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Federico Fellini’s ‘La Strada’ Returns with Trailer for Theatrical Restoration

One of Federico Fellini's most acclaimed films has been given a new 2K digital restoration, and if you're in the U.K., you are lucky enough to be able to se...

Review: ‘Obit’ Confronts Death with Warmth and Utter Charm

On June 25, 2009, 70s icon Farrah Fawcett passed away after a long battle with cancer. Her obituary in The New York Times recalled her “signature flowing hairst...

Locarno in L.A. Review: ‘Dark Skull’ Demonstrates Chilling Formal Assurance

Independent films about inveterate fuckups are nearly pervasive enough to count as some sort of disease, but Dark Skull is less concerned with presenting its vi...

Locarno in L.A. Review: ‘The Challenge’ Examines the Absurdity of High-Class Falconry

Falconry is a proud tradition, millennia old, that is part of the common heritage of many cultures spanning multiple continents. The practice was originally dev...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 237 – Colossal

We discuss the latest film from Nacho Vigalondo, Colossal, starring Anne Hathaway....

Tribeca Review: ‘The Trip to Spain’ is a Wholehearted, Hilarious Excursion

Averting the bigger is better approach that plagues most franchises, The Trip series is attuned to life's simple pleasures: cuisine, comedy, and companionship. ...

Tribeca Review: ‘Tilt’ is an Intriguing, But Heavy-Handed Psychological Thriller

If only we could go back to the days when mid-life crises happened at fifty-years old and at best meant buying an expensive car (at worst asking for divorce to ...

Tribeca Review: ‘The Endless’ is an Intuitive, Genre-Bending Thriller

To resolve is to settle, finding the determination to do something rather than simply wait for something to happen to you. A resolution isn't therefore a firm e...

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Yi Yi,’ ‘Under the Cherry Moon,’ Wim Wenders & More

The best films screening in New York City this weekend....

The Film Stage Roundtable Ep. 20 – Athlete Actors and Netflix Noise

We discuss athletes who became actors and what Netflix owes or should owe to the films it acquires....

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

Dreams in Nightmares Trailer: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Acclaimed Second Feature Arrives in August

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

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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