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Locarno Review: The Plant from the Canaries is a Debut of Clarity, Wit, and Beauty

Never underestimate the critical desire to cite Éric Rohmer––spend enough days at a film festival and you’ll start noticing illusions to the director’s wor...

NYC Weekend Watch: Hong Kong Classics, Women In Action, Mixed Blood & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. IFC CenterFilms by John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Ringo Lam screen in Hong Kong Cinema Classics; ...

New to Streaming: Eddington, Dawson City: Frozen Time, The Legend of Ochi & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

Exclusive Trailer for The Friends Restores Shinji Sōmai’s Boyhood Adventure

Cinema Guild's release of Shinji Sōmai restorations stands among the great projects in modern cinema. Shortly after debuting Love Hotel, they'll be giving The ...

Amnesiascope Presents Carlos Reichenbach’s Rarely Screened Movie Dementia on August 27

One of the great films about movie love, failed ambition, and personal destruction, Carlos Reichenbach's aptly titled Movie Dementia (or the more evocative Fil...

It Was Just an Accident Trailer: Jafar Panahi’s Palme d’Or Winner Opens This October

Jafar Panahi followed Henri-Georges Clouzot, Michelangelo Antonioni, and Robert Altman as just the fourth director to win the Cannes Palme d'Or, the Berlin Gol...

Dive Into Exclusive Behind-the-Scenes Photos from Steven Spielberg’s Jaws In New 50th-Anniversary Book

50 years since Steven Spielberg forever changed the images that race through one's mind when dipping their toe into the ocean, the legacy and phenomenon of Jaw...

NYFF63 Revivals Features Sholay Restored Director’s Cut, Satyajit Ray, Mamoru Oshii & More

The final piece of the 63rd New York Film Festival film lineup has been locked into place. Expanding the traditional canon, Revivals celebrates works that have...

Highest 2 Lowest Review: A Lesser Collaboration for Spike Lee and Denzel Washington

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Highest 2 Lowest opens in theaters on August 15 and arrives on Apple TV+ on Sep...

“Shut Up, Shut Up, Listen”: Julia Loktev on My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow

Note: This interview was originally published as part of our 2024 NYFF coverage. My Undesirable Friends: Part I – The Last Air in Moscow opens in theaters on A...

News

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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