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Review: ‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is an Operatic Beginning of the End

After toying with the mortality of its ensemble in every single film across its now 10-year franchise, the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally reached a point...

US Trailer for Hong Sang-soo’s Masterful ‘The Day After’ Probes Grief and Idiocy

Difficult though it can be to parse through Hong Sang-soo's oeuvre -- an onslaught of projects that continued with the recent premiere of Grass and is likel...

Olivier Assayas on the Extremity of Cannes, Piracy, Non-Fiction, and Restoring Cold Water

We talk to the director about his semi-autobiographical 1994 feature, getting a U.S. theatrical release for the first time....

Jessica Chastain Heads West in First Trailer for ‘Woman Walks Ahead’

On the film festival circuit last fall, Jessica Chastain brought two films, but in order to not distract from the awards ambitions of Molly's Game, the othe...

Tribeca Review: ‘Duck Butter’ is a Subversive-Enough Post-Mumblecore Comedy

The Duplass Brothers Productions has become the Blumhouse of character-driven indies, an established label that upcoming filmmakers gravitate towards to work wi...

New International Trailer for Lee Chang-dong’s Cannes-Bound Drama ‘Burning’

With the Cannes Film Festival line-up now completely locked down, including all sidebars, it's only a few weeks to go until things kick off, and perhaps our...

Review: ‘The Devil and Father Amorth’ Finds William Friedkin Haphazardly Returning to Exorcism

Director William Friedkin had never seen an actual exorcism when he made the canonical possession film The Exorcist. No one seems to think the material suffered...

First Trailer for ‘Blindspotting’ Finds Daveed Diggs Trying to Survive in Oakland

Going into Sundance Film Festival this year, we knew there was bound to be a handful of movies depicting police brutality and the state of race relations in...

New to Streaming: ‘Happy End,’ ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower,’ ‘Hostiles,’ ‘The Nothing Factory,’ and More

All the newly streaming films of MUBI, Amazon, iTunes, and more....

NYC Weekend Watch: Jiri Trnka, Anne Wiazemsky, Tsui Hark & More

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

News

Kenneth Lonergan Returns with Tomorrow Is a Drag; Aubrey Plaza, Adam Driver, Matthew Broderick, and Vanessa Kirby Starring

NYC Weekend Watch: Korean Cinema’s Celluloid Fever, Southland Tales, Gamer & More

The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Features Odysseys, Weddings, James Bond, and Brian Eno

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom Marks a Powerful Reunion

Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig Inhabit an Artist In Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse

The Rivals of Amziah King Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Leads Andrew Patterson’s Crime Thriller

Reviews

Cannes Review: All of a Sudden Is Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Most Empathetic, Humanist Film to Date

Cannes Review: Clarissa Provides a Formally Adventurous Showcase For Sophie Okonedo

Cannes Review: The Meltdown Is an Elusive Chilean Chiller

Features

New to Streaming: Yes, The Love That Remains, The Christophers, Project Hail Mary & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

Interviews

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

“Everything Is By Chance”: Tony Leung on Silent Friend, Léa Seydoux, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

Silent Friend Director Ildikó Enyedi on Capturing a Tree’s Perspective and the State of a Soul

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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