Abel Ferrara

First Trailer for Abel Ferrara’s The Projectionist Pays Tribute to the Art of Film Exhibition

Even before the pandemic, the art of film projection and exhibition has been a rarified breed in the era of digital presentations and the conglomeration of mov...

Venice Review: Abel Ferrara Reckons with a Chaotic Year in Sportin’ Life

It’s late February and Abel Ferrara is sitting on the couch of a Berlin hotel room, slouched beside is his friend, muse, and confidante Willem Dafoe. They look...

Abel Ferrara on Filmmaking in Quarantine and the Spiritual Quest of Tommaso

Abel Ferrara is debuting his newest film with longtime collaborator Willem Dafoe, Tommaso, as a virtual cinema release due to the ongoing conditions COVID-19 u...

Tommaso Trailer: Abel Ferrara Reteams with Willem Dafoe for Meta Italy-Set Tale

Abel Ferrara is here to spice up the summer. Reteaming with Willem Dafoe following 4:44 Last Day on Earth, Pasolini, Go Go Tales, New Rose Hotel, and prior to ...

Willem Dafoe Lives a Version of Abel Ferrara’s Life in First Trailer for ‘Tommaso’

One of the great collaborations in recent cinema is that of Willem Dafoe and Abel Ferrara, including 4:44 Last Day on Earth, Pasolini, Go Go Tales, and New ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Absurd Comedy, ‘Pola X,’ Bob Fosse & More

The best films playing in NYC this weekend....

NYC Weekend Watch: NYC ’81, ‘The Cotton Club Encore,’ ‘Pulse’ & More

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repe...

Karlovy Vary Review: Abel Ferrara’s ‘Tommaso’ is Introspective Filmmaking at its Most Brutally Honest

There are roughly two key types of autobiographical auteur movies. One is the phantasmagoric childhood upbringing kind–as in Fellini's Amarcord or, more recentl...

Abel Ferrara’s 10 Favorite Films

With the U.S. release of Pasolini, the premiere of his new documentary The Projectionist at Tribeca, his new narrative film Tommaso bowing at Cannes, production...

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Miami Vice,’ Jarmusch, ‘Safety Last!’ & More

The best films playing in NYC this weekend....

News

Daniel Day-Lewis Ends Retirement for Anemone Co-Written with and Directed By Son Ronan Day-Lewis

Exclusive Premiere of Sean Henry’s “In Heaven” Video Reworks a Classic David Lynch Tune

Claire Denis and Arnaud Desplechin’s Next Features Secure Financing

Trailers

Nicholas Hoult Faces Justice In Trailer for Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2

Babygirl Trailer: Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson Play Erotic Games

Robert Eggers Brings the Gothic Horror in New Trailer for Nosferatu

Reviews

NYFF Review: Nickel Boys Finds Miraculous Beauty in the Horrors of the World

NYFF Review: The Friend Amply Portrays Grief with an Admirable Naomi Watts Performance

NYFF Review: Afternoons of Solitude is a Hypnotic Take on Bullfighting from Albert Serra

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Samuel L. Jackson, Akerman-Duras, Compensation & More

Posterized October 2024: Rumours, Woman of the Hour, La Cocina & More

New to Streaming: Evil Does Not Exist, Powell and Pressburger, Red Rooms, It’s What’s Inside & More

Interviews

It’s What’s Inside Director Greg Jardin on Manifesting Anxiety, Giallo Lighting, and the Road to Success

“I Made It So I Could Breath”: Tarsem on Restoring The Fall, Distribution Woes, and the Next Chapter

The Substance Director Coralie Fargeat on Playing By Her Own Rules and the Strong Weapon of Humor

Podcasts

The B-Side – Barbra Streisand (with Chris Feil)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 549 – Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (with Trace Sauveur)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 548 – Janet Planet (with George W. Myers)