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Mona Fastvold on Capturing Tragic Love in The World to Come, Collaborating with the LGBT Community, and Dancing to Vox Lux

After breaking out with her impressive directorial debut, 2014's The Sleepwalker, Mona Fastvold wrote Childhood of a Leader and Vox Lux with her partner Brady ...

The B-Side – Michael Keaton

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones they made in...

Posterized March 2021: Rose Plays Julie, Come True, Lost Course & More

After a packed-to-the-gills February, March is really dialing things down with releases. If my local theaters are any indication, it seems that studios...

Cinephile Game Night’s March Lineup Features Turner Classic Movies & Test Pattern Filmmaker Shatara Michelle Ford

Update: Watch the game night below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjEqCb5w1a8&feature=youtu.be Last month Cinephile Game Night kicked off a brand...

Michelangelo Antonioni’s Unproduced Screenplay Technically Sweet is Becoming a Film

One of the greatest auteurs in cinema history, Michelangelo Antonioni, passed away fourteen years ago––on the same day of Ingmar Bergman's death, no less––but ...

Berlin Review: Ryūsuke Hamaguchi’s Exquisite Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy Collects a Trio of Lovesick Stories

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy is cinema portmanteau: three short stories focused on three different characters, each a little lovesick and just a little lost. T...

Berlin Review: Anocha Suwichakornpong’s Come Here is a Transportive Thai Odyssey

In 1953, Chris Marker and Alain Resnais released Statues Also Die, a key work in their fledgling early careers that focused on traditional African art and its ...

Berlin Review: Radu Jude’s Incendiary Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn Playfully Addresses The Moment

As his old compatriots dabble in as far flung places as comic noirs (The Whistlers) and über-dense period symposiums (Malmkrog), it’s interesting that Radu Jud...

Boogie Review: Generic Sports Drama Bogs Down Compelling Human Interest Story in Eddie Huang’s Debut

As writer/director Eddie Huang's fortune teller states, when a dragon and a dog come together, they create a snake. That's what Alfred 'Boogie' Chin (Taylor Ta...

Berlin Review: Petite Maman is Céline Sciamma’s Warm, Delicate Portrait of Mother-Daughter Love

After the ambitious and wildly popular Portrait of a Lady on Fire shot Céline Sciamma into the arthouse stratosphere, she has returned with her fifth feature, ...

News

Watch: Spike Jonze Directs Zendaya in Shape of Dreams Campaign

Cannes Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Exclusive: Cinema Guild Acquires the Films of Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis

Trailers

Ombres de soie Exclusive Trailer: Éric Rohmer Collaborator Mary Stephen’s Debut Feature Gets Restored

The Invite Trailer: Seth Rogen, Olivia Wilde, Penélope Cruz, and Edward Norton Have a Night to Remember

The Last One for the Road Trailer: Take an Inebriated Trip Through Italy

Reviews

Fiume o Morte! Review: A Historical Reenactment of Rare Wit and Energy

Exit 8 Review: A Videogame Adaptation Heavy on Allegory

Heads or Tails Review: An Ethereal, Lived-In Western

Features

Marxist Millionaires and Fungal Worlds: The Best Films of CPH:DOX 2026

New to Streaming: EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert, My Father’s Shadow, Dreams, The President’s Cake & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Jack Harlow, Trouble Every Day, Caché & More

Interviews

“I’m Definitely Not Trying to Be Consistent”: Kiyoshi Kurosawa on Serpent’s Path, Chime, and Kokurojo

Isabelle Huppert on Becoming a Vampire, Ulrike Ottinger’s Timeless Touch, and Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales

François Ozon on the Existentialism of The Stranger, Arab Representation, and Bressonian Acting

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Steve Martin with Eric D. Snider

Dolphins and Drugs: Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens on Capturing the Work of John Lilly

The B-Sides of Spike Lee

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