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Watch: Nicole Kidman Flosses and Colin Farrell Shows His Hair in First ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ Clips

Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer recently debuted at the Cannes Film Festival, where it proceeded to make an entire audience uncomfortable, as...

Cannes Review: ‘The Rider’ is a Beguiling Docudrama Set in the American Plains

What does a cowboy do when he can’t ride? Chloe Zhao’s absorbing South Dakota-set sophomore feature has its titular rider come to terms with such a fate, in a f...

Cannes Review: ‘The Florida Project’ is Aesthetically Rich, But Narratively Slight

There are surely few sweeter delights in this troubling world of ours than seeing Willem Dafoe politely escort a group of storks off a motel driveway. It is, pe...

Cannes Review: ‘The Killing of a Sacred Deer’ is Pure and Simple Sadism

With the successive features Dogtooth, Alps, and The Lobster, Yorgos Lanthimos seemed to be going down the same route as Wes Anderson, i.e. become one of those ...

Montclair Review: ‘No Man’s Land’ Goes Beyond Headlines of the Oregon Standoff

Documentaries such as David Byars’ fascinating No Man's Land have an important function going beyond the headlines, memes, and talking points that prove to be d...

Cannes Review: ‘The King’ Links the Death of the American Dream with Elvis Presley

Editor's Note: Promised Land has been retitled The King for its U.S. release. See our review below. A title like Promised Land can be appreciated for its dua...

Review: ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ is an Overwrought, Unimaginative Adventure

Dead men tell no tales, and the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise should really stop telling them too. Unfortunately, Disney’s been beating this dead horse for...

Cannes Review: ‘Happy End’ is a Restrained Amalgamation of Michael Haneke’s Oeuvre

Happy End is a perplexing title for a movie by Michael Haneke, a filmmaker not exactly known for his irony whose endings have ranged from the death of all the c...

Cannes Review: ‘BPM (Beats Per Minute)’ is a Powerful Drama About the Fight for Survival

Sometimes a movie doesn’t need much character development to make an impact. The ensemble cast that comprise Robin Campillo’s AIDS activists in BPM (Beats Per M...

Cannes Review: Adam Sandler Finds the Right Note Amongst the Scattered Charms of ‘The Meyerowitz Stories (New & Selected)’

Adam Sandler has acted in nearly 50 feature films, the majority of which he’s played the lead. It won’t come as any great surprise to learn that The Meyerowitz ...

News

TIFF 2026 Unveils Lineup

The Criterion Channel’s August Lineup Features Ringo Lam, James Baldwin, Desert Trips, and Rock Biopics

Exclusive: 2026 Sidewalk Film Festival Lineup Features John Wilson, Buster Keaton & More

Trailers

Lost Chapters Trailer: Acclaimed Venezuelan Drama Presents a Homecoming

The Scout Trailer: Paula González-Nasser’s Acclaimed Debut Follows Day in the Life of a Location Scout

New Trailer René Laloux’s Final Film Gandahar, Arriving in 4K Restoration on August 28

Reviews

Fantasia Review: You Are the Film Is a Fun Romp Playing with Mechanics of the Medium

Fantasia Review: Dance Freak Is Pure Irreverent Nonsense, Gorgeously Conveyed

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

Features

A Serbian Odyssey, the Film of the Year, and More 2026 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Highlights

Four Must-See Titles from Il Cinema Ritrovato 2026

New to Streaming: Miroirs No. 3, Backrooms, The Currents, Obsession & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Christopher Nolan with Blake Howard

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

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