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Review: ‘Tyler Perry’s Acrimony’ Lands Somewhere Between Douglas Sirk and Tommy Wiseau

After a four-year hiatus from melodrama, Tyler Perry has returned with one of his most rousing pictures yet, Acrimony, which lands somewhere between Douglas Sir...

Review: ‘Love After Love’ Explores the Tension of Grieving

“It’s shitty how easy it is to get over someone dying," says Chris (James Adomian) as a part of a standup routine that gets personal when he starts talking abou...

SXSW Review: ‘The Legacy of a Whitetail Deer Hunter’ Has Laughs, But Misses the Mark

After finishing up HBO's cult hit Vice Principals last year, Jody Hill returns to the big screen (or, rather, small, as it's headed to Netflix) with The Legacy ...

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘We Won’t Grow Old Together,’ Charles Bronson, 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...

ND/NF Review: ‘Ava’ Tells a Universal Tale of Resilience Against Patriarchal Oppression

Sadaf Foroughi’s fulminating debut feature, Ava, may strike a few chords among Persepolis enthusiasts. A role-model schoolgirl turned rebel, its eponymous teena...

‘First Reformed’ Trailer: Ethan Hawke Walks Through the Valley of the Shadow of Death

Premiering on last year's fall film festival circuit, Paul Schrader's dark, existential spiritual drama First Reformed is one of the director's best films–p...

Review: ‘Ready Player One’ Has Verve But No Soul

Ready Player One is an abomination of a novel, but it was never going to be that bad as a movie. If nothing else (and frankly, there may be nothing else), Steve...

Review: ‘Fourplay’ is a One-Take Dramedy of Secrets and Resentment

It starts with the mixture of excitement and fear the result of a positive pregnancy test delivers before quickly moving into an impromptu hallway dance that en...

A Mermaid Washes Ashore in U.S. Trailer for Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Lu Over the Wall’

Masaaki Yuasa, director of one the century's best animated films thus far, Mind Game (which recently enjoyed a theatrical re-release), is back this year wit...

‘Godard Mon Amour’ Trailer: ‘The Artist’ Director Pays Homage to the French New Wave Icon

As Jean-Luc Godard prepares for a potential Cannes debut of his new feature, a biopic on the French New Wave Icon (which premiered at the festival last year...

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: The Meltdown Is an Elusive Chilean Chiller

Cannes Review: Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales Is an Ambitious If Tedious Take on Kieślowski

Cannes Review: Gentle Monster Is a Masterfully Performed Drama In the Aftermath of Betrayal

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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