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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...

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

Todd Haynes Will Direct Sigmund Freud Series for Amazon Studios

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

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

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

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

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

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

First Trailer for Jim McKay’s ‘En el Séptimo Día’ Captures Immigrant Life in Brooklyn

First Trailer for Paul Dano’s Remarkable Directorial Debut ‘Wildlife’