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Tribeca Review: ‘The Pirates of Somalia’ is a Visceral, Authentic Journalism Drama

Opening with a voice-over explaining how a recent University of Toronto graduate went from surveying supermarket clerks about display placements to a becoming a...

Tribeca Review: ‘Super Dark Times’ is Unsettling, Character-Driven Horror

Set in an familiar and ambiguous time and place (mid-90s in anytown USA), Super Dark Times functions as a kind of trojan house until its twist. Delivering horro...

Montclair Review: ‘Afterimage’ is a Haunting Historical Drama from a Late Master

Early in Afterimage avant garde artist Władysław Strzemiński sits huddled in a cramped apartment painting. When his only light source is blocked by the red of a...

Tribeca Review: ‘Take Me’ is an Amateurish Directorial Debut from Pat Healy

Perhaps not all films are suited for the Duplass brothers treatment. Take Me, an amateurish directorial debut from actor Pat Healy, working from a script by Mik...

Tribeca Review: ‘Copwatch’ is a Minor Post-Ferguson Documentary

There’s a moment late in Camilla Hall’s Copwatch when a rare officer of color from the Ferguson Police Department engages a group of copwatchers, a term used fo...

Review: ‘Sleight’ is a Lesson in How to Create a Refreshing Origin Story

After his mother dies, teenaged Bo (Jacob Latimore) is left to look after his little sister Tina (Storm Reid), which not only thrusts him into sudden adulthood,...

Snapshots of New Footage Emerge in Latest ‘Twin Peaks’ Trailer; Watch a Video Essay on the Mystery of Laura Palmer

About twenty minutes ago I stepped onto 32nd St. between Madison and 5th Ave. for all 15 seconds, in which time I caught sight of an MTA bus bearing somethi...

NYC Weekend Watch: John Ford, Jean-Pierre Melville, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Coppola & More

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. ...

New Trailer for François Ozon’s Cannes-Bound Psychosexual Thriller ‘L’amant double’

After his black-and-white period romance-drama Frantz recently got a release here in the United States, the prolific François Ozon (Swimming Pool, In the Ho...

Review: ‘Casting JonBenet’ Offers a Troubling Mosaic of Perspectives

When it comes to documentary filmmaking, the issue of perspective is often of paramount importance. A great deal of sensitivity and tact is required in telling ...

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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