Bring Them Down

Tatsuya Nakadai Goes on Cold-Blooded Mission in Exclusive Trailer for New Restoration of Hideo Gosha’s Cash Calls Hell

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson Find Pleasure in New Trailer for Babygirl

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

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

Features

Appreciating a Pioneer: Pittsburgh Celebrates Queer Local Filmmaker Roger Jacoby with World Premiere Restorations

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

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

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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