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Frederick Wiseman Hints at Retirement: “I Don’t Have the Energy”

Turning 95 years old on New Year's Day, Frederick Wiseman has a body of work that could be argued as the most important in cinema history. To view it in totali...

Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve Reteam for Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord

Like so many other actors sucked up by the Marvel machine, the extensive shooting and promotion commitments often mean a plethora of projects showing their mor...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Who by Fire Introduces Philippe Lesage’s Lush, Stellar Drama

After his revelatory coming-of-age film Genesis, Quebecois filmmaker Philippe Lesage has expanded his canvas with Who by Fire, a lush, intimate, and psychologi...

Rotterdam Review: Lois Patiño’s Shakespeare Riff Ariel Squanders Its Intriguing Premise

A few years back, directors Lois Patiño and Matías Piñeiro joined forces for what was meant to be a very loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. The res...

Sundance Review: By Design is a Challenging Look at the Broke and Bougie

Offering a twist on the body-swap genre, Amanda Kramer’s Sundance Next entry By Design feels, at first glance, more suited to the stage or gallery than cinema....

Isabelle Huppert to Lead Ulrike Ottinger’s Vampire Film The Blood Countess

An auteur-actor pairing to nearly match last week's word of Johnnie To and Tony Leung comes via Variety, who tell us Ulrike Ottinger will direct Isabelle Huppe...

Rotterdam Review: Takashi Miike’s Blazing Fists is a Pulpy Sports Crime Movie

It's hard to say what's more endearing about Takashi Miike these days: that the director of Audition and Ichi The Killer is still out there producing work at t...

Sundance Review: LUZ is an Emotionally Detached Mood Piece Searching for Connection

With an evocative opening-credits sequence as the camera swirls through a virtual landscape of neon signs and lights, one might think they are witnessing the b...

Sundance Review: Seeds is a Beautiful, Haunting Documentary about the Wisdom of Elders

Evoking Gordon Park's black-and-white photographs of the New Deal Era, cinematographer Brittany Shyne’s powerful debut feature Seeds offers a portrait of a...

Sundance Review: In Omaha, a Desperate Dad Takes His Kids On an Unexpected Road Trip

Early one morning, a single father and widower (John Magaro)––credited as Dad––wakes up his perceptive nine-year-old Ella (Molly Belle Wright) and mischievous ...

News

Atom Egoyan and Alison McAlpine Discuss the Oscar-Contending Perfectly a Strangeness

Brian De Palma Will Direct Sweet Vengeance This Summer

Exclusive Poster for Marco Bellocchio’s Six-Hour Portobello, Arriving on HBO Max in February

Trailers

Sirāt Trailer: Oliver Laxe’s Desert Rave Thriller Arrives in February

U.S. Trailer for Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3 Brings Paula Beer Into Uncertain Territory

A Luchino Visconti Gem is Restored in Exclusive Trailer for Conversation Piece

Reviews

Dead Man’s Wire Review: Gus Van Sant Offers a Good Time at the Movies

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

All That’s Left of You Review: An Impactful Exploration of Decades of Palestinian Trauma

Features

Michael Frank’s Top 10 Films of 2025

NYC Weekend Watch: To Save and Project, The Secret Agent Network, Port of Shadows & More

New to Streaming: Peter Hujar’s Day, Zodiac Killer Project, and Predator: Badlands

Interviews

“Every Single Day Was a Nightmare”: Annemarie Jacir on the Past and Present of Palestine 36

Lav Diaz on Magellan: “Cinema Can Look Big Even with a Small Camera”

“I Cried a Lot”: Sentimental Value Cinematographer Kasper Tuxen on Connecting With Joachim Trier’s Cast

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

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