In an era where print magazines continue to shutter (most recently Cinema Scope and Total Film), it’s always a breath of fresh air for the industry of film journalism when a new one enters the game. Metrograph has now unveiled The Metrograph, a new biannual print publication designed by Matt Willey at Pentagram.

Featuring exclusive cover artwork by the renowned cinematographer Ed Lachman, Issue 1 boasts contributions from a remarkable lineup. A sneak peek: novelist Yiyun Li, cartoonist Daniel Clowes, filmmakers Ari Aster, Amalia Ulman, and Ryusuke Hamaguchi, critics Hunter Harris and Thora Siemsen, writer Lucy Sante, cult writer/actor Cookie Mueller, actors Steve Martin and Simon Rex, and many more. Readers can also look forward to The Metrograph Interview #1, where Nick Pinkerton engages the 94-year-old pop culture icon Clint Eastwood in a rare, career-spanning conversation.

Metrograph notes, “Led by the editorial team of Senior Editor Annabel Brady-Brown (co-founder Fireflies...