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“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...

Exclusive Trailer Debut for Hiroshi Shimizu Retrospective, Starting May 4, Sheds Light on a Japanese Master

However hard it is to expand the canon, legwork must always be done. In my own time I've seen the understanding of mid-century Japanese cinema expand, however ...

Listen to Thom Yorke’s Score for Confidenza, His First Since Suspiria

It's only fitting that on the day the score drops for Challengers, composed by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Thom Yorke's first score since Luca Guadagnino's ...

New to Streaming: Love Lies Bleeding, Nostalghia, Tótem, Monkey Man, Omen & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

Listen to Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross’ Challengers Score

The last couple Reznor-Ross soundtracks weren't hitting as hard: on The Killer they ceded ground to Morrissey, replacing their multi-tone soundscapes for atmos...

NYC Weekend Watch: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Starman & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaOur House of Tolerance 35mm presentation has its final showing on Friday; a prin...

Cannes Adds New Film By Jean-Luc Godard Alongside Restorations of Spielberg, Wiseman, Tsui Hark, Bresson, and Sembène

Though festivals and distributors were very excited to sell you a "final" film by Jean-Luc Godard, Fabrice Aragno made clear Phony Wars would not be the last t...

Andrew Ahn to Remake Ang Lee’s The Wedding Banquet with Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang & More

Update: Bleecker Street has picked up the film for a 2025 release. Following up Driveways and Fire Island, Andrew Ahn is nearing production on his next feat...

Joanna Arnow on the Misconceptions of BDSM, Filming Comedy, and Conveying the Passage of Time

“Do you think people can change?” Ann (Joanna Arnow) asks her long-term dominant Allen (Scott Cohen) toward the beginning of Joanna Arnow’s second feature, The...

News

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

James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Tarsem Singh, Jaume Collet-Serra, Kim Jee-woon, Paul W.S. Anderson & More Set Next Films

Trailers

U.S. Trailer for Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here Introduces Brazil’s Oscar Entry

The Wages of Fear Returns In Explosive Trailer for 4K Restoration

Asif Kapadia and Samantha Morton Imagine the Future in Trailer for La Jetée-Inspired 2073

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 Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

New to Streaming: A Different Man, The Outrun, My Old Ass, Used Cars & More

Five Highlights from the 2024 Tokyo International Film Festival

Interviews

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

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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