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Cannes Review: ‘How to Talk to Girls at Parties’ is an Alienating Misfire

John Cameron Mitchell is a more-than-talented writer-director whose first three features (Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Shortbus, and Rabbit Hole) have all contrib...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 243 – Boo! A Madea Halloween and Paterson

We attempt to talk about both the audience-selected Boo! A Madea Halloween and Paterson....

Adam Driver, Daniel Craig & Channing Tatum Plan a Heist in First Trailer for Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Logan Lucky’

Steven Soderbergh is back, and he's bringing Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Seth MacFarlane, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Katherine Waterson, Dwi...

Cannes Review: ‘Based on a True Story’ is an Uninspired Psychological Thriller from Roman Polanski

A psychological thriller directed by Roman Polanski and co-written by Polanski and Olivier Assayas – elevator pitches don’t get much more promising than that. S...

Cannes Review: ‘L’amant double’ is a Bizarre Exercise in Psychological Horror, Erotic Thriller, and Camp

L'amant double is the sort of film you wouldn’t mind seeing Roman Polanski take a stab at. Shot in chic but soulless Parisian interiors, it’s the type of thing ...

Cannes Review: ‘You Were Never Really Here’ is a Propulsive, Expressionistic Tour De Force

On the surface, Jonathan Ames’ You Were Never Really Here seems like an odd fit as source material for a film by Lynne Ramsay. Ames’ novella is a pulpy genre ex...

Cinematic Gold is Struck in Trailer for ‘Dawson City: Frozen Time’

In 1978, a construction crew breaking ground for a rec center found something completely unexpected buried under ice and debris in an old mining town in the...

Cannes Review: ‘Western’ is a Contemplative, Brilliant Critique of the Immaturity of Men

It is, undeniably, a bold decision to title one’s film Western: on the one hand, the word carries geopolitical weight and a cultural hegemony that the cinema is...

Cannes Review: ‘Claire’s Camera’ Has Seductive Energy and Low Stakes

Hong Sang-soo’s first film starring Isabelle Huppert, In Another Country, counts as one of the more lightweight entries in the Korean auteur’s oeuvre. Compare i...

Cannes Review: ‘Before We Vanish’ is a Playfully Philosophical Exercise in Apocalyptic Sci-Fi

There are few directors who would choose to take a semi-sincere approach to a lengthy pseudo-philosophical science-fiction film -- especially not one that light...

News

The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features Leos Carax 4K Set, The Secret Agent, Richard Linklater, Satyajit Ray & More

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

Trailers

Barrio Triste Trailer: Bad Bunny Collaborator Stillz’s Bold Directorial Debut Arrives In July

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

Reviews

Tribeca Review: Sophia Takal’s Act One Feels Like a Lucid Nightmare

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

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

Read This: Wonderful and Strange Peaks, the Life of Hannibal Lecter, a Century of Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese’s Filmography & More

“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

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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