Cannes 2024: Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point, Eephus, To A Land Unknown
On three surprising entries from this year’s fest about ritual, alienation, and exile.
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With Flipside, Chris Wilcha Made a Triumphant Film About Failure
The documentarian talks about putting together a movie that draws on his abandoned previous projects—and why filmmaking is an endless hustle.
Home Entertainment Guide: May 2024
The latest and greatest on streaming and physical media, including Criterion editions of Girlfight, Peeping Tom, and All That Breathes, along with a fantastic Arrow 4K of Joe Carnahan’s Narc.
Far, Far Away: How to Get People Going to Movies Again
What’s broken in moviegoing, and some ideas for fixing it.
Cannes 2024: Normal Normal or Cannes Normal?
Jason Gorber explores his post-Cannes thoughts after returning from the fest.
Cannes Video #7: Critics Roundtable
Our critics break down the best films they saw at the festival.
A Special Kind of Beauty: Viggo Mortensen on The Dead Don’t Hurt
Mortensen sat down to talk about the ways his latest Western subverts any number of genre expectations and how directing has affected his work as an actor.
The 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Unveils Its Official Selection
An article about the 58th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, running from August 20th through the 28th.
Saved! at 20: Religious Satire and the Millennial Generation
On the teen religious comedy and its impact on a generation of faith-frazzled millennials.
Neon’s Five Palme d’Or Winners, Ranked
The hip arthouse distributor has claimed the top prize at the last five Cannes Film Festivals. In honor of “Anora,” we rank them all, from very good to all-time classics.
We Are Lady Parts is TV at its Finest
Peacock’s We Are Lady Parts is back and it’s still one of the best shows on TV.
Killer Klowns from Outer Space Is a Total Blast
They made a video game out of the cult classic movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space. And it kinda rules.
Cannes 2024: It’s Not Me, Filmlovers!, Misericordia
On three more from the Cannes Film Festival, including the latest from Leos Carax.
Cannes 2024 Video #6: Ben Kenigsberg on The Substance, Anora, Emilia Perez, and Napoleon
Chaz Ebert discusses four of the biggest films from Cannes, including this year’s Palme d’Or winner Anora.
A Larger Kind of Career: Morgan Spurlock (1970-2024)
On the passing of one of the most influential documentarians of his generation.
Cannes 2024 Video #8: Award Winners
Chaz Ebert on the winners of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, including Anora and All We Imagine as Light.
Cannes 2024: Armand, The Kingdom, September Says
On three films from Cannes this year, including an award winner from the Un Certain Regard program.
Cannes 2024: Sean Baker’s Anora wins Palme d’Or
The director of “The Florida Project” and “Red Rocket” won the festival’s top prize for his film about a Brighton Beach sex worker.
Cannes 2024: The Seed of the Sacred Fig, All We Imagine as Light, The Most Precious of Cargoes
The director Mohammad Rasoulof attended Cannes after a dramatic escape from Iran, and with a showstopper of a film.
Cannes 2024: My Sunshine, Rumours, The Balconettes
Our latest dispatch concerns a trio of films with wildly disparate tones, from coming-of-age queer drama to feminist ghost picture.
