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Apichatpong Weerasethakul Begins Shooting ‘Memoria’ Starring Tilda Swinton

Despite being a beloved figure on the international film circuit, Apichatpong Weerasethakul has mostly stayed in his own realm, crafting his dreamlike odysseys ...

‘The Fanatic’ Review: John Travolta Gets Absurd in Fred Durst’s Misguided Thriller

Over shots of Los Angeles, Fred Durst’s The Fanatic opens with an apathetic diatribe about the soul-sucking nature of the City of Angels. It's a“city of bullshi...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 361 – Ready or Not

We discuss Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett's horror-comedy....

‘End of the Century’ Director Lucio Castro on His Intimate, Epic Vision of the Bonds Across Time

We talk to the director about his strong vision, using contemporary gay sex mores to date his movie in our time, and using a unique kind of time travel to examine how relationships change....

Locarno Review: ‘The Fever’ is a Quiet, Heart-Breaking Story of Resilience in Brazil

By any conservative approximation, in the week that spanned the moment I left the Locarno screening of Maya Da-Rin’s The Fever and the minute I began writing th...

Locarno Review: ‘A Girl Missing’ is a Labyrinthine, Patchy New Drama by Koji Fukada

“Does someone who’s broken a family deserve a happy future?” teenage Motoko fires at middle-aged Ichiko halfway through Koji Fukada’s A Girl Missing. The woman ...

‘Greener Grass’ Trailer: Suburban Living Has Never Been Weirder

Adults wearing braces, children turning into dogs, giving away babies, giving birth to soccer balls, and more peculiar images abound in the first delightfully...

Natalie Portman is Drawn to Space in New Trailer for ‘Lucy In The Sky’

Fargo and Legion's Noah Hawley has made his feature film directorial debut with Lucy in the Sky starring Natalie Portman. Ahead of a TIFF bow and October re...

Our 20 Most-Anticipated 2019 Fall Festival Premieres

The films at Venice, TIFF, NYFF, and Telluride that we can't wait to see....

Locarno Review: Simon Bird’s Debut Film ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’ is a Heartfelt, Twofold Coming-of-Age Tale

Laconic and moody, a Metallica t-shirt worn like a second skin, fifteen-year-old Daniel hobbles through his pastel-colored, chintzy home in a stretch of British...

News

Richard Kelly Releasing “Gigantic” Debut Novel This Year

Radu Jude Will Shoot New Feature Love Diptych Next Month

New Restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils Leads Cannes Classics 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Nostalgia for the Future Exclusive Trailer: Charlotte Rampling Travels Through Chris Marker’s World in Cannes Premiere

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Bruno Dumont’s Red Rocks Captures Growing Up on the French Riviera

Maddie’s Secret Trailer: John Early Crafts a Sincere Satire in Directorial Debut

Reviews

Silent Friend Review: Tony Leung Finds a Flora Connection

The Misconceived Review: Incisive, Inventive Look at Contemporary Life

Blue Film Review: Masterful Two-Hander Confronts Flaws with Empathy

Features

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

New to Streaming: The Drama, Send Help, Exit 8, and André Is an Idiot

Our 20-Most Anticipated 2026 Cannes Film Festival Premieres

Interviews

“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

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

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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