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Review: ‘Red Sparrow’ is a Chilly, Slick, and Brutal Spy Thriller

With Jennifer Lawrence’s Katniss Everdeen hanging up her bow and arrow and Francis Lawrence now free of the shackles of adhering to the demands of hit source ma...

New to Streaming: ‘Lady Bird,’ ‘Golden Exits,’ ‘Coco,’ ‘Good Time,’ ‘Three Billboards,’ and More

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

Review: ‘Black Panther’ is a Grandiose Fantasy That Raises the Bar for Marvel

There’s a sentiment expressed early on in Black Panther that just because something works doesn’t mean it can’t be improved. It’s a fitting ethos for the 18th f...

Review: ‘The Revival’ Outlines a Crisis of Faith Effectively

Directed by Jennifer Gerber, The Revival is effective in its brevity. Running at a lean 84 minutes, the focus is on Eli (David Rysdahl), a young preacher runnin...

NYC Weekend Watch: Raúl Ruiz, ‘The Heartbreak Kid,’ Alex Ross Perry, ‘Catwoman’ & More

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repe...

A Superhero Family Reunites in New Trailer for Brad Bird’s ‘Incredibles 2’

After years of clamoring for a sequel, and getting a few unneeded franchise extensions in between from Pixar, the company finally brought back writer-direct...

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...

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

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

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

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: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

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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