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Dreamland Review: Bruce McDonald Picks Through the Rubble of a Pop Culture Explosion

Arguably the most eclectic director of the “Toronto New Wave," Bruce McDonald returns with his most ambitious and perhaps most frustrating film yet, Dreamland....

The B-Side – Meryl Streep

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...

Ari Aster Says His Next Film is a 4-Hour “Nightmare Comedy”

After giving select audiences theatrical screenings of his three-hour cut of Midsommar (then made available on iTunes), Ari Aster will be delivering an even mo...

New to Streaming: Black Films, Shirley, Tommaso, Yourself and Yours & More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

Posterized June 2020: Da 5 Bloods, Shirley, Tommaso, and More

Between there only being four Fridays this month and most studios banking on July as a return to theaters, June doesn't have as much going for it as th...

Nina Hoss Prepares for The Audition in First Trailer for Psychological Drama

Simply one of the greatest actresses working today, every time Nina Hoss delivers a new performance, it's a cause for attention. Her latest film looks to be no...

Bruce Lee’s Legendary Career is Explored in First Trailer for Be Water

A world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Bao Nguyen's Bruce Lee documentary Be Water is now arriving on ESPN this weekend. A martial a...

First Trailer for Errol Morris’ Next Documentary, Centering on LSD Advocate Timothy Leary

Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris is back with a new feature based on the life of psychologist and psychedelic advocate Timothy Leary. Per Showt...

Abel Ferrara on Filmmaking in Quarantine and the Spiritual Quest of Tommaso

Abel Ferrara is debuting his newest film with longtime collaborator Willem Dafoe, Tommaso, as a virtual cinema release due to the ongoing conditions COVID-19 u...

Steve McQueen Was Set to Make Cannes History with Two New Films

While it was announced last year that Steve McQueen was embarking on his next project, Small Axe, an anthology series for the BBC, consider us among those surp...

News

James Gray’s Paper Tiger Sets North American Premiere as Opening Night of the 64th New York Film Festival

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Christopher Nolan with Blake Howard

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

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