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Lock and Load in New Trailers for Ben Wheatley’s ‘Free Fire’

It premiered last fall during Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness section, but this spring, Ben Wheatley's shoot-em-up Free Fire will fin...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 231 – Kong: Skull Island

We discuss Jordan Vogt-Roberts' creature feature....

Melissa Leo is ‘The Most Hated Woman in America’ in First Trailer

The history of America’s transgression tied to the separation of church and state has never occurred without strong opposition. The Most Hated Woman in Amer...

First Trailer for Edgar Wright’s ‘Baby Driver’ Revs Up the Music

Update: The film has moved up to a June 28 release. Sure, we're getting a new Fast & Furious film this year, but we'd put our money down that the bes...

SXSW Review: ‘Song to Song’ is One of Terrence Malick’s Most Emotionally Dense Films

Let's start this with an inquiry, one that hopefully engenders some consideration and an honest response: what are you seeking when watching a Terrence Malick f...

Review: ‘The Last Word’ is a Pleasant, Predictable Sitcom

Harriet Lauler is not a nice women. Taught to be pushy and proud in her days leading an advertising agency in a small California town that still has a daily pap...

Charlize Theron Gets Fierce in First Trailer for ‘Atomic Blonde,’ from ‘John Wick’ Co-Director David Leitch

Charlize Theron proved to be an iconic action heroine in Mad Max: Fury Road. Meanwhile, David Leitch helped revitalize the genre after co-directing John Wic...

Enter ‘The Commune’ in U.S. Trailer for Thomas Vinterberg’s Drama

After getting a taste of Hollywood with his adaptation of Far From the Madding Crowd, Thomas Vinterberg headed back to Denmark for his next film, The Commun...

Rami Malek’s Reality is Altered in New Trailer for ‘Buster’s Mal Heart’

After making an impression in films from Paul Thomas Anderson, David Lowery, and Spike Lee, thanks to his new exposure as television's most intelligent anti...

New to Streaming: ‘Three,’ ‘My Winnipeg,’ ‘The Brand New Testament,’ and More

All the newly streaming films on Netflix, FilmStruck, Amazon, and more....

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

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

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

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

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

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

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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