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Rotterdam Review: Takashi Miike’s Blazing Fists is a Pulpy Sports Crime Movie

It's hard to say what's more endearing about Takashi Miike these days: that the director of Audition and Ichi The Killer is still out there producing work at t...

Sundance Review: LUZ is an Emotionally Detached Mood Piece Searching for Connection

With an evocative opening-credits sequence as the camera swirls through a virtual landscape of neon signs and lights, one might think they are witnessing the b...

Sundance Review: Seeds is a Beautiful, Haunting Documentary about the Wisdom of Elders

Evoking Gordon Park's black-and-white photographs of the New Deal Era, cinematographer Brittany Shyne’s powerful debut feature Seeds offers a portrait of a...

Sundance Review: In Omaha, a Desperate Dad Takes His Kids On an Unexpected Road Trip

Early one morning, a single father and widower (John Magaro)––credited as Dad––wakes up his perceptive nine-year-old Ella (Molly Belle Wright) and mischievous ...

Sundance Review: André Is an Idiot is a Noble Document of a Dumb Decision

There is an unbridled honesty to André Is an Idiot that is admirable, even if all of it doesn't really work. It's a simple, stark subject for a documentary: ac...

11 Films to See in February

With Sundance wrapped up, much of February's attention toward the world of cinema will be on Berlinale. This month certainly isn't stacked for new releases, bu...

Sundance Review: Bunnylovr is a Compelling, Messy Character Study in Social Isolation

Sensitive and nuanced, Katarina Zhu’s directorial debut Bunnylovr is a compelling character study that never quite makes sense of the messy life of personal as...

David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds Sets Spring Release as New Teaser Arrives

After his long-awaited return with Crimes of the Future, David Cronenberg returned last year to the festival circuit with The Shrouds, a darkly funny conspirac...

NYC Weekend Watch: I-Be Area, Frederick Wiseman, Picnic at Hanging Rock & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaOne of our era's great musicians, Lex Walton, introduces I-Be Area on Friday; Ba...

New to Streaming: Sundance 2025, Sing Sing, Babygirl, Den of Thieves 2: Pantera & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Jessica Chastain Begins a Dangerous Affair in First Trailer for Michel Franco’s Dreams

Reviews

Is This Thing On? Review: Bradley Cooper’s Gentle Film About Marital Strife

Marty Supreme Review: Timothée Chalamet Reaches a New Pinnacle in Josh Safdie’s Propulsive Drama

Cover-Up Review: The Most Important American Documentary of the Year

Features

New to Streaming: One Battle After Another, It Was Just an Accident, Song to Song, The Running Man & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Twin Peaks, Breezy, Gus Van Sant, Ken Jacobs & More

The 100 Most-Anticipated Films of 2026: Part Two

Interviews

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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