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Review: ‘Scum’ is an Unflinching Powerhouse of Brute Force

Though released nearly four decades ago, the impact of British director Alan Clarke’s stripped-down, visually matter-of-fact-yet-enrapturing "prison" drama Scum...

BAMcinemaFest Review: ‘Gemini’ is a Fantastic Neo-Noir

There is a moment in Aaron Katz’s Gemini when Jill LeBeau (Lola Kirke), who has become the prime suspect in a murder, needs to hide from the police and find a d...

Review: ‘Rough Night’ is an Energetic, Derivative Comedy

With a title that most studio comedies set over a single evening could adopt, Rough Night riffs on Very Bad Things, Bridesmaids, The Hangover -- and even some J...

Kyle Mooney Enters the Real World in First Trailer for ‘Brigsby Bear’

One of the very few films from Sundance Film Festival that also came to Cannes this year was Brigsby Bear, a starring vehicle for Saturday Night Live’s Kyle...

Live, Die, and Repeat in the First Trailer for ‘Flatliners’ Remake

In a post-Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping world, the concept of Flatliners loses a bit of its edge after viewing Bill Hader's one-off scene, but nonethel...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 246 – It Comes At Night

We discuss the newest film from Trey Edward Shults, starring Joel Edgerton....

Review: ‘Moscow Never Sleeps’ Draws a Meticulous Dramatic Tapestry in Russia

Writer/director Johnny O'Reilly found himself in Russia during college and decided to stay despite Hollywood opportunities after releasing his debut narrative f...

‘Black Panther’ Steps Into the Spotlight in First Trailer for Ryan Coogler’s Marvel Feature

Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Danai Gurira, Daniel Kaluuya, Angela Bassett, and Forest Whitaker lead the trailer for Ryan Coogler's Black Panther....

Alejandro Jodorowsky Gets Personal in U.S. Trailers for ‘Endless Poetry’

Best known for his surrealist masterpieces El Topo and The Holy Mountain in the early 1970s, Chilean filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky finally returned to dire...

New to Streaming: ‘I Am Not Your Negro,’ ‘Three,’ ‘War on Everyone,’ and More

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