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Tribeca Review: ‘Flames’ is a Narcissistic Doc-Fiction Hybrid That Burns Out Quickly

At about the hour mark, I was very glad to see the filmmakers and subjects of Flames, Zefrey Throwell and Josephine Decker, had entered some kind of counseling ...

First Trailer for ‘The Dark Tower’ Finds Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey Facing Off

The man in black fled across the desert, and The Dark Tower trailer followed. After languishing for years in the development wastelands, Stephen King’s spra...

Kumail Nanjiani Leads First Trailer for Sundance Hit ‘The Big Sick’

The Big Sick went over big at Sundance, where many critics praised it as a genuinely emotional twist on standard romantic comedy cliches. In our review, we ...

Fear Pervades in New Trailer for Trey Edward Shults’ ‘It Comes at Night’

After releasing Krisha, one of the best directorial debuts of last year, A24 also backed writer-director Trey Edward Shults' follow-up It Comes at Night, an...

15 Films to See in May

From alien attacks to European adventures (both pleasant and harrowing), some of the year's best documentaries, the final film from a late master, and more, there's something for everyone....

First Trailer for ‘Whose Streets?’ Goes Inside the Ferguson Uprising

While news stations attempt to cover the Black Lives Matter movement and the injustice stemming from its formation, the most thorough documents tend to be f...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 239 – The Lost City of Z

We discuss James Gray's Amazon-set epic....

Trailer for Steve James’ ‘Abacus: Small Enough to Jail’ Depicts Injustice During the Financial Crisis

Throughout his career, director Steve James has excelled in taking person stories of struggles (in many forms) and conveying them in a relatable, but no les...

Tribeca Review: ‘Literally, Right Before Aaron’ is a Lame-Brained Rom-Com

It’s hard to imagine Literally, Right Before Aaron existing without The Graduate as a template. Ryan Eggold’s lame-brained paint-by-numbers romantic comedy reli...

Review: ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’ is a Manic, Overstuffed Sequel

“I’m gonna make some weird shit.” So says Peter Quill a.k.a. Star Lord a.k.a. not-Han-Solo (Chris Pratt) two thirds into Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, and ...

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

Shinya Tsukamoto Goes to War In Trailer for English-Language Vietnam Film Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?

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

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

Michael Sarnoski on His Favorite Robin Hood Films and the Character’s Violent Mythology

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

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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