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ND/NF Review: ‘Drift’ is an Entrancing, One-of-a-Kind Cinematic Experience

A few minutes into Helena Wittmann’s Drift, two young ladies sit at a bar and recount an old myth from Papua New Guinea. It’s an anecdote of the world’s creatio...

Review: ‘Big Fish & Begonia’ is a Distinctive Animated Tale of Life, Death, and Love

In 2004, directors Xuan Liang and Chun Zhang created a Flash animation for an online contest. From there they expanded it into a feature length film steeped in ...

First Trailer for Terry Gilliam’s ‘The Man Who Killed Don Quixote’ Proves its Existence

We'll believe it's officially real when we're sitting in the theater taking it in, but the best proof yet that Terry Gilliam has actually finished his oft-c...

First Trailer for Asghar Farhadi’s Cannes Opener ‘Everybody Knows’ Starring Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem

For the first time since 2004–when Pedro Almodóvar's Bad Education opened the festival–a film not in French or English will kick off Cannes Film Festival. I...

A Young Girl Enacts Rebellion in Trailer for Acclaimed Iranian Debut ‘Ava’

One of 2018's first notable debuts, Ava concerns a young girl's coming-of-age via rebellion -- a not-unfamiliar idea that writer-director Sadaf Foroughi mak...

15 Films to See in April

The calm before the Cannes and summer movie season storm, April has the makings of one of the best months of the year for movie-going....

‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ Trailer: Elle Fanning and Nicole Kidman Invade the Punk Scene

Writer-director John Cameron Mitchell (Rabbit Hole, Shortbus) is back this year, teaming with author Neil Gaiman, and a cast featuring Elle Fanning, Alex Sh...

ND/NF Review: ‘A Violent Life’ is as Distant as the Island and the Lost Generation it Portrays

The past is a home country in Corsica-born French director Thierry de Peretti’s second feature, A Violent Life. A crime saga chronicling Corsica’s gruesome 1990...

ND/NF Review: ‘The Great Buddha+’ is a Provocative, Unassuming Satire of Taiwanese Society

Huang Hsin-Yao is a new voice in independent Taiwanese cinema, and his first narrative feature–an adaptation of his short film The Great Buddha–carries itself w...

ND/NF Review: ‘Black Mother’ is a Beautiful, Lyrical Ethnographic Portrait of Jamaica

Khalik Allah's debut feature Field Niggas took viewers by surprise. The film, a rare contemporary ethnographic documentary set on the corner of 125th and Lexing...

News

The Criterion Collection’s August Lineup Includes James Gray, Todd Haynes, and More

Jia Zhangke, Claire Denis, and Sam Raimi Set Next Features

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

Trailers

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Lead First Teaser for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

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

Reviews

Cannes Review: The Unknown Stumbles on Its Own Gender Binarisms

Cannes Review: James Gray’s Paper Tiger Is a Masterfully Measured, Quintessentially Subtle New York Tale

Cannes Review: Na Hong-Jin’s Hope Is a High-Octane Creature Feature That Falls Flat

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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