Abel Ferrara’s ‘Go Go Tales’: Art, Commerce, Beauty, and Exploitation

10 years later, we look back at Ferrara's drama and why art needs exploitation in order to survive within capitalist culture....

The Best Films of 2017 (So Far)

Halfway through the year, we highlight our favorite movies thus far....

Review: ‘Despicable Me 3’ Isn’t Genius, But it May Make You Laugh

Full disclosure: I have seen neither Despicable Me nor Despicable Me 2, but the franchise’s third installment kind of makes me want to. Now let me set the recor...

New to Streaming: ‘T2: Trainspotting, Bong Joon Ho, ‘Mimosas,’ ‘Daughters of the Dust,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Netflix, FilmStruck, Amazon, and more....

‘The Last Mistress’: Catherine Breillat’s Power Game of Sex and Fury

God hates the Lords of Salem....

New to Streaming: ‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ ‘Three,’ ‘War on Everyone,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Netflix, FilmStruck, Amazon, and more....

The Emotional Naïveté of ‘Good Morning’ and Poignant Cynicism of ‘Ghost World’

We recommend recent Criterion releases from Yasujirō Ozu and Terry Zwigoff....

New to Streaming: ‘Zodiac,’ ‘Dressed to Kill,’ ‘A Cure for Wellness,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Netflix, FilmStruck, Amazon, and more....

The Best Films of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

We wrap up this years Cannes Film Festival with our favorites....

Cannes Review: ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ is an Alienating Misfire

John Cameron Mitchell is a more-than-talented writer-director whose first three features (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus, and Rabbit Hole) have all contrib...