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Review: ‘This is Our Land’ is an Engaging Contemporary Political Thriller

While its execution feels as sophisticated as a bumper sticker slogan, director Lucas Belvaux’s This is Our Land, based on Jérôme Leroy’s book Le Bloc, function...

50 Years Later, Douglas Trumbull Reflects on Stanley Kubrick’s Vision and the Technological Breakthroughs of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey

We talk to the visual effects maestro half-a-century after the release of Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece....

‘Birds of Passage’ Trailer: ‘Embrace of the Serpent’ Director Ciro Guerra Returns

One of the most visually distinct, transportive cinematic journeys of the last few years was Embrace of the Serpent, which would make a fine pairing with Th...

Review: ‘Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare’ is the Lowest Common Denominator of PG-13 Teen Horror

In more confident hands, Truth or Dare might have been something worthwhile. The concept of a viral Truth or Dare game where the main rule is “if I’m lying, I’m...

New to Streaming: ‘The Great Buddha+,’ ‘Come Sunday,’ ‘Kékszakállú,’ ‘Borg vs. McEnroe,’ and More

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

‘Three Identical Strangers’ Trailer Tells the Peculiar Story of a Family Reunited

One of the most talked-about films at Sundance this year was Three Identical Strangers, which tells a story so peculiar that you're better off knowing the r...

Nick Offerman and Kiersey Clemons Jam Out in First Trailer for ‘Hearts Beat Loud’

With only a few features under his belt, Brett Haley has become a mainstay at Sundance Film Festival with his warm-hearted dramedies, showing other filmmake...

‘American Animals’ Trailer: ‘The Imposter’ Director Returns With Another Reality-Blurring Crime Story

After directing one of the most acclaimed documentaries of the century thus far with The Imposter, Bart Layton is back with his follow-up, another feature t...

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuo Miyagawa, ‘Liquid Sky,’ Clouzot & More

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

Timothée Chalamet Sweats Through ‘Hot Summer Nights’ in First Trailer

Although A24 didn't pick up Call Me by Your Name, they are still firmly in the Timothée Chalamet business after Lady Bird, and now, Hot Summer Nights. Premi...

News

James Gray’s Paper Tiger Sets North American Premiere as Opening Night of the 64th New York Film Festival

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Hanging by a Wire Trailer: Thrilling Rescue Documentary Will Arrive This August

Olmo Trailer: Fernando Eimbcke’s TIFF and Berlinale Selection Arrives This August

The Uprising Trailer: Andrew Garfield Leads a Rebellion for Paul Greengrass

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Nicholas Ray, Ichi the Killer, Snake Eyes & More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“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

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Christopher Nolan with Blake Howard

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

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