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Review: ‘Our Time Will Come’ Provides a Rare Feminist, Contemplative View of Wartime

In an early scene in Hong Kong New Wave pioneer Ann Hui’s historical war drama Our Time Will Come, a Chinese rebel accidentally drops a live grenade in the midd...

Review: ‘Bronx Gothic’ is a Passionately Alive Depiction of Self-Expression

Cinematic depiction of performance art is a rich tradition, stretching back to the ‘60s as a form of documentation for what are, by design, live works. This lin...

Terrence Malick and Godfrey Reggio Present First Trailer for Globe-Spanning Documentary ‘Awaken’

While we await the official release of Terrence Malick's feature-length version of Voyage of Time, someone who served on his crew for that epic documentary ...

Trailer for ‘Icarus’ Investigates Massive Olympic Doping Scandal in Russia

Since conspiracy and controversy in regards to Russia hasn't dominated the airwaves enough, a new Netflix-distributed documentary, Icarus, takes a different...

New Trailers for ‘Lemon’ and ‘Kuso’ Highlight Two of the Year’s Most Peculiar Films

While some have lamented that Sundance Film Festival has skewed more celebrity-focused in recent years, giving credence to star wattage over quality, those ...

First Trailer for Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or Winner ‘The Square’

After his breakout film Force Majeure in 2014, Swedish director Ruben Östlund has followed-up with the well-received if hotly debated satire The Square, whi...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 252 – Spider-Man: Homecoming

Does the return of the wall-crawler herald a new dawn for the MCU, or is it just more of the same?...

Harry Dean Stanton Takes a Spiritual Journey in First Trailer for ‘Lucky’

After making a profound impression in Zodiac, The Invitation, Shutter Island, and more, John Carroll Lynch has stepped behind the camera as a director for t...

New to Streaming: ‘Punch-Drunk Love,’ ‘Free Fire,’ ‘The Salesman,’ and More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: Cool Movies, Southern Gothic, ’70s New York & More

The best films screening in NYC this weekend....

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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