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Diciannove Review: Giovanni Tortorici’s Debut Feature is Full of Style But Lacks a Backbone

Luca Guadagnino, for better or for worse, is an arbiter––and cultural signifier––of taste. Follow his lead and you are assured a sensuous journey, albeit one t...

2000 Meters to Andriivka Review: Ukrainian Documentary Captures Impossible Resilience in War

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. 2000 Meters to Andriivka opens in theaters on July 25. In 2000 Meters ...

Oh, Hi! Review: A Good Time Gone Wrong

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Oh, Hi! opens in theaters on July 25. You ever tie someone up and then lea...

NYFF63 Will Open with North American Premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt

As the fall festival lineup continues to take shape, a major piece has now slid into place. Film at Lincoln Center has announced Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hu...

Folktales Review: An Evocative Portrait of Self-Discovery in Norway

In their documentary Folktales, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady weave Norse mythology (specifically that of "the three Norns") and evocative imagery (courtesy of ...

Fantasia Review: Terrestrial is a Pitch-Black Sci-Fi Comedy

We enter Steve Pink's Terrestrial with a tour through an opulent home––broken glass on the floor, a blood trail towards the door, and Allen (Jermaine Fowler) s...

Leonardo DiCaprio Has No Fear in New Trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another

We're now less than three months away from Paul Thomas Anderson's highly anticipated One Battle After Another. The September 26 release, which would set it up ...

Emulsion Ep. 12 – Abel Ferrara on Turn in the Wound

You'd have to be very bad at interviews, or really just conversations, to not get something from Abel Ferrara, who's the perfect combination of endearing and p...

Venice Film Festival Unveils 2025 Lineup

Celebrating its 82nd edition this year, Venice Film Festival will take place August 27 through September 6. Ahead of the event, President Pietrangelo Buttafuoc...

Ick Review: Joseph Kahn’s Riotous, Satirical Take on the Creature Feature

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. Ick opens in theaters on July 24. The world is ending and nobody cares in Ick,...

News

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

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

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 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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