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Locarno Review: Denis Côté Entrances, But Never Quite Cuts Below the Surface in ‘A Skin So Soft’

There is a problem with A Skin So Soft and it goes somewhat deeper than the very thing that that title so poetically calls to mind. The work of Canadian filmmak...

The First Fully Oil Painted Feature Film, ‘Loving Vincent,’ Gets New Trailer

In a year full of minions, emojis, talking cars, and bossy babies when it comes to animated features, to say we're looking for something a bit more compelli...

Fantasia Review: ‘Junk Head’ is a Surrealist, Darkly Imaginative Animation

After finding acclaim with stop-motion animated short Junk Head 1 in 2014, writer/director/animator Takahide Hori decided to expand its science fiction-infused ...

Fantasia Review: ‘Teiichi: Battle of Supreme High’ Offers a Catty War of Attrition

We are defined by moments, decisions made by us or for us by another. For Teiichi Akaba (Masaki Suda) it was always the choice between love of the piano (his mo...

Review: ‘Among Us’ is Suspenseful Horror with an Emotional Core

An effective horror keeps you unaware of the danger lurking in the shadows. The less you know about what's coming the better because you don't want to end up sp...

Locarno Review: ‘Mrs. Hyde’ Finds Isabelle Huppert Dealing Out Comeuppance in Pseudo-Supernatural Tale

Mrs. Géquil is a delicate woman, at least in the eyes of her patronizing husband (played by José Garcia) as well as, perhaps, in the eyes of her boss and the va...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 257 – A Ghost Story and The Dark Tower

We discuss the newest film from director David Lowery, starring Rooney Mara and Casey Affleck. Before that, though, Snydel tells us about the latest Stephen King adaptation....

Suburban Boredom Turns Harrowing in First Trailer for ‘Super Dark Times’

Growing up in suburbia can be painfully dull, and sometimes the battle against that boredom can turn nasty. In Kevin Phillips Super Dark Times, a group of t...

‘Novitiate’ Trailer: Melissa Leo and Margaret Qualley Grapple with a Radically Evolving Church

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year where writer-director Maggie Betts picked up the Breakthrough Director award, Novitiate explores ...

Review: ‘4 Days in France’ is a Humanist Look at the Reinvention of the French Male Identity

Among the sea of headless torsos and shirtless bathroom selfies that populate the symmetrical grid of gay hook-up app Grindr, one is also likely to find users w...

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

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

Features

The Film Stage’s 2026 Tribeca Festival Portrait Gallery

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

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