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Our 12 Most-Anticipated Premieres at the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival

The fall film festival season is now officially underway with Venice Film Festival kicking off last week. Next on the calendar is the Toronto International Fil...

Venice Review: The World to Come is a Gorgeous Drama Told in a Subdued Gear

In The World to Come, an unlikely romance blossoms against the rugged rural backdrop of the American Northeast. The action plays out during the year 1856 somew...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 402 – I’m Thinking of Ending Things (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 dis...

Antebellum Review: Genre Exploits Undermine the Genuine Horrors of Slavery

If you've been paying attention to what's happening these past four years, you've certainly seen your share of open racism spewed with an angry sense of entitl...

Nina Hoss, Daisy Ridley & Kristin Scott Thomas to Lead WWII Drama Women In The Castle

Casting is now underway for the adaptation of the 2017 best-selling novel The Women in the Castle. Assembling an impressive international cast, Nina Hoss, Dais...

Venice Review: Quentin Dupieux Delivers Surreal, Uproarious Comedy in Mandibules

Like the giant fly in Mandibules, director Quentin Dupieux has been buzzing and provoking us for roughly the past decade, trying to build a reputation as a new...

First Images from David Fincher’s Mank Go Behind the Making of Citizen Kane

Although the fall film festivals are now underway, one title not making an appearance is perhaps our most-anticipated of the year. As Netflix sits out of Venic...

Venice Review: Vanessa Kirby Excels in Kornél Mundruczó’s Warm Melodrama Pieces of a Woman

One of the most anticipated films going into the festival, Pieces of a Woman delivers, although in a less harrowing register than many assumed. The film is dir...

Venice Review: Chaitanya Tamhane Returns with the Fascinating, Ambitious The Disciple

In The Disciple, a dedicated student of traditional North Indian music must grapple with the nagging feeling that he might not be quite good enough. The film i...

Venice Review: Terrence Malick-Backed The Book of Vision Offers Busy Return to the Uncanny Valley

At one point in The Book of Vision, a young woman spins around in ecstasy, arms spread wide like a whirling dervish, before falling to the grass. The D.P. has ...

News

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

Tony Leung Finds Earthly Connection in Exclusive Poster for Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend

Trailers

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

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

Carolina Caroline Trailer: A Crime Romance from Dinner in America and Snack Shack Director Adam Carter Rehmeier

Reviews

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

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

Omaha Review: A Desperate Dad Takes His Kids On an Unexpected Road Trip

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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