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The Best World Cinema of 2024

The Best World Cinema of 2024

As the credits roll signaling the end of 2024, here are some of the films from around the world that…

December 24, 2024

Pop Stuff: Death Becomes Us

On the 61st NYFF and a 2023 that brought a strange bounty of death at the movies

January 5, 2024

Robin Williams Did So Much Improv That ‘Mrs. Doubtfire’ Has 2 Million Feet of Film

Director Chris Columbus recently revealed insight into the making of the beloved movie with the legendary comedian

November 24, 2023

Anvitaa Dutt is Shifting the Male Gaze from Indian Films

The critical success of ‘Qala’ and ‘Bulbbul’ attests to the writer-director’s subversive and immersive storytelling and the courageous backing of…

January 19, 2023

How Swastika Mukherjee Has Crossed Borders

The bonafide movie star of Bengali cinema is winning national audience with her poignant portrayals one OTT outing at a…

January 19, 2023

Barack Obama’s Annual Flex: His Favorite Movies and Books of 2022

The ex-POTUS has once again broadcast his picks for the best movies and books of the year, including his wife’s…

December 25, 2022

Meet Quentin Tarantino: Film Critic

A documentary, a podcast and a brand new book of essays on '70s cinema highlight the 'Once Upon a Time…

November 7, 2022

Taylor Swift Weeps With Christian Bale, Chris Rock in David O. Russell Film ‘Amsterdam’

We don’t think we’ve seen this film before, so we’re not so sure about the ending

April 28, 2022

How ‘All The Old Knives’ Refreshes The Tired, Old Spy Movie Trope

Expect the unexpected from this espionage thriller. There’s nothing stereotypical about this stellar Amazon Prime Video film.

April 9, 2022

Pop Stuff: Masculinity In Motion

In casting conventional masculinity aside or putting it on trial, Hollywood can embrace a long-overdue reckoning with what we tell…

January 23, 2021