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Review: ‘Ex Libris: The New York Public Library’ is the Most Thrilling Political Film of the Year

Frederick Wiseman’s films are often filled with moments that subtly and unexpectedly jolt viewers who think they know what they’re in for. In Ex Libris, in whic...

TIFF Review: ‘Caniba’ Feels Too Satisfied With Its Instant Revulsion

Gaining notoriety in 1981 when he murdered and ate a Dutch woman in Paris, Issei Sagawa has earned the ghastly label of the world’s most famous cannibal, a titl...

TIFF Review: In ‘Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc,’ Bruno Dumont Gestures Toward Complete Reinvention

It’s easy to imagine the “old-school” Bruno Dumont Joan of Arc film; faith, martyrdom, and the landscape of the French countryside intermingling to a wrenching ...

TIFF Review: ‘Unicorn Store’ is an Earnest, Twee Directorial Debut for Brie Larson

For a directorial debut, it’s unfortunate Brie Larson didn’t pick a more stand-out script. Unicorn Store, with its poorly realized central MacGuffin, is about a...

TIFF Review: ‘The Breadwinner’ is an Empowering Story of Heroism Under Duress

In the Taliban-controlled Afghan city of Kabul, Nora Twomey's debut film as sole director (she co-helmed Oscar nominee The Secret of Kells) depicts an eleven-ye...

TIFF Review: ‘Allure’ Captures the Complexity of Abuse

Capturing the complexity of abuse is tough to accomplish when mainstream audiences clamor for black and white delineations between predator and prey. Some go th...

TIFF Review: ‘Porcupine Lake’ is a Canadian Coming-of-Age Tale Lacking Psychology

Teenage Bea (Charlotte Salisbury) is in desperate need of an escape from her mundane, isolated life. We can assume Toronto's big city living isn't yet something...

TIFF Review: ‘Cocaine Prison’ Investigates Corruption in Bolivia

If you've ever watched season three of Prison Break and wondered what was going on with Sona's weird open air slum-like community barely watched by guards, know...

TIFF Review: ‘Gutland’ is an Atmospheric Thriller Set in a Nefarious Community

When a German drifter walks into the quaint Luxembourg village of Schandelsmillen with a scruffy beard, bag full of money, and stoically gruff attitude, we wond...

TIFF Review: ‘The Swan’ is a Vérité Depiction of Life’s Myriad Complexities

What once was a traditional rite of passage for Icelandic children has now become punishment. Whereas her mother probably visited her Aunt Ólöf's (Katla M. Þorg...

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

Kim Min-hee Takes a Walk in First Teaser for Hong Sangsoo’s 35th Feature Nowhere to Lay My Eyes

Michael Mann’s Manhunter: The Final Cut Gets Trailer for 40th Anniversary Restoration

American Doctor Trailer: Three Heroes Navigate the Medical Toll of the Genocide in Gaza

Reviews

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

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

Remake Review: Ross McElwee’s Introspective Documentary Haunts with Humanity

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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