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Venice Review: Notturno is a Visually Extraordinary Study of the Middle East After the Fall of ISIS

The reaction to Notturno is going to be as interesting to observe as the work itself, and it begs to be further contextualized by experts on the Syrian Civil W...

Venice Review: Tragic Jungle is a Mysterious and Confounding Anti-Adventure Film

Fluid and far-reaching, the Rio Hondo snakes between Mexico and what was once British Honduras (now Belize). Terrain on both sides is dominated by the dense Ma...

TIFF Review: Regina King Conducts Her Directorial Debut One Night in Miami… With Expert Precision

The power behind Regina King's directorial debut (adapted by Kemp Powers from his own play) One Night in Miami… is epitomized by an exchange between Malcolm X ...

TIFF Review: Enemies of the State Fascinatingly Dissects Concepts of Truth

Documentarian Sonia Kennebeck's feature debut National Bird focused on three whistleblowers speaking about the United States military's use of drones in secret...

TIFF Review: Night of the Kings Explores Strife in Ivory Coast with a Magical Touch

Writer/director Philippe Lacôte looks to tell a tale of the Ivory Coast and its most recent two decades of civil war and strife with his latest film Night of t...

All In: The Fight For Democracy Review: Stacey Abrams Leads a Vital Civics Lesson for the Current Moment

With the United States presidential election only 53 days away, talk of voter fraud and mailboxes being torn away from communities are dominating media headlin...

Woody Allen Pits Wallace Shawn vs. Louis Garrel in Trailer for Rifkin’s Festival

Working with him may cast eyes aside and whatever you end up doing together is—for, let's say, various reasons—less than likely to ever legally screen in the U...

TIFF Review: The Best Is Yet to Come, Produced by Jia Zhang-ke, is a Powerful Investigation Drama

A film about an infection and the upset, paranoia, and unease that follows is, well, tailor-made for right now. There is no better time, then, to see director ...

Haruki Murakami Gets Animated in First Trailer for Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman

Following Lee Chang-dong's masterful Haruki Murakami adaptation Burning, the next work adapting the celebrated Japanese author is taking a form rare when it co...

Venice Review: Hopper/Welles Digs Up a Pair of Hollywood Legends Sparring Over a Single Night

It doesn’t take long to explain a film like Hopper/Welles in relative detail. In 1970, Dennis Hopper took a break from editing The Last Movie and flew to Los A...

News

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Trailers

New Trailer for 4K Restoration of Time of the Heathen Captures a World After the Atomic Bomb

Jia Zhangke and Bi Gan Voice a Coming-of-Age Tale In Exclusive Trailer Debut for Liu Jian’s Art College 1994

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Covers Classic Terrain In First Trailer for Serpent’s Path

Reviews

Challengers Review: Non-Stop Lurid Entertainment Rides the Charisma of Its Stars

Omen Review: An Assured Debut That Never Falters in Ambition or Surprise

The People’s Joker Review: Superhero-Skewering Satire is Miraculous in Multiple Ways

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Love Streams, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Ozu & More

New to Streaming: Dune: Part Two, Hundreds of Beavers, Problemista, Immaculate & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Frederick Elmes on John Cassavetes’ Infectious Confidence, Imitating Sven Nykvist, and Ang Lee’s Hulk

Becoming the Beast: George MacKay on Fighting for Bertrand Bonello’s Film, Learning French, and Modern Incel Culture

“I’m Not an Actor”: Léa Seydoux on Her Creative Self and False Public Perception

Podcasts

The B-Side – Robert Redford (with Blake Howard)

The Film Stage Show Ep. 534 – Monkey Man (with Jenny Nulf)

The B-Side – In Conversation with Larry Fessenden

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