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Paddington in Peru Review: Threequel Fails to Climb to Franchise Heights

It’s hard to overstate just how ubiquitous the Paddington films––particularly the 2017 sequel––have been in the British cultural consciousness over the last decade. Not simply massive box office successes experienced by many more millions through their seemingly weekly BBC One reruns, the big-screen adventures of the mild-mannered bear have had a deeply bizarre second life. […]

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James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

While it looked like James Gray was going to follow up Armageddon Time with either a John F. Kennedy biopic or the ghost story Ezekiel Moses, one of America’s great filmmakers will be instead shifting gears to a new project. Gray will next direct Paper Tiger, based on his own script, with a cast led […]

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Metrograph Launches Print Publication with Inaugural Issue Featuring Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Clint Eastwood, Ari Aster & More

In an era where print magazines continue to shutter (most recently Cinema Scope and Total Film), it’s always a breath of fresh air for the industry of film journalism when a new one enters the game. Metrograph has now unveiled The Metrograph, a new biannual print publication designed by Matt Willey at Pentagram. Featuring exclusive cover artwork by […]

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Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Whatever its pedigree in East Asia, the Tokyo International Film Festival has not nearly been so known to the Western world. A quick scan of past editions wouldn’t suggest it’s flown under-radar for good reason––line-ups comprise a strong mix of titles established at other festivals, debut directors, and cinematic luminaries on the competition jury––but perhaps […]

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Posterized November 2024: A Traveler’s Needs, Queer, Flow, Bird & More

Sorry, Gladiator II (November 22) and Moana 2 (November 27), but I’m going all limited releases this month. Festival season has ended. Award season has begun (congrats to all Gotham nominees). So, while blockbuster sequels still populate most screens around town, they don’t possess the same real estate in cinephiles’ minds. We’re too busy trying […]

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New to Streaming: Catherine Breillat, The Substance, Last Things, The Apprentice, and More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here. Across the River and Into the Trees (Paula Ortiz) Hemingway’s work across novels and short stories has been adapted for film countless times over, yet Across the River and Into […]

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NYC Weekend Watch: “Silent” Movies, Godzilla & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMA series of “silent” movies includes films by Tati, Miguel Gomes, and Chaplin. Film at Lincoln CenterThe new 4K restoration of Sergei Parajanov’s Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors continues. Museum of the Moving ImageThe Seventh Victim and The Fog play on Friday; a Godzilla series gets underway; The […]

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Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

The strange, rollercoaster of a career for Michel Gondry continues in 2025. His recent feature The Book of Solutions will finally get a U.S. release, while his Pharrell Williams-inspired Atlantis, starring the epic cast of Kelvin Harrison Jr., Halle Bailey, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Brian Tyree Henry, Quinta Brunson, Janelle Monáe, Jaboukie Young-White, Tim Meadows, Anderson […]

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Steven Soderbergh Tells a Ghost Story in New Trailer for Presence

Steven Soderbergh is gearing up for a busy early 2025. Before his thriller Black Bag, starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender, arrives in March, we’ll finally get the release of his formally inventive ghost tale Presence. Coming from NEON a year after its Sundance premiere, the supernatural thriller starring Lucy Liu, Chris Sullivan, Callina Liang, […]

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