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Argylle Review: An Ugly, Exhausting Stale Corpse of a Blockbuster

It takes a very specific kind of brain trust to craft something as uniquely baffling as Argylle. If you've been to a multiplex in the last 7 or 8 months, you'v...

Rotterdam Review: Shinya Tsukamoto’s Shadow of Fire Examines the Scars of War with Harrowing Restraint

Shinya Tsukamoto’s Shadow of Fire begins as a troubling but measured film, but about a half-hour in something happens that shatters its quietude. Suddenly, a m...

Rotterdam Review: Creature Horror The Soul Eater Offers Anachronistic Genre Thrills

You don’t need to have lived in the proverbial middle of nowhere to understand the kind of terror Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury’s The Soul Eater mines fr...

NYC Weekend Watch: Luis Buñuel, Nicholas Ray, SAPPH-O-RAMA & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtA massive run of Luis Buñuel's Mexican films begins; “To Save and Proje...

New to Streaming: Farewell My Concubine, Dario Argento Panico, Kokomo City, The Beekeeper & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

The B-Side – Jodie Foster (with Katie Clark Gray)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they ma...

20 Days in Mariupol Review: Oscar-Nominated Doc is a Vital Reminder of the Humanitarian Cost of a Military Invasion

The day after I finally got around to seeing 20 Days in Mariupol, the International Court of Justice ruled that there was sufficient basis to further investiga...

Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse Biopic Back to Black Gets U.S. Trailer and New Release Date

Marking her first film in six years, Sam Taylor-Johnson returns this year with Back to Black, a biopic depicting the life of the late Amy Winehouse. Led by Mar...

Brad Pitt Will Star In Quentin Tarantino’s The Movie Critic

Mostly it's all in the headline, as we've yet to get much in the way of truly solid info on Quentin Tarantino's 10th and final feature, The Movie Critic, since...

Sundance Review: Girls Will Be Girls is an Observant, Restrained Himalayas-Set Coming-of-Age Drama

In a voicemail to a crush two years her senior, Mira (Preeti Panigrahi) wonders if her feelings are “puppy love maybe it’s big dog love." Directed by Shuchi T...

News

Criterion Collection’s February 2025 Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Crossing Delancey & More

Exclusive: New Restoration of Queer Drama By Hook or By Crook Acquired by Altered Innocence for Spring 2025 Release

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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