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Berlin Review: ‘Dovlatov’ is an Immersive, Unconventional Biopic

The story of Sergei Dovlatov is the kind of tale we’ve heard before. A writer who grew up in the USSR, Dovlatov fled his home country in 1979 after failing to a...

‘Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno’ Trailer: ‘Blue is the Warmest Color’ Director Abdellatif Kechiche Returns

After earning the Palme d'Or with his romantic drama Blue is the Warmest Color, Abdellatif Kechiche returned last fall to the Venice Film Festival with Mekt...

Posterized March 2018: ‘Gemini,’ ‘Isle of Dogs,’ ‘Foxtrot,’ 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....

New to Streaming: ‘Call Me by Your Name,’ ‘Faces Places,’ ‘The Shape of Water,’ ‘I, Tonya,’ and More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach,’ ‘Mind Game,’ ‘Faces’ & More

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

15 Films to See in March

As March brings a close to 2017 in cinema with the Academy Awards, there are also a great number of noteworthy 2018 films making their way to theaters, ranging from animated adventures to dark comedies to ambitious blockbusters....

NYICFF Review: ‘Sing Song’ is an Endearing Look at a Young Woman’s Search for Identity

For Dutch teenager Jasmine (Georgiefa Boomdijk), her homeland of Suriname (a northeastern South American country) is a footnote. She knows little about it or th...

First Trailer for ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2’ Boots Up

Disney is booting up their franchise powers yet again, this time sequelizing Wreck-Ralph, the animated hit from 2012 following an arcade game bad-guy who re...

Review: ‘Mohawk’ is a Raw, Urgent Story of Survival

In director Ted Geoghegan’s debut We Are Still Here, the subtlest horrors came from quiet images of nature. Within its context, creaking trees and beautiful lan...

NYICFF Review: ‘Liyana’ Brings Hope with Swaziland-Set Hybrid Tale

There's multiple ways to tell stories depending on the message you wish to instill. So when the subject you're tackling concerns a country like Swaziland with a...

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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