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The Devil Has a Name Review: The Fight Against Big Oil Becomes Pulpy Entertainment

Big Oil has been wrecking the environment for decades with spills, fires, and wastewater ponds amongst other atrocities to Mother Nature that place their botto...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Goodfellas, Kelly Reichardt, Oliver Stone, Cannon Films, and More

It has been a few months since our last rundown of new books exploring the world of cinema (and a little beyond), and the pile is growing with noteworthy texts...

Kazuo Ishiguro Has Scripted a Remake of Akira Kurosawa’s Ikiru With Bill Nighy Set to Star

Akira Kurosawa's 1952 classic Ikiru––which we recently highlighted in our feature exploring the best films about mortality––is getting an English-language adap...

The B-Side – George Clooney

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and filmmakers and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the...

CIFF Dispatch: Becoming Mona, Careless Crime, The Columnist, and Days

With each October comes the Chicago International Film Festival, but with 2020 also comes a pandemic. Yes, CIFF is rightfully falling in the same school as sev...

Animals Trailer: Alia Shawkat & Holliday Grainger Make an Uproarious Pair

After premiering at Sundance Film Festival back in 2019, and shown in various other film festivals around the world, Sophie Hyde’s debut feature Animals has fi...

U.S. Trailer for Romania’s Oscar Entry Collective Investigates a Cover-Up

One of the most acclaimed films of the year, Alexander Nanau’s verité documentary Collective was recently named Romania's contender for Best International Film...

Sylvie’s Love Trailer: Tessa Thompson & Nnamdi Asomugha Find Romance in Sundance Melodrama

Written and directed by Eugene Ashe, the melodrama Sylvie's Love made its world premiere earlier this year at Sundance Film Festival and now it is set to get a...

Adam Brody is The Kid Detective in First Trailer for Crime Caper

While it wasn't part of the official TIFF lineup, the new dramedy The Kid Detective screened in a sidebar section for press and industry, and now, only a month...

Leonardo DiCaprio, Timothée Chalamet, Jonah Hill & More Join Jennifer Lawrence & Cate Blanchett in Adam McKay’s Don’t Look Up

Bouncing back from Vice, Adam McKay was all set to begin production this past spring on his next feature, Don't Look Up, starring Jennifer Lawrence. While the ...

News

Park Chan-wook to Direct Tang Wei, Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal in The Brigands of Rattlecreek

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson’s Stubborn Beast Begins Production

The Criterion Collection’s July Lineup Features The Elephant Man, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Mike Mills on 4K

Trailers

Jackass: Best and Last Trailer: Get Ready for One Final Ride

First Trailer for Kogonada’s Zi Conjures a Poetic City Symphony

Romería Trailer: Carla Simón’s Cannes and NYFF Highlight Arrives This June

Reviews

Hokum Review: Adam Scott Gets Trapped in Underwhelming Horror Feature

Two Seasons, Two Strangers Review: Golden Leopard Winner is Breathtakingly Gorgeous

Two Women Review: Sex Comedy Flips the Script with Hilarious, Refreshing Frankness

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Maurice Pialat, Jane Fonda, Tarsem, Casablanca & More

New to Streaming: Marty Supreme, Sound of Falling, No Other Choice, Late Shift & More

40 Films to See This Summer

Interviews

“My Best Ideas Come To Me On Walks”: Sho Miyake on Two Seasons, Two Strangers

Faith in the Process: Pete Ohs on Erupcja, Charli XCX, and New Methods

“You Can’t Recreate a Reality”: Sophy Romvari on Blue Heron

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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

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