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Art of the Real Review: The Personal and Political Gracefully Coexist in ‘The Image You Missed’

A few minutes into Donal Foreman’s The Image You Missed, a voice-over comes to an abrupt stop: “each film is a mission impossible, but this one here, it was the...

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘A New Leaf,’ Paul Schrader, Andy Warhol & More

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

Alden Ehrenreich Endures the Aftermath of War in First Trailer for ‘The Yellow Birds’

Alexandre Moors' Blue Caprice was a harrowing, stunningly-shot depiction of the D.C. sniper attacks. The director made his return at last year's Sundance wi...

Review: ‘Tully’ is a Raw, Funny, and Resonant Reunion for Jason Reitman, Diablo Cody, and Charlize Theron

After loving their first collaboration (Juno) and disliking their second (Young Adult), I didn't know what to expect with director Jason Reitman and writer Diab...

New to Streaming: ‘Manhunt,’ ‘Before We Vanish,’ ‘Game Night,’ and More

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

Paul Rudd Goes from Baseball to Espionage in First Trailer for ‘The Catcher Was a Spy’

Before he gets small later this summer, Paul Rudd is doing some good ol' fashioned drama with The Catcher Was a Spy. Premiering at Sundance earlier this yea...

Posterized May 2018: ‘First Reformed,’ ‘The Day After,’ ‘Tully,’ and More

This monthly column focuses on the film industry’s willingness to capitalize on this truth, releasing one-sheets to serve as not representations of what audiences are to expect, but as propaganda to fill seats....

Montclair Review: ‘The Misogynists’ is ‘In The Company of Men’ for the MAGA Era

Largely set in a hotel room on election night 2016, Onur Tukel’s The Misogynists is a nasty piece of business. Perhaps the director's most no holds barred pictu...

Montclair Review: ‘When She Runs’ Subtly Captures Alienation and Obsession

A quiet and observant sports drama, When She Runs, like The Fits, is a film that lives and breathes process. Our lead Kristen (Kirstin Anderson, also credited a...

Montclair Review: ‘Far from the Tree’ is a Bold, Uneven Empathy Machine

Inspired by Andrew Solomon’s best-selling novel and perhaps a quote the begins Roger Ebert’s autobiography Life Itself (“…movies are like a machine that generat...

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

Godzilla Minus Zero Teaser: Takashi Yamazaki’s Sequel Stomps Into Theaters This November

Hope Trailer: Na Hong-Jin’s Sci-Fi Thriller Arrives This September

Dakota Fanning and Jake Johnson Rethink Their Lives in First Trailer for Joe Swanberg’s The Sun Never Sets

Reviews

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

Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass Review: David Wain’s Hilarious Ode to LA

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Features

15 Films to See at Japan Cuts 2026

New to Streaming: The Prisoner, Silent Friend, Obsession, Fiume o morte! & More

NYC Weekend Watch: 70mm Conspiracies, Immigrants, Spectres, Sherman’s March & More

Interviews

“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

Ross McElwee on Remake and the Painful, Profound Process of Making a Testament to His Son’s Life

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

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