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Review: ‘Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free’ is an Inspiring Story About a Self-Made Woman

There's a great line spoken by an aged Lou Andreas-Salomé (Nicole Heesters) to new friend and potential biographer Ernst Pfeiffer (Matthias Lier) upon his prais...

Review: ‘This is Our Land’ is an Engaging Contemporary Political Thriller

While its execution feels as sophisticated as a bumper sticker slogan, director Lucas Belvaux’s This is Our Land, based on Jérôme Leroy’s book Le Bloc, function...

50 Years Later, Douglas Trumbull Reflects on Stanley Kubrick’s Vision and the Technological Breakthroughs of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey

We talk to the visual effects maestro half-a-century after the release of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece....

‘Birds of Passage’ Trailer: ‘Embrace of the Serpent’ Director Ciro Guerra Returns

One of the most visually distinct, transportive cinematic journeys of the last few years was Embrace of the Serpent, which would make a fine pairing with Th...

Review: ‘Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare’ is the Lowest Common Denominator of PG-13 Teen Horror

In more confident hands, Truth or Dare might have been something worthwhile. The concept of a viral Truth or Dare game where the main rule is “if I’m lying, I’m...

New to Streaming: ‘The Great Buddha+,’ ‘Come Sunday,’ ‘Kékszakállú,’ ‘Borg vs. McEnroe,’ and More

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

‘Three Identical Strangers’ Trailer Tells the Peculiar Story of a Family Reunited

One of the most talked-about films at Sundance this year was Three Identical Strangers, which tells a story so peculiar that you're better off knowing the r...

Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons Jam Out in First Trailer for ‘Hearts Beat Loud’

With only a few features under his belt, Brett Haley has become a mainstay at Sundance Film Festival with his warm-hearted dramedies, showing other filmmake...

‘American Animals’ Trailer: ‘The Imposter’ Director Returns With Another Reality-Blurring Crime Story

After directing one of the most acclaimed documentaries of the century thus far with The Imposter, Bart Layton is back with his follow-up, another feature t...

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuo Miyagawa, ‘Liquid Sky,’ Clouzot & More

All the best films screening in NYC this weekend....

News

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Trailers

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

I Am Frankelda Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Speaks Truth to Power

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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