Urban decay: Despite Matt Reeves’s tip-top casting and his usual virtuosity, the latest Caped Crusader reboot fails to reimagine this by-now commonplace material
Sustain an edge: filmmaker Courtney Stephens reflects on the inspiration, both personal and artistic, she has drawn from Joan Didion’s foundational writing
Triangulation: the auteur discusses her new feature, portraying desire without judgment, working with actors across many years and films, and much more more
In my room: while the big-name titles were relatively modest, there was nothing small about more formally expansive films like Dry Ground Burning and Jet Lag
Light touches: this year’s slate was dotted with life-affirming standouts like Claire Denis’s Fire, Mikhaël Hers’s The Passengers of the Night, and more