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Review: ‘Blade Runner 2049’ is the Best Cyberpunk Film Since ‘The Matrix’

The makers of Blade Runner 2049 tricked a clutch of production companies into giving them nearly $200 million to make a languidly paced, ponderous, deliberately...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 265 – Gerald’s Game

We tackle our second Stephen King adaptation of the year, the confinement thriller Gerald's Game, starring Carla Gugino....

Review: ‘Close Relations’ is an Uneven, Powerful Statement About Ukraine

When considering a documentary film, there is a great deal to be said for setting -- both in physical space and larger societal context. Vitaly Mansky, the vete...

Review: ‘American Made’ Offers a Different Kind of Cruise

Perhaps the most interesting thing about American Made is that Tom Cruise still has the clout to get something like it into theaters. Guided by his Edge of Tomo...

NYFF Review: ‘Faces Places’ is a Playful Stroll Through the French Countryside

The festival circuit is overwhelmed with miserabilist arthouse cinema, and Agnès Varda and JR are the unlikely agitators. She, the venerable jokester of the Fre...

Review: ‘Lucky’ is a Superb Punctuation Mark to a Remarkable Career

Having lost Harry Dean Stanton a mere two weeks ago, the wound still seems too fresh to speak of. Indeed, as I write this review, it’s a bit like sprinkling sal...

New to Streaming: ‘The Beguiled,’ ‘City of Ghosts,’ ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming,’ and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options -- not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves -- we've taken it upon ourselves to hig...

NYC Weekend Watch: NYFF Revivals, Harry Dean Stanton, Chinatown Cinema & 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...

NYFF Review: ‘Last Flag Flying’ is a Road Trip Movie That Charts a Familiar Path

Few filmmakers capture people hanging out quite like Richard Linklater, who has so many features revolving around convivial moments that it would be easier to l...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 264 – Rat Film

We explore the rat-infested streets of Baltimore while discussing the documentary/video essay Rat Film by Theo Anthony....

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

I Want Your Sex Teaser: Gregg Araki Returns with Olivia Wilde and Cooper Hoffman

Whalefall Trailer: Austin Abrams Gets Trapped In the Belly of the Beast

Once Upon a Time in Harlem Teaser: The Documentary of The Year (and 1972) Arrives This October

Reviews

Disclosure Day Review: A Soul-Searching, Spine-Tingling Blockbuster Triumph

Tribeca Review: Ponderosa Takes Enigmatic, Comic Aim at America’s National Myths

Tribeca Review: The Revisionist Is a Comedy of Manners That Turns Convoluted

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Italian History, Universal Westerns, Black Cops & More

Posterized June 2026: Maddie’s Secret, The Furious, Drunken Noodles & More

New to Streaming: Pillion, Is God Is, Erupcja, Omaha & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

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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