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A Mermaid Washes Ashore in U.S. Trailer for Masaaki Yuasa’s ‘Lu Over the Wall’

Masaaki Yuasa, director of one the century's best animated films thus far, Mind Game (which recently enjoyed a theatrical re-release), is back this year wit...

‘Godard Mon Amour’ Trailer: ‘The Artist’ Director Pays Homage to the French New Wave Icon

As Jean-Luc Godard prepares for a potential Cannes debut of his new feature, a biopic on the French New Wave Icon (which premiered at the festival last year...

ND/NF Review: Life Breathes Through Ilian Metev’s Gentle-Paced Family Drama ‘3/4’

The characters populating Ilian Metev’s 3/4 (read: Three Quarters) often walk and talk in pairs, but they are seldom framed together, the camera lingering on ea...

ND/NF Review: ‘Matangi/Maya/M.I.A.’ is a Rollicking Bio-Doc as Uncompromising as its Magnetic Protagonist

Long before “Galang” and “Paper Planes," and prior to her Oscar nomination and universal fame, there was a time M.I.A. was Mathangi Arulpragasam, the daughter o...

Adèle Exarchopoulos and Matthias Schoenaerts Hit the Track in U.S. Trailer for ‘Racer and the Jailbird’

After teaming together for the Oscar-nominated Bullhead and The Drop, Matthias Schoenaerts and Michaël R. Roskam have reunited for another crime drama, this...

Chiwetel Ejiofor Experiences a Crisis of Faith in First Trailer for ‘Come Sunday’

Maria Full of Grace and The Forgiveness of Blood director Joshua Marston returned to Sundance this year with his new drama Come Sunday. Led by Chiwetel Ejio...

The Film Stage Show Classic – Touki Bouki

We discuss Djibril Diop Mambéty's classic French New Wave-inspired Senegalese film....

SXSW Review: ‘From All Corners’ Shows the Passion of an Artist and the Lows of Branded Content

Stretching what would have made a delightfully compelling short film into a feature of unbearable length, From All Corners feels like the worst kind of branded ...

SXSW Review: ‘The World Before Your Feet’ is a Beautiful, Simple City Symphony

There’s an exciting world beyond the typical Manhattan-centric image that comes to mind when we think “New York City." Jeremy Workman's documentary The World Be...

SXSW Review: ‘Alt-Right: Age of Rage’ is a Timely, But Rushed Documentary

Despite being billed as a documentary about the subject, Alt-Right: Age of Rage doesn’t know what to make of the modern day neo-Nazi movement. At least some of ...

News

The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features Leos Carax 4K Set, The Secret Agent, Richard Linklater, Satyajit Ray & More

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

Trailers

Shinya Tsukamoto Goes to War In Trailer for English-Language Vietnam Film Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?

Barrio Triste Trailer: Bad Bunny Collaborator Stillz’s Bold Directorial Debut Arrives In July

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

Reviews

Tribeca Review: Sophia Takal’s Act One Feels Like a Lucid Nightmare

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

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

Michael Sarnoski on His Favorite Robin Hood Films and the Character’s Violent Mythology

Read This: Wonderful and Strange Peaks, the Life of Hannibal Lecter, a Century of Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese’s Filmography & More

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

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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