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TIFF Review: ‘Killing’ is a Samurai Tale Told with Shinya Tsukamoto’s Uniquely Violent, Psychosexual, and Raw-Nerve Style

Shinya Tsukamoto introduced his latest film Killing at the Toronto International Film Festival as a “desperate scream.” The writer, actor, director, cinematogra...

TIFF Review: ‘The Death and Life of John F. Donovan’ is an Ambitious Undertaking in Service of Pure Vanity

For all his stylistic faults, French-Canadian film festival darling Xavier Dolan has never lacked confidence. From his personal and intimately-scaled debut I Ki...

The Best Films at the 2018 Toronto, Venice, and Telluride Film Festivals

We highlight 15 must-see titles to have on your radar....

Camden Review: ‘Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes’ Shows the Pitiful Side of Republican Kingpins

It’s always frustrating when a documentary is so intent on one story that it plainly misses a more interesting one that’s, just… right there. Divide and Conquer...

TIFF Review: ‘Rojo’ is an Entertaining, Perplexing Mystery

Rojo opens as people leave a house with objects in-hand, the assumption being that they were bought in an estate sale or pilfered before one could begin. A man ...

TIFF Review: ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ is a Work of Compassionate, Cathartic Contrition

Do you have a Lee Israel work on your shelf? What should be a matter of owning one of her books or not since she was a notable author of biographies who hit the...

Venice Review: ‘Vox Lux’ is an Incendiary, Provocative Pop Star Drama

In 2015, Brady Corbet released The Childhood of a Leader, a flawed and somewhat immature movie but arguably one of the most bombastic directorial debuts of rece...

Camden Review: ‘They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead’ is a Passable Supplement to Orson Welles’ ‘The Other Side of the Wind’

Alongside its release of Orson Welles’ long-unfinished, now-completed The Other Side of the Wind, Netflix is distributing a separate project as a companion film...

TIFF Review: ‘What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire?’ Finds Roberto Minervini Searching for a Story

Every once in a while there comes some serious difficulty in reviewing a film, chiefly one with noble aesthetic and ideological ambitions. Roberto Minervini’s n...

TIFF Review: ‘The Chambermaid’ Offers a Subtle Look at Inequality in Mexico City

Set entirely within the confines of a luxurious Mexico City hotel, mostly in rooms and service corridors, The Chambermaid is a fascinating observational drama a...

News

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Trailers

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

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The Rivals of Amziah King Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Leads Andrew Patterson’s Crime Thriller

Reviews

Cannes Review: With Club Kid, Jordan Firstman Announces Himself as a Director to Watch

Cannes Review: Fatherland Finds Paweł Pawlikowski in a Heady, Aching Register

Cannes Review: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Is a Joyful Addition to Jane Schoenbrun’s Box of Mysteries

Features

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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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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