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Candyman Trailer Introduces Nia DaCosta and Jordan Peele’s Horror Sequel

Candyman is back. A sequel to Bernard Rose's 1992 horror feature, based on Clive Barker's short story The Forbidden, this new creation comes from the minds of...

Vàclav Marhoul’s Uncompromising, Controversial WWII Drama The Painted Bird Gets U.S. Trailer

The horrors contained in the new restoration of Come and See aren't enough for a viewer, another uncompromising World War II drama will be arriving later this ...

Berlin Review: Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine Opens a Portal of Loneliness

A cruise ship off the coast of Patagonia becomes a portal into the lives of others in Uruguayan director Alex Piperno’s stubbornly esoteric debut Window Boy Wo...

Sean Price Williams Eyes Solo Directorial Debut with Nick Pinkerton-Scripted Feature

If one were to think of the cinematographers that defined the medium in the last decade, Sean Price Williams would be near the top. From his collaborations wit...

Berlin Review: Los Conductos is a Succinctly Potent Portrait of a Damaged Soul

Succinctly potent like a concentrated shot of a mood-altering substance, Camilo Restrepo’s Los Conductos renders a Colombian portrait of a damaged soul reclaim...

Berlin Review: Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger Shine in My Little Sister

Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger, two of Germany’s preeminent acting talents, play twins coming to terms with a diagnosis of terminal illness in My Little Sister, t...

Berlin Review: The Woman Who Ran Finds Hong Sang-soo at His Most Self-Referential

The Woman Who Ran opens on a lovely shot of hens. The camera then pulls back to show the garden of a middle-class apartment block where a woman named Youngsoon...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 387 – Top 10 Films of 2019

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham reflect on the cinema of 2019 with our p...

Berlin Review: Funny Face is a Stylish, Timely New York Odyssey

A girl in a headscarf meets a boy in a mask while trying to shoplift from the corner store where he works. She is frustrated from living at home with an uncle ...

Straight Up Review: A Confrontational Exploration of the Perils of Modern Alienation

Early on in Straight Up, an obsessive-compulsive mixed-race millennial named Todd (James Sweeney) tries to furiously explain why he must stop dating men and fo...

News

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

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

Trailers

Zach Cregger Returns in First Trailer for Resident Evil

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

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

Reviews

This is Not a Drill Review: A Sharp Portrait of Climate Activists Who Still Fight

The Last One for the Road Review: A Delightful Trip Through Italy

Two Pianos Review: Another Rich, Thoughtful Drama from Arnaud Desplechin

Features

New to Streaming: A Magnificent Life, Wuthering Heights, Stranger Eyes, An Unfinished Film & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Tony Leung, Bellissima, Whisper of the Heart & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Arnaud Desplechin on Two Pianos, Nervous Breakdowns, and Making Cinema Bigger Than Life

“Objectivity Is Not Possible”: Lucrecia Martel on Crafting Her First Documentary

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

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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