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BAMCinemaFest Review: ‘Feast of the Epiphany’ is a Continually Surprising Drama in Two Parts

The history of film critics contributing to or creating actual films is long and storied. From the groundbreaking works of Cahiers du cinéma writers that made u...

New to Streaming: ‘Double Lover,’ ‘Blockers,’ ‘In Bruges,’ ‘The Watermelon Woman,’ and More

New to Streaming: 'Double Lover,' 'Blockers,' 'In Bruges,' 'The Watermelon Woman,' and More...

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Ludwig,’ Bresson, ‘Les Carabiniers,’ Liz Taylor & More

The best films screening in NYC this weekend....

First Trailer for Crystal Moselle’s ‘Skate Kitchen’ Shreds Through the Streets of NYC

Following her breakthrough documentary The Wolfpack, director Crystal Moselle returned this year with Skate Kitchen, which uses a narrative backdrop to plac...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 299 – Incredibles 2

We discuss Brad Bird's Pixar sequel and if it was worth the 14-year wait....

U.S. Trailer for Robert Schwentke’s WWII Thriller ‘The Captain’

After the last decade-plus German director Robert Schwentke has been a Hollywood mainstay with varying levels of success, including Flightplan, RED, R.I.P.D...

Steve Carell (and His Toy Dolls) Fight Nazis in First Trailer for Robert Zemeckis’ ‘Welcome to Marwen’

He may not be embraced as he once was, but Robert Zemeckis continues to make some of the most formally interesting work on a large Hollywood scale. Followin...

The Best Films of 2018 (So Far)

You Were Never Really Here, Let the Sunshine In, Paddington 2, Annihilation, First Reformed, and more of the best films of the year so far....

‘Creed II’ Trailer: Michael B. Jordan Faces the Son of Ivan Drago

One of the few franchise rejuvenation that had its intended effect, Creed was the rare blockbuster that embodied the spirit of the original while opening up...

Review: In ‘Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom,’ J.A. Bayona Milks a Dying Franchise For All It’s Worth

A once-dormant entity is resurrected and vulgarly mutated to fit the irresponsible demands of an entire population in the name of capitalist greed–this is not o...

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

Will Poulter Navigates an American Crisis In First Trailer for Union County

Exclusive Trailer for Japan Cuts 2026 Highlights the Best of New Japanese Cinema

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Traverse Giallo Underworld In Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

New to Streaming: The Prisoner, Silent Friend, Obsession, Fiume o morte! & More

NYC Weekend Watch: 70mm Conspiracies, Immigrants, Spectres, Sherman’s March & More

Posterized July 2026: The Samurai and the Prisoner, The Odyssey, Night Nurse & More

Interviews

Ross McElwee on Remake and the Painful, Profound Process of Making a Testament to His Son’s Life

Tamra Davis on Billy Madison, Half Baked, Watching Fellini and Coppola on Set, Bonding with Britney Spears, and The Best Summer

“There’s No Incentive for a Filmmaker to Retire”: Alex Cox on Returning With Dead Souls

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

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