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Kate Winslet and Idris Elba Get Stranded in First Trailer for ‘The Mountain Between Us’

After a number of prior iterations with Michael Fassbender, Charlie Hunnam, Margot Robbie, Rosamund Pike, and more attached, along with director Gerardo Nar...

Judi Dench is the Queen in First Trailer for Stephen Frears’ ‘Victoria & Abdul’

After making The Queen over a decade ago, Stephen Frears is returning to direct another film about high royalty, but this time Queen Victoria. Victoria &...

Review: ‘The Exception’ Offers a Predictable Journey in Nazi Germany

By all accounts Kaiser Wilhelm II was hardly a great leader. He put Germany onto its fateful course towards World War I and shortly after defeat was forced to a...

The Best Films of the 2017 Cannes Film Festival

We wrap up this years Cannes Film Festival with our favorites....

Review: ‘Churchill’ Looks at a Leader’s State of Mind Before D-Day

I'm far from a history buff. To me Winston Churchill was a pillar of strength that helped take down the Nazis and declare victory for the Allied forces against ...

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 ...

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

Remake Trailer: Ross McElwee Crafts the Most Heartbreaking Documentary of 2026

The Samurai and the Prisoner Trailer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Mystery Epic Arrives This July

Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee Tussle Over Legacy In Trailer for Kent Jones’ Late Fame

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Heron, I Love Boosters, Tuner, The Sheep Detectives & More

The Best Films of 2026 (So Far)

NYC Weekend Watch: Elaine May, Guy Maddin, Vincente Minnelli, Law of Desire & More

Interviews

“Memory Is Not Something You Can Trust”: Carla Simón on Romería, Family Stories, and Antonioni

“There Are Always Fascists to Defeat”: John Waters on the Enduring Legacy of His Films and Never Getting Cancelled

“It Was Our Job to Commit”: John Early on the Roman Empire, Paul Verhoeven, and Maddie’s Secret

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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