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Enter a New Dimension in First Trailer for Ava DuVernay’s ‘A Wrinkle in Time’

Following her break-out studio feature Selma -- as well as her fiery, essential documentary 13th -- Ava DuVernay's next project will find her breaking new g...

Fantasia Review: ‘The Villainess’ is a Visceral, Convoluted Quest for Vengeance

Writer/director Byung-gil Jung sure knows how to open an action flick. Think Oldboy's hallway scene from the first-person perspective of Hardcore Henry spilling...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 253 – The Big Sick

We discuss Michael Showalter's hospital drama romcom The Big Sick, which is now in wide release....

Dave Bautista Enters a New Civil War in First Trailer for ‘Bushwick’

Film history is littered with films depicting the Civil War, but not many that imagine what would happen if another similar division in the United States br...

Review: Catherine Deneuve Gets Gracefully Eccentric in ‘The Midwife’

We see less and less of female actors as they age, the talents often forced into retirement by a lack of interesting parts and the overall sexism of the enterta...

New to Streaming: ‘Certain Women,’ ‘A Quiet Passion,’ ‘All These Sleepless Nights,’ ‘After the Storm,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Netflix, FilmStruck, Amazon, and more....

NYC Weekend Watch: Chris Marker, Scary Movies, Agnès Varda & More

All the best films screening in NYC this weekend....

‘Blade Runner’ Scribe Reveals Life in Trailer for Michael Almereyda’s Wes Anderson-Produced ‘Escapes’

It's exceedingly likely that your primary association with Hampton Fancher is Blade Runner, on which he served as co-writer and executive producer; and if y...

Gary Oldman Endures the ‘Darkest Hour’ in First Trailer for Joe Wright’s Winston Churchill Biopic

Fall is around the corner, which means an onslaught of biopics and every so often, one of them manages to break the mold. We're hoping this is the case for ...

William Oldroyd on Crafting His Debut ‘Lady Macbeth’ and the Mastery of Michael Haneke

We talk with the director of one of the year's most accomplished debut about his influences, going from stage to screen, seeing Pugh's performance on set, the lack of score, his experience at TIFF, and much more....

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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