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In the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', Josh and Andrew kick off a new series on the best films of 2022 with guests Drew Wendt and Billy Roc, taking a deep dive into Kogonada's After Yang :

Director Guillermo del Toro's long-awaited stop-motion adaptation of Pinocchio -- co-directed with animation veteran Mark Gustafson -- is now playing in select theaters and will be available to stream from Netflix today. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Rian Johnson's latest whodunit, Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery, opens for a one-week theatrical run on Wednesday, before premiering on Netflix on Dec. 23. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Critic Kayla McCulloch spotlights another recommendation from this year's SLIFF lineup: Of Medicine and Miracles, Ross Kauffman's documentary on oncologist Dr. Carl June and his lifelong search for a cancer cure. Screening this Thursday at 12:05 p.m. at the Plaza Frontenac Cinema.

Critic Andrew Wyatt spotlights another recommendation from this year's SLIFF lineup: Ali Abbasi's Iran-set true-crime drama Holy Spider. Screening this Thursday at 7:00 p.m. at the Plaza Frontenac Cinema.

Critic Kayla McCulloch spotlights another recommendation from this year's SLIFF lineup: Corsage, Marie Kreutzer's unconventional biopic of the 19th-c. Austrian Empress Elisabeth. The film screens tonight at 7:15 p.m. at the Plaza Frontenac Cinema.

Critic Andrew Wyatt spotlights another recommendation from this year's SLIFF lineup: Nikyatu Jusu's supernatural psychological thriller Nanny. Screening this Sunday at 4:45 p.m. at the Galleria 6 Cinema.

Critic Andrew Wyatt spotlights an under-the-radar gem from this year's SLIFF lineup: Fernando Trueba's coming-of-age drama Memories of My Father, based on a memoir by Colombian novelist, essayist, and cultural critic Héctor Abad Faciolince. Screening this Friday at 7:15 p.m. at the Plaza Frontenac Cinema.

In this bonus episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', Josh and Andrew preview their most anticipated films at this year's SLIFF. Plus: A live discussion where they geek out over Brian De Palma's 1972 chiller Sisters.

In the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', Josh, Kayla, & Andrew conclude their series on filmmakers Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers with a deep dive into Meyers' 2015 workplace comedy The Intern:

A mini-festival of horror-themed short films, the inaugural Hysteria Fest kicked off on Thursday night at St. Louis' own Arkadin Cinema. Critic Drew Edlestein had a chance to view the festival's offerings, and has picked five highlights that he recommends. The full festival program will be screening again this Saturday night, Oct. 22, at 8 p.m.

In honor of the game's 5th anniversary, critic Andrew Wyatt looks back at how Assassin's Creed Origins revitalized Ubisoft's long-running stealth-action series with its emotionally mature depiction of parental grief:

Writer-driector Todd Fields' long-awaited third feature, Tár, is now playing in select theaters. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review of the film, which stars Cate Blanchett as a classical composer-conductor on the brink of a fall from grace.

Mathieu Amalric's elliptical new drama Hold Me Tight is now playing in select theaters, and will be screening nightly this weekend at the Webster University Film Series. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

Critic Kayla McCulloch is back to shine another spotlight on three features screening as a part of this year's New York Film Festival's Currents selection: Slaughterhouses of Modernity, Human Flowers of Flesh, and The Adventures of Gigi the Law.

Critic Kayla McCulloch spotlights some lower-profile narrative features screening as a part of this year's New York Film Festival's Currents selection: Queens of the Qing Dynasty, The Dam, and You Have to Come and See It.

David Bruckner's reboot of the Hellraiser series premieres on Hulu on Friday. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

In the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', Josh, Kayla, & Andrew continue their series on filmmakers Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers with a deep dive into Nora Ephron's 2009 feature film, Julie & Julia:

Writer-director Parker Finn's new horror feature Smile opens in theaters everywhere today. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Tom George's comic whodunit See How They Run is now playing in select theaters. Critic Drew Edelstein has a review:

Director Andrew Dominik's controversial Marilyn Monroe biopic, Blonde, arrives on Netflix tomorrow. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review:

Documentarian Jessica Oreck's new feature is a fictionalized narrative that takes a true story from WWII and turns it into a work of dystopian near-future fiction. Critic Kayla McCulloch has a review of the film, which screens this weekend at the Webster University Film Series.

For The Lens, critic Andrew Wyatt urges you to check out Samuel Fuller's gorgeous, hard-to-find film noir, House of Bamboo (1955), before it leaves the Criterion Channel at the end of the month:

In the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', Josh, Kayla, & Andrew continue their series on filmmakers Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers with a deep dive into Meyers' directorial debut, the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap:

Danish director Christian Tafdrup's grueling Sundance hit, Speak No Evil, premieres on the horror streaming platform Shudder today. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Director Harry Wootliff's new drama True Things opens in select theaters on Friday, and will also be available to rent via VOD. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

In the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', Josh, Kayla, & Andrew kick off a new series about filmmakers Nora Ephron and Nancy Meyers with a deep dive into the Ephron-scripted Heartburn (1986):

Director Halina Reijn's slasher flick / social thriller Bodies Bodies Bodies is now playing in theaters. Our newest contributor at The Lens, Drew Edelstein, has a review:

Director George Miller's romantic modern fantasy Three Thousand Years of Longing opens in theaters on Friday. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

In the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', lecturer and critic Cait Lore discusses Rainer Werner Fassbinder's The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant (1972) on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

Max Walker-Silverman' romantic drama A Love Song is now playing in select theaters. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review of the Sundance favorite, in which prolific performer Dale Dickey stars as an older woman seeking to reconnect with a childhood friend:

For the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', critic and author Charles Taylor discusses Sidney J. Furie's Lady Sings the Blues (1972) on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.

This Saturday, filmmaker and former St. Louis American editor Chris King will be introducing Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy (1972) and leading a post-screening discussion of the film at the St. Louis Public Library's Central Library. At The Lens, King offers a preview of the film:

Director Dan Trachtenberg's Predator prequel Prey premieres on Hulu on Friday. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

Writer-director Andrew Semans' psychological horror-thriller Resurrection opens in select cities tomorrow, and also premieres on online platforms via VOD. Critic Andrew Wyatt has a review:

For the latest episode of 'The Lens: A Cinema St. Louis Podcast', Gerald Early, Ph.D., professor at Washington University, joins CSL's Cliff Froelich to discuss Sidney Poitier's Buck and the Preacher (1972) on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.