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NYC Weekend Watch: ‘That Day, on the Beach,’ Jean Cocteau, Agnès Varda & More

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repe...

New to Streaming: ‘Annihilation,’ ‘A Fantastic Woman,’ ‘Thoroughbreds,’ and More

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

First International Trailer for Jia Zhangke’s Crime Romance ‘Ash is Purest White’

Following its competition premiere at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this month, Jia Zhangke’s female-centered crime/romance drama Ash is Purest White has...

Todd Haynes Will Direct Sigmund Freud Series for Amazon Studios

Following his magnificent drama Carol and Wonderstruck, which finally got a Blu-ray release this week, Todd Haynes now finds himself back in the director's ...

Review: ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ is a Rollicking Adventure Hindered by the Bad Habits of Fandom

I’d be curious to see how Solo plays out to the casual observer. Ron Howard’s sci-fi jaunt is rife with “Oh look!” moments that track for anyone in the know (wh...

Review: A Gentle, Moving Memoir, Carla Simón’s ‘Summer 1993’ is a Lesson in Storytelling

I wish there was a way I could start this review of Carla Simón’s extraordinary Summer 1993 with its final scene. Not because there are eye-opening or plot-unra...

Review: ‘Amateur’ Tactfully, Intelligently Explores the Dark Side of College Athletics

One of the most successful things in Amateur, written and directed by Ryan Koo, is the casting of Michael Rainey Jr. as the lead, a young basketball star on the...

Joaquin Phoenix, John C. Reilly, and Jake Gyllenhaal are ‘The Sisters Brothers’ in First Trailers for Jacques Audiard’s Dark Comedy

Jacques Audiard has been a mainstay at the Cannes Film Festival for some time, so we were surprised when his upcoming dark comedy-meets-neo-noir western The...

Elisabeth Moss and Michael Stuhlbarg to Lead Josephine Decker’s ‘Shirley’

Coming hot off her major success with Madeline’s Madeline at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, director Josephine Decker’s next directorial outing is reporte...

‘Li’l Quinquin’ Cinematic Universe Expands in First Trailer for Bruno Dumont’s Sequel ‘Coincoin and the Extra-Humans’

Bruno Dumont – the French auteur director of acclaimed films Ma Loute, Hors Satan, Flandres, L’Humanite, La Vie De Jésus, and Jeannette, l'enfance de Jeanne...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

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

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Trailers

Kim Min-hee Takes a Walk in First Teaser for Hong Sangsoo’s 35th Feature Nowhere to Lay My Eyes

Michael Mann’s Manhunter: The Final Cut Gets Trailer for 40th Anniversary Restoration

American Doctor Trailer: Three Heroes Navigate the Medical Toll of the Genocide in Gaza

Reviews

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

Remake Review: Ross McElwee’s Introspective Documentary Haunts with Humanity

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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