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Cannes Review: The Girl with the Needle Finds Magnus von Horn Reinventing Himself as a Chronicler of the Macabre

Almost a decade since his debut feature The Here After premiered at Directors’ Fortnight, Swedish director Magnus von Horn is finally in Cannes Competition wit...

Cannes Review: Wild Diamond Shines Bright, But Deprives Hyper-Femininity from Sensual Core

From her debut feature, French filmmaker Agathe Riedinger wants a sparkling yet still-realistic account of the thorny relationship between youth and fame. Wild...

Babes Review: Pamela Adlon’s Directorial Debut is a Sweet and Raunchy Comedy about Pregnancy

Transitioning the naturalistic comic sensibilities that made Better Things a success, Pamela Adlon’s feature debut Babes manages to co-opt the rhythms of a rom...

The Criterion Collection’s August Lineup Includes Brooks and Bertolucci on 4K

It's one of the great fallacies that comedy doesn't need to look good. (Blame years of badly lit Apatow productions and nearly every modern studio release bein...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 538 – I Saw the TV Glow (with Katie Rife)

Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr discuss Jane Schoenbrun's I Saw the TV Glow with special guest Katie Rife. Enter ...

First Teaser and Poster for Karim Aïnouz’s Cannes Premiere Motel Destino

With Cannes Film Festival now officially underway and reviews coming in, we're also getting new looks at some of our most-anticipated premieres. The Invisible ...

Cannes Review: Ghost Trail is an Engrossing Surveillance Thriller Haunted by the Syrian War

The wars in Gaza and Ukraine have dominated headlines for the past several years, yet receiving relatively little coverage today is the Syrian civil war, spark...

Cannes Review: Quentin Dupieux Brings Gallows Humor to Filmmaking Satire The Second Act

Quentin Dupieux returns with The Second Act, a playfully dour satire on the film industry that sees the French absurdist delve further into the apocalyptic moo...

Arnaud Desplechin and Mathieu Amalric Salute Cinema In First Trailer for Cannes Debut Filmlovers!

I'm possibly embargoed from speaking too much about Arnaud Desplechin's Spectateurs! / Filmlovers!, which debuts at the Cannes Film Festival on May 22, but suf...

Amnesiascope Presents a Rare Jean-Luc Godard Film at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research on May 28

Update: By popular demand, an encore screening's been added for Wednesday, May 29. See the original story below. My screening series Amnesiascope will have ...

News

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

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

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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