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The Long Journey of Orson Welles’ Final Film Gets Documented in Trailer for ‘They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead’

Forty years in the making, Orson Welles’ long-awaited, excellent The Other Side of the Wind is finally arriving this fall. As with most productions from the...

Review: ‘Smallfoot’ Offers a Politicized Look at the Importance of Truth

It might be hyperbolic to call Smallfoot the most dangerous film of the year, but it wouldn't necessarily be wrong. Yes, there's a wholesome message at the back...

Peter Bogdanovich on How Art Reflects Society, ‘The Sopranos,’ and His Darkly Prophetic ‘Targets’

As his new documentary on Buster Keaton arrives, we ask the Hollywood legend about his favorite projects, the virtues and vices of the past, and more....

The Film Stage Show Ep. 310 – Mandy and The Children Act

We turn on some mood lighting and talk about Mandy, the newest film from Panos Cosmatos....

First Trailer for Sundance Winner ‘Shirkers’ Revisits a Thwarted Film Production

Winner of the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival, Shirkers was picked up by Netflix and now ahead of a fall debu...

15 Under-the-Radar Highlights from the 56th New York Film Festival

Ahead of NYFF, we dig deep into the lineup to pick some overlooked favorites....

TIFF Review: ‘Retrospekt’ Traps Us in the Prison of a Fractured Mind

I can't think of a better term to describe Esther Rots' Retrospekt than her own: "sensory cinema." We get a feeling for what this means during the opening scene...

‘Galveston’ Trailer: Elle Fanning and Ben Foster Lead Melanie Laurent and Nic Pizzolatto’s Crime Drama

If you can't wait until the third season of True Detective early next year, some more Nic Pizzolatto is coming your way next month. Inglourious Basterds and...

TIFF Review: ‘The Third Wife’ is a Mesmerizing Directorial Debut

It's 19th century Vietnam and fourteen-year-old May (Nguyen Phuong Tra My) has just been married to a wealthy landowner named Hung (Long Le Vu). She wears a gen...

TIFF Review: ‘Heartbound’ Follows a 9,000 Kilometer Journey for a Better Life

A film ten years in the making, anthropologist Sine Plambech and her director husband Janus Metz's open a door with Heartbound onto an intriguing humanist story...

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

I Am Frankelda Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Speaks Truth to Power

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

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

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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

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