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Following the Main Slate and Spotlight sections, the 62nd New York Film Festival, taking place September 27-October 14 at Lincoln Center and venues across NYC, has unveiled its Currents section. The Currents slate includes 12 feature films and 28 short films in six programs, representing more than 20 countries, and complements the Main Slate, tracing […]

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Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself? One of the most-discussed films coming out of this year’s Cannes Film Festival was Coralie Fargeat’s Revenge follow-up The Substance, a body horror feature that picked up Best Screenplay. Starring Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, and Dennis Quaid, the wild full trailer has now arrived ahead […]

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Alien has been Disney-fied. It hasn’t been softened or sanitized for a younger audience. It has instead been tweaked and studio-noted to mollify executives, under a clear, deeply misguided mandate to make product camouflaged “for the fans” in service of The Company. This mandate includes, but is not limited to: 1. including at least one […]

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Among the rare class of truly buzzy thrillers is Sleep, a South Korean feature with a debut director (Jason Yu), international star (Parasite‘s Lee Sun-kyun), narrative hook (more below), and auteur endorsement (Bong Joon-ho). Magnet have acquired it for a September 27 release, and with the date looming there’s a U.S. trailer. We were a little […]

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Following the Main Slate announcement, the 62nd New York Film Festival has unveiled its Spotlight section. Taking place September 27-October 14, the festival has added North American premieres of Leos Carax’s It’s Not Me, Alex Ross Perry’s Pavements, and Andrei Ujică’s Beatles doc TWST / Things We Said Today. Additional highlights include Jean-Luc Godard’s final […]

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Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by Bryan Kluger to discuss Osgood Perkins’ Longlegs. Enter our giveaways, get access to our private Slack channel, and support new episodes by becoming a Patreon contributor. All new Patreon supporters receive a free 4K UHD or Blu-ray upon joining. […]

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After directing two features last year with Perfect Days and Anselm, there’s no better time to revisit Wim Wenders’ crowning achievement. His serene 1984 Palme d’Or winner Paris, Texas has been restored in 4K for its 40th anniversary and will now open in theaters beginning August 30 at NYC’s IFC Center, courtesy of Janus Films. […]

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After starring in five films and eleven TV series last year, Ayo Edebiri’s 2024 is just slightly less crazy. Following up The Bear and Inside Out 2 this summer, she’ll next be seen in Omni Loop, a sci-fi feature that premiered at SXSW earlier this year. Now set for a September 20 theatrical and digital […]

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September marks Marcello Mastroianni’s centennial, and the Criterion Channel pays respect with a retrospective that puts the expected (Fellini, Visconti, Divorce Italian Style) alongside some lesser-knowns: Monicelli’s The Organizer, Jacques Demy’s A Slightly Pregnant Man, and two by Ettore Scola. There’s also the welcome return of “Adventures In Moviegoing” with Rachel Kushner’s formidable selections, among […]

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Memories can be slippery things. Take what happens around the halfway point of Laurynas Bareiša’s beguiling second feature: two women––more specifically Ernesta (Gelminė Glemžaitė) and Juste (Agnė Kaktaitė), sisters on holiday with their respective families (a husband each, one son and one daughter, respectively)––start dancing to Donna Lewis with what looks like an old routine, […]

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