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Wild Mountain Thyme Review: John Patrick Shanley Goes Astray in the Irish Countryside

At this point in his illustrious career, legendary playwright and occasional filmmaker John Patrick Shanley has nothing left to prove when it comes to artistic...

French Exit Trailer: Michelle Pfeiffer & Lucas Hedges Drift Away From a Luxurious Life

Closing out the 58th New York Film Festival this past fall was Azazel Jacobs' French Exit, a drama which pairs Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges as mother and...

Francis Lee on Ammonite, Obsession with Class and Gender, and Learning From Mike Leigh

Instead of filming a biopic of overlooked fossil hunter Mary Anning’s life, director Francis Lee adapted the little of what’s documented about Anning with a sw...

Safety Review: A Manipulative Yet Effective Football Drama

Anyone who's played organized sports is familiar with their clichés. Whether "fighting in the trenches" as though a game is akin to war or loyalty and love tra...

Arnaud Desplechin Has Adapted Philip Roth’s Deception with Léa Seydoux

Every one of our conversations with Arnaud Desplechin eventually leads to Philip Roth. As far back as 2015 he told me of ambitions to adapt the author's 1990 n...

ND/NF Review: Servants is a Bressionian Spiritual Drama Set in the Former Czechoslovakia

The success of Paweł Pawlikowski’s Ida and Cold War has revealed, among arthouse audiences, a heretofore unimagined ravenous hunger for Eastern Bloc period dra...

Assassins Review: A Propulsive Look at the Peculiar Plot to Kill Kim Jong-Nam

One of the more bizarre international scandals of recent years is the February 2017 assassination of Kim Jong-Nam, the exiled former heir to late North Korean ...

ND/NF Review: Identifying Features Charts the Lives Erased and Distorted by Migration and Violence

The original Spanish-language title of Identifying Features is Sin Señas Particulares, or “No Particular Signs”—a reference to the individuating marks found, o...

Viggo Mortensen’s Directorial Debut Falling Gets Trailer Ahead of February Release

After carving out an impressive, varied career in front of the camera (as well as a wealth of other artistic endeavors), Viggo Mortensen recently embarked on h...

Sienna Miller on Wander Darkly, Her Career-Best Performance, and Mining Miscommunication

Fifteen years ago, Sienna Miller was that model-turned-actress who was dating Jude Law. Heavy tabloid attention gave way to a years-long hiatus from the screen...

News

Exclusive: New Restoration of Queer Drama By Hook or By Crook Acquired by Altered Innocence for Spring 2025 Release

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Martin Scorsese Praises I Saw the TV Glow, Reveals Plans for Next Films

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

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

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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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