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The Contestant Review: A Breezy Look at a Baffling Reality Show Challenge

The tagline of Clair Titley’s The Contestant is “The naked truth about the world’s first reality star.” The show referred to is Susunu! Denpa Shōnen, which air...

Lisandro Alonso Will Revisit La Libertad for His Next, Potentially Final Film

Argentine master Lisandro Alonso teased his next feature at Space Not Time, a Los Angeles retrospective of his work. Speaking after a 35mm screening of the 200...

Léa Seydoux, Vincent Lindon, and Louis Garrel Hit Their Marks In Trailer for Quentin Dupieux’s Cannes Opener The Second Act

Cannes begins, against all reason, two weeks from today, and with it comes the trailer for this year's opening-night selection. (Arriving in French theaters th...

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi on Evil Does Not Exist, Being in Harmony with Nature, and Why the Ending is Realistic

On a bright summer day in a tent on top of the sultry clay courts that give the Tennis Club Venezia its name, writer-director Ryûsuke Hamaguchi––known for his ...

Christian Petzold Sets Next Feature Miroirs No. 3 Starring Paula Beer

Update: Metrograph Pictures has acquired the film for North American distribution, with a cast also including Barbara Auer, Matthias Brandt, and Enno Trebs. Pr...

17 Films to See in May

A month so staggering in quality new releases that a new Mad Max film from George Miller barely cracked the top five, May kicks off the summer movie season wit...

First Look at Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis: Adam Driver and Nathalie Emmanuel Have Grand Ambitions

Now that Francis Ford Coppola has unveiled his long-in-the-works epic Megalopolis to buyers and the industry, we're just a few weeks away from its official pre...

The Beatles’ Swan Song Breathes New Life In Trailer for Let It Be Restoration

It's been four years since Disney and Peter Jackson announced intent to restore Michael Lindsay-Hogg's Let It Be––long enough (and with enough baggage) to thin...

“All Great DPs Become Alcoholics”: Rob Tregenza on Shooting Béla Tarr’s Werckmeister Harmonies

I was very gratified by the response to last year's interview with Rob Tregenza, a Zelig-like figure of modern cinema. Our very long, multi-Zoom conversation c...

VdR Review: Ruth Beckermann’s Favoriten Captures Laughs and Levity of an Austrian Primary School

It can be a fine line between goodbye and good riddance. Carlo Chatrian might have breathed a sigh of relief when his tenure as Berlinale's creative director c...

News

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

December on the Criterion Channel Includes Bob Dylan, John Waters, MTV & More

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

Trailers

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

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl Trailer: A24 Sets Rungano Nyoni’s Cannes Winner for March Release

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

New to Streaming: A Different Man, The Outrun, My Old Ass, Used Cars & 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 – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

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

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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