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William Friedkin Captures a Real-Life Exorcist in First Trailer for ‘The Devil and Father Amorth’

45 years after The Exorcist terrified audiences across the world, William Friedkin is returning the world of spiritual entities with a new feature, this tim...

Review: ‘I Kill Giants’ is a Darkly Resonant Fable

While the main creative force behind I Kill Giants is unquestionably screenwriter Joe Kelly, who adapted his own limited comic series of the same name that he c...

Fred Rogers and Pope Francis Get the Spotlight in First Trailers for Forthcoming Documentaries

Documentaries about Great Men isn't exactly what I imagine is at the top of cinema's current priorities, but Focus Features is banking that audiences will w...

SXSW Review: ‘Galveston’ is a Frustratingly Hollow Road Movie

Adapted from the novel by Nic Pizzolatto, the fourth feature from Mélanie Laurent, Galveston, focuses on perhaps the least interesting part of its narrative, cl...

SXSW Review: ‘The New Romantic’ is an Authentic, Funny Drama about Mutually Beneficial Relationships

An indictment of modern hook-up culture, The New Romantic offers an often surprisingly funny look at one aspiring journalist’s experimentation with a sugar dadd...

Connor Jessup on His Portrait of Apichatpong Weerasethakul and the Profound Impact of His Films

A documentary that leans neither towards behind-the-scenes nor bio formats, A.W. is a leisurely and meditative piece that matches the filmmaker’s easygoing personality and patient rhythm....

SXSW Review: ‘Support the Girls’ is a Crowdpleaser with Gentle Humor and Biting Commentary

Double Whammy is the kind of roadside “breasturant” that sells escapism alongside their fried food and burgers. They may in fact be a dying breed as those damn ...

SXSW Review: ‘Relaxer’ is a Stomach-Churning Punk Rock Near-Masterpiece

While many indie filmmakers like Andrew Bujalski started making films in apartments with their friends and scaled up to larger projects, Michigan-based madman J...

SXSW Review: ‘Most Likely to Murder’ is a Serviceable Sketch Thriller

Written by two life-long friends and comedy TV veterans, Dan Gregor and Doug Mand, Most Likely To Murder is a fun-enough comedy with a few laughs that never qui...

New Trailer for ‘Sicario: Day of the Soldado’ Brings Cartel-Fueled War

Now with a fresh new title, going from Sicario 2: Soldado to Sicario: Day of the Soldado, Sony is really hoping audiences think of the sequel to Denis Ville...

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

Exclusive Restoration Trailer For Black Chariot Resurrects a Long-Lost Independent Black Cinema Landmark

New Trailer for Tsai Ming-liang’s The Hole Ahead of 35mm Theatrical Run

How to Divorce During the War Trailer: Sundance Winner Arrives This August

Reviews

Mare’s Nest Review: Ben Rivers Radiates an Inordinate, Contagious Curiosity for the Unknown

In the Hand of Dante Review: A Frenzied, Flimsy Adventure for Oscar Isaac and Martin Scorsese

Rose of Nevada Review: Mark Jenkin’s Stupefying, Time-Slipping Ghost Story

Features

10 Years of Nitrate Picture Show: A Religious Experience of What Cinema Can Be

New to Streaming: Two Pianos, The Last One for the Road, Pressure, The Wizard of the Kremlin & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“Memory Is Not Something You Can Trust”: Carla Simón on Romería, Family Stories, and Antonioni

“There Are Always Fascists to Defeat”: John Waters on the Enduring Legacy of His Films and Never Getting Cancelled

“It Was Our Job to Commit”: John Early on the Roman Empire, Paul Verhoeven, and Maddie’s Secret

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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