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It’s a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for Steve (Cillian Murphy). As the headmaster at Stanton Wood, a boarding school for troubled young men, he shows up to work and is greeted by bickering students, physical altercations, and...

Coming-of-age tales are a genre with little recent innovation. Yet Singaporean-American filmmaker Siyou Tan finds remarkable specificity and novelty in her Singapore-set “girl-gang” story. Singapore is not an oft-portrayed location or culture in movies that reach North American screens; Amoeba‘s...

And like that, Criterion’s 2025 is in the books. A sterling year closes out with Tim Burton’s inauguration into their hallowed halls (and maybe through the most logical choice) with Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure arriving on 4K. Honors are likewise put...

We’re pleased to exclusively announce that KimStim has acquired all North American rights to Timestamp, the highly acclaimed documentary feature from Ukrainian filmmaker Kateryna Gornostai, director of the Berlinale Crystal Bear–winning Stop-Zemlia (2021).  The deal was negotiated between KimStim’s Co-President...

At barely two years old, Harmony Korine’s “post-cinema” company EDGLRD is already branching out. After directing AGGRO DR1FT and Baby Invasion, Korine takes on a producer role for Barrio Triste, the feature debut of Colombian-American artist Stillz. It’s a good...

My friend (and Film Stage Managing Editor) Nick Newman likes the term “counterfeit money” to describe certain movies. Be it The Batman or Ben Affleck’s oeuvre, it’s an apt descriptor for a number of titles play-acting as real-deal adult filmmaking...

After finally unveiling One Battle After Another last week with a Steven Spielberg-anointed screening and conversation, the early praise for Paul Thomas Anderson’s masterpiece of a comedy-action epic has been rightfully rapturous. While the story of revolutionaries is inspired by...

The past rears its not-so-ugly head in Two Pianos, Arnaud Desplechin’s latest film exploring the ways gorgeous people make an even bigger mess out of the messiness of life itself. Set amidst the world of classical music in Lyon, this...

You can’t accuse John Early of not committing. Through the majority of his acting career, the comedian has become a reliable avatar for a palpable, toxic, hilarious narcissism, playing characters oblivious to the world outside the bubbles they’ve so thoroughly...

A key collaboration between modern China’s most significant actress and director, Zhang Yimou’s Gong Li-starrer Ju Dou has been restored and will receive a 35th-anniverary rerelease that starts at Film Forum on October 3. Ahead of this we’re pleased to...