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Trailers for New Restorations of ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’

Released just 15 years apart, Lawrence of Arabia and Close Encounters of the Third Kind don't have a great deal in common, thematically-speaking, but as far...

Ben Stiller Has a Midlife Crisis in First Trailer for Mike White’s ‘Brad’s Status’

Already having quite a summer with his writing duties on Beatriz at Dinner (not to mention a script credit on The Emoji Movie), Mike White is back with his ...

Fantasia Review: ‘Lowlife’ is Brutal, Funny, and Violently Heart-Warming

An ex-junkie, ex-convict, and luchador enter a fish taco shack … the punch line is a three-pronged adventure through Compton while engulfed by the shadow of a l...

Fantasia Review: ‘The Night of the Virgin’ is Brimming with Bodily Fluids and Boredom

Don't mess with a Nepali "cantara" on New Year's—especially if you're a virgin. Had young Nico (Javier Bódalo) only been warned, he might have avoided the worst...

Review: ‘Logan Lucky’ Finds Steven Soderbergh Playing Loose and Humorous

Steven Soderbergh is back, baby -- assuming you put less-than-a-film's worth of stock into two ten-hour seasons of television, a premium-cable something-or-othe...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 255 – Dunkirk

We discuss Christopher Nolan's WWII thriller....

Fantasia Review: ‘Dead Shack’ is a Tween-Targeted Gore-Fest

I like when a director knows what he/she wants from his/her film — even if the goal is to entertain on a level that ensures its legacy falls short of cinematic ...

First Trailer for Steven Spielberg’s ‘Ready Player One’ Throws Us Into a Life-or-Death Game

The basic desire to avoid that which does not interest us and more elemental need not to lose our minds means you will not see a good deal of Comic Con-rela...

The Visceral Physicality of Christopher Nolan’s ‘Dunkirk’

In the hours since viewing Dunkirk – the newest film from surprisingly divisive blockbuster director Christopher Nolan – one sensory recollection has stuck out above all others....

Sensual, Haunting New Trailer for Eliza Hittman’s ‘Beach Rats’ Washes Ashore

After her excellent debut It Felt Like Love, one of our most-anticipated films at Sundance this year was Eliza Hittman's follow-up titled Beach Rats. She de...

News

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

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

Trailers

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

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

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

I Am Frankelda Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Speaks Truth to Power

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & 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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