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TIFF Review: Felicity Huffman is on a Path of Self-Destruction in ‘Tammy’s Always Dying’

You have to give credit to any story that allows its despicable characters to be despicable without also demanding forgiveness from their victim. This is especi...

TIFF Review: ‘The Vigil’ is a Culturally Specific and Sonically Bludgeoning Debut Horror Feature

There’s a fundamental rule with horror films that rarely gets followed: loud doesn’t equal scary. Sound should be seen as a tool used to build tension and stren...

TIFF Review: ‘Lucy in the Sky’ is an Insufferable Failure on Every Level

I’m not going to mince words here: Lucy in the Sky is a terrible film. It’s a disaster, a fiasco, a complete tragedy. It’s the kind of film that will have peopl...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 364 – Hustlers

We discuss Lorene Scafaria's crime drama starring Constance Wu, Jennifer Lopez, Julia Stiles, Keke Palmer, Lili Reinhart, Lizzo, and Cardi B....

‘The Cotton Club Encore’ Trailer Previews Francis Ford Coppola’s New Restored Reworking

As Francis Ford Coppola continues to prep for his long-gestating sci-fi epic Megalopolis, the director has been looking back his career. After restoring Tuc...

Matt Damon and Christian Bale Rev Up in New Trailer for James Mangold’s ‘Ford v Ferrari’

Following a successful bow at Telluride and Toronto, Fox and Disney have released a new trailer for James Mangold's Logan follow-up Ford v Ferrari. Set duri...

Michael Fassbender Joins Taika Waititi’s ‘Next Goal Wins’ as ‘Jojo Rabbit’ Wins TIFF 2019

After an explosive last ten years or so that kicked off with Hunger and Inglourious Basterds, Michael Fassbender has left the spotlight recently. Call it a ...

The Best Films at the 2019 Toronto, Venice, Telluride, and Locarno Film Festivals

With the Toronto International Film Festival concluding this past weekend and Telluride, Venice, and Locarno in the rearview, the first phase of fall film festivals have concluded....

TIFF Review: Quentin Dupieux’s ‘Deerskin’ is Divorced Guy Energy: The Movie

Quentin Dupieux’s Deerskin can essentially be summarized as Divorced Guy Energy: The Movie. A ribbing of masculinity that alternates between bone-dry and morbid...

TIFF Review: ‘Crazy World,’ from Uganda’s Wakaliwood Collective, Shows What’s Missing in Hollywood Action Cinema

It's hard to discuss Crazy World without mentioning the experience of seeing it. As the final screening of TIFF’s Midnight Madness programme, the film was accom...

News

The Criterion Collection’s August Lineup Includes James Gray, Todd Haynes, and More

Jia Zhangke, Claire Denis, and Sam Raimi Set Next Features

Kenneth Lonergan Returns with Tomorrow Is a Drag; Aubrey Plaza, Adam Driver, Matthew Broderick, and Vanessa Kirby Starring

Trailers

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Lead First Teaser for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom Marks a Powerful Reunion

Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig Inhabit an Artist In Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse

Reviews

Cannes Review: The Unknown Stumbles on Its Own Gender Binarisms

Cannes Review: James Gray’s Paper Tiger Is a Masterfully Measured, Quintessentially Subtle New York Tale

Cannes Review: Na Hong-Jin’s Hope Is a High-Octane Creature Feature That Falls Flat

Features

New to Streaming: Yes, The Love That Remains, The Christophers, Project Hail Mary & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

Interviews

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

“Everything Is By Chance”: Tony Leung on Silent Friend, Léa Seydoux, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Silent Friend Director Ildikó Enyedi on Capturing a Tree’s Perspective and the State of a Soul

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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