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Review: ‘Gringo’ is a Cruel, Over-the-Top Dark Comedy

You wouldn't be wrong to view the trailer for Gringo and think, "I've seen this before." You wouldn't be wrong to assume it gave away the entire plot either — m...

New to Streaming: ‘Fireworks Wednesday,’ ‘Downsizing,’ ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle,’ and More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Police Story,’ ‘Lady Snowblood,’ ‘The Quiet Man’ & More

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

Lucrecia Martel Returns with U.S. Trailer for Her Existential Adventure ‘Zama’

After helming some of the best films of the previous decade with La Ciénaga, The Holy Girl, and The Headless Woman, Lucrecia Martel returned last fall with ...

‘The Seagull’ Trailer: Saoirse Ronan and Annette Bening Lead Anton Chekhov Adaptation

Not long after two high points of their respective careers, Annette Bening (20th Century Woman) and Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird), have teamed for a new adaptat...

Charlize Theron Embraces Motherhood in New Trailer for Jason Reitman’s ‘Tully’

Last year at Sundance, before it became a cultural phenomenon, Get Out world premiered as the secret screening of the festival. This year, the slot was give...

Michael Mann’s 10 Favorite Films

Michael Mann began his career as a visual storyteller on television. He wrote episodes of Starsky and Hutch, directed the made for TV film The Jericho Mi...

True/False Review: ‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’ Embraces Sentimentality Over Complexity

When Fred Rogers sang the iconic title song of Won’t You Be My Neighbor? at the beginning of the documentary, a chorus of audience members singing along rose up...

‘The Endless’ Trailer: ‘Spring’ Directors Return with More Fantastical Horror

Doing a lot with a little, the directing duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead showed their inventivess most recently with Spring, which tied together rom...

‘Mary Poppins Returns’ in First Teaser Trailer

Over half-a-century since the Julie Andrews-led classic debuted, Disney is returning to the world of Mary Poppins. Succinctly titled Mary Poppins Returns, t...

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

Dreams in Nightmares Trailer: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Acclaimed Second Feature Arrives in August

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

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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