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Review: ‘Looking Glass’ is a Laboriously Generic Thriller

I can't stop going back to an old Variety report from 2016 that contained a Braxton Pope quote about producing Looking Glass as what was then to be music video ...

Review: In ‘Nostalgia,’ Mark Pellington and Alex Ross Perry Reflect on Life’s Memories

About thirty minutes into Nostalgia, a handful of neighbors–each affected by a recent fire–reflect on all of the things they've lost. A strangely complacent ins...

Trailer for 50th Anniversary Restoration of Straub-Huillet’s ‘Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach’ Brings the Noise

Following a home-video release of Moses and Aaron, Grasshopper Film's work with the Straub-Huillet catalog continues onto 1968's Chronicle of Anna Magdalena...

Timothée Chalamet to Lead David Michôd’s Henry V Drama ‘The King’

With supporting roles in Lady Bird and Hostiles and an Oscar-nominated performance in Call Me By Your Name, Timothée Chalamet was certainly one of 2017's to...

Andrey Zvyagintsev’s 10 Favorite Films

Arriving in theaters this weekend is Andrey Zvyagintsev's Leviathan follow-up Loveless, which is nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at this year's Os...

Review: Brie Larson Gives it Her All, But ‘Basmati Blues’ Doesn’t Rise Above Inoffensive Trifle

The trailer for Basmati Blues fell perilously from the sky in November 2017, dropping like a radioactive sludge onto Twitter and beyond. What was this dated ana...

Review: In ‘Fifty Shades Freed,’ Anastasia’s Pleasure Comes First

Few things seem to make men more uncomfortable than seeing women enjoy themselves. You can see it by the way in which female led films are trashed by critics, t...

‘Outside In’ Trailer: Edie Falco and Jay Duplass Ignite a Complicated Relationship

Lynn Shelton, who has found acclaim with Humpday and Your Sister's Sister, returned to Toronto International Film Festival last fall with her drama Outside ...

New to Streaming: ‘Princess Cyd,’ Olympic Films, ‘Marjorie Prime,’ ‘Darkest Hour,’ and More

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

Review: ‘Entanglement’ Sets Thomas Middleditch on the Search for the Meaning of Life

We've all asked the question: "What does our life mean?" Some of us do so out of curiosity, some out of boredom, and others from a place of desperation. Ben Lay...

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: Nicolas Winding Refn Makes an Underwhelming Return with Her Private Hell

Cannes Review: Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Is a Thunderous, Opulent Triumph

Cannes Review: Adèle Exarchopoulos Proves a Force of Nature in the Familiar Another Day

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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