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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,...

About Endlessness Trailer: Roy Andersson’s Latest Odyssey Finally Arrives in April

Closing out the decade, Roy Andersson's About Endlessness premiered at the Venice Film Festival back in the fall of 2019, with hopes we'd see it sometime soon ...

Berlin Review: Taste is a Majestic, Otherworldly Tale of Dreams and Longing

Lê Bảo’s Taste is set in Saigon, but for the best part of its 97 minutes, all action is confined to a bunker-like abode where five people meet and hide. The pl...

Berlinale 2021 Winners Include Radu Jude, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, Hong Sangsoo & More

The online edition of the two-part Berlin International Film Festival has now concluded, and the jury has announced their winners. Leading the pack taking home...

New to Streaming: The World to Come, Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, Night of the Kings, Guy Maddin, and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

Alejandro González Iñárritu Begins Shooting New Film with Cinematographer Darius Khondji & Zama Star Daniel Giménez Cacho

Following the grueling production of The Revenant, Alejandro González Iñárritu has stayed relatively quiet in the five-plus years since, just helming the VR fi...

Coming 2 America Review: Bland Comedy Sequel Extinguishes the Fire of the Original

Coming to America’s lovely opening shot descends through clouds, down to the fictional African country of Zamunda as Ladysmith Black Mambazo’s “Mbube (Wimoweh)...

Berlin Review: Police Tragedy Leads Jérémie Renier Astray in Xavier Beauvois’ Drift Away

With Drift Away, director Xavier Beauvois––known internationally for his masterful monastery-set Of Gods and Men––juxtaposes the picturesque scenery of norther...

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...

News

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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