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NYFF Review: MLK/FBI Concisely Reveals How J. Edgar Hoover’s Voyeuristic Predilections Became Political Subterfuge

MLK/FBI shows the lengths J. Edgar Hoover’s FBI went to “neutralizing King as an effective Negro leader,” according to a bureau memo from 1963. Sam Pollard’s c...

Joaquin Phoenix Reteams with Ridley Scott for Napoleon Bonaparte Biopic

Update: Apple has come aboard to produce and distribute the film, Variety reports. After earning the Oscar earlier this year for what we'll just take as an ...

Monster Hunter Trailer: Paul W.S. Anderson & Milla Jovovich Return to Deliver Blockbuster Spectacle

With one celebrated Anderson in filmmaking having to push The French Dispatch to 2021 and another Anderson getting a late start on his next film, 2020 is now t...

BFI London Review: Abel Ferrara’s Siberia Conjures a Breathtaking Labyrinthic Nightmare of Isolation and Depression

In Abel Ferrara’s films over the last 10 years, the apocalypse has been looming, waiting to infect everyone in its vicinity with darkness, death, and devastati...

First Trailer for Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy Starring Amy Adams and Glenn Close

David Fincher's Mank isn't the only high-profile film arriving on Netflix this fall. A few weeks prior, timed with Thanksgiving, Ron Howard's Hillbilly Elegy w...

Watch: Emmanuel Lubezki Shoots New iPhone 12 Pro Spot

In an alternate reality, Emmanuel "Chivo" Lubezki would have already wrapped his first feature film since 2015's The Revenant, David O. Russell's next movie, h...

Wolfwalkers Trailer Heralds the Return of The Secret of Kells & Song of the Sea Filmmakers

Slowly but surely, Apple TV+ is building an impressive slate of feature films, from Boys State to On the Rocks to their forthcoming December release Wolfwalker...

Nightstream Review: Black Bear Sets Aubrey Plaza & Christopher Abbott in a Cathartic Puzzle Box of a Film

Does a bear standing in the road influence a bear by the boathouse? Or are both animals a manifestation of the same mind to punctuate the climactic conclusions...

The Film Stage Show Classic – The Mothman Prophecies (with Mary Beth McAndrews)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Mary Beth McAndrews to car...

Zhang Yimou Plans Fifth Film in Two Years With Sniper Drama The Coldest Gun

On a peerless prolific streak, Zhang Yimou's wuxia epic Shadow premiered in 2018 and since then, the Chinese director has four additional feature films in 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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