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Berlin Review: Isabelle Huppert Goes Through the Motions in the Preposterous ‘Eva’

Benoit Jacquot’s preposterous erotic thriller is rarely erotic and never thrills. It shouldn’t be at first glance: the film has the ingredients of haute cuisine...

Berlin Review: ‘Unsane’ Finds Steven Soderbergh Thriftily Delivering Psychological Horror Thrills

The term “post-prime Federer” has recently come into the sporting lexicon as a way to describe the great Swiss tennis star’s career in the years since his suppo...

Claire Denis and Juliette Binoche ‘Let the Sunshine In’ with U.S. Trailer

There has, of course, been significant investment in High Life, the Claire Denis-Robert Pattinson sci-fi movie that's expected to finally make landfall this...

Berlin Review: ‘Museo’ is a Heist Drama with Political and Visual Flair

A full seventeen years after Gael García Bernal came to the attention of international audiences with Y Tu Mamá También we find the ageless wonder once again pl...

New to Streaming: ‘Medicine for Melancholy,’ ‘Mute,’ ‘Novitiate,’ ‘Thor: Ragnarok,’ ‘The Disaster Artist,’ and More

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

Review: ‘Mute’ is a Slight Detective Story in Search of a Purpose

Setting a film in the future and casting as its protagonist a man with a disability is a quick way to propose a deeper thematic meaning in a narrative. Layering...

Saoirse Ronan Faces Romantic Hardship in First Trailer for ‘On Chesil Beach’

It's been over a decade since Saoirse Ronan first landed on our radar with Atonement, and since then she's continually impressed. Following Hanna, Brooklyn,...

NYC Weekend Watch: Film Comment Selects, ‘All That Heaven Allows,’ ‘Duck Soup’ & More

The best films screening in NYC this weekend....

‘Kings’ Trailer: Halle Berry and Daniel Craig Navigate the L.A. Riots in Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Drama

After her astounding Oscar-nominated breakthrough drama Mustang, director Deniz Gamze Ergüven expanded her scope and made her English-language debut with Ki...

First Trailer for Idris Elba’s Directorial Debut ‘Yardie’

After working with the likes of David Simon, Cary Fukunaga, Kenneth Branagh, Guillermo del Toro, Ridley Scott, and more, Idris Elba has now stepped behind t...

News

The Criterion Collection’s August Lineup Includes James Gray, Todd Haynes, and More

Jia Zhangke, Claire Denis, and Sam Raimi Set Next Features

Kenneth Lonergan Returns with Tomorrow Is a Drag; Aubrey Plaza, Adam Driver, Matthew Broderick, and Vanessa Kirby Starring

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Bouchra Presents an Acclaimed, Personal Hybrid Animation

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Lead First Teaser for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom Marks a Powerful Reunion

Reviews

Cannes Review: Double Freedom Is an Entrancing Homecoming of Sorts for Lisandro Alonso

Cannes Review: Ben’Imana Is a Powerful Drama About Lingering Anguish

Cannes Review: The Unknown Stumbles on Its Own Gender Binarisms

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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