Having made a fall festival splash last year at Venice, TIFF, and DOC NYC, documentarian Elizabeth Lo’s Mistress Dispeller is finally headed for a stateside release. Set in modern-day China, the documentary observes a unique industry where professionals go undercover […]

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They say the path to success means making a few enemies. Tokyo man Yoshii (Masaki Sude) learns that in one of the most chilling ways in writer-director Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest thriller, Cloud. Kurosawa, who thrilled cinephiles with nailbiters such as […]

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Following her 2019 Oscar-nominated documentary The Edge of Democracy, director Petra Costa continues to examine Brazil’s rocky politics in her newest film, Apocalypse in the Tropics. Having premiered on the festival circuit last year before America entered its second term […]

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As we get older and our memories shift, how can we live in the present? First-time writer-director Sarah Friedland addresses this question in her gentle and moving feature debut, Familiar Touch. The drama stars Kathleen Chalfant as Ruth, a retired […]

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After months of anticipation given its festival circuit and awards season domination, we are just weeks away from the U.S. release of Brady Corbet’s The Brutalist. Co-written with his partner Mona Fastvold, Corbet won the Silver Lion for Best Director […]

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After winning the prestigious Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, before making stops at TIFF and NYFF, Pedro Almodóvar’s English feature debut The Room Next Door will finally hit U.S. theaters starting in December. Adapted from the novel “What […]

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After flexing his directing chops with his daring features The Childhood of a Leader and Vox Lux, Brady Corbet returns with an ambitious new epic. The Brutalist wowed audiences and critics when it premiered at the Venice Film Festival, where […]

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One of the most anticipated movies of this fall festival season is legendary writer-director Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths. The Venice, TIFF, NYFF, and BFI London selection has Leigh re-teaming with his Secrets & Lies star, Oscar-nominee Marianne Jean-Baptiste as London […]

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The world premiere of Pedro Almodóvar’s first English-language feature is right around the corner! The Room Next Door, starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton, will have its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival before heading to TIFF and NYFF. […]

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