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Denzel Washington is ‘Roman J. Israel, Esq.’ in First Trailer for Dan Gilroy’s ‘Nightcrawler’ Follow-Up

After crafting one of the best directorial debuts of its respective year, Nightcrawler writer-director Dan Gilroy is back with a Denzel Washington-led crime...

15 Films to See in October

There's big-budget sci-fi, jaunts through Paris, cinematic social experiments, explorations of cinematic icons, gruesome exploitation films, and much more....

‘Wonder Wheel’ Trailer: Kate Winslet and Justin Timberlake Get Melodramatic in 1950s Coney Island

Set to close the 55th New York Film Festival in less than two weeks, Woody Allen's Wonder Wheel finds Jim Belushi, Juno Temple, Justin Timberlake, and Kate ...

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...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Trailers

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

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

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

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

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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