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Lucrecia Martel Returns in First Trailer for Historical Epic ‘Zama’

After helming one of the best films of the previous decade with 2008's The Headless Woman, director Lucrecia Martel is finally returning this year with her ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Scorsese Docs, Leonard Cohen, Social Thrillers & 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 repe...

Review: ‘The Great Wall’ Has an Adventurous Spirit, Despite Its Missteps

There is an alternate timeline wherein the image of a large wall keeping monsters at bay might not be soured by notions of contemporary xenophobia; where Matt D...

Berlin Review: ‘My Happy Family’ is a Stirring and Gorgeously Naturalistic Drama

Nature abhors a vacuum, and so too does human curiosity. Anyone seeking to throw the world around them into chaos should do something unexpected and dramatic, a...

Review: ‘XX’ Offers More than the Average Horror Anthology

To begin, we must acknowledge a painful fact: omnibus features are only as strong as their weakest link, and it's clear that production company XYZ Films learne...

Review: ‘Fist Fight’ is Mindless, Crude, and Thoroughly Funny

It's hard to believe that It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia has been on the air for twelve years now, but it's still going strong. While the show opened doors f...

Anne Hathaway Causes Monster-Sized Chaos in New Trailer for Nacho Vigalondo’s ‘Colossal’

It wasn't a premiere at Sundance Film Festival, but I caught up with the latest sci-fi film from Timecrimes director Nacho Vigalondo there and it turned out...

Will Ferrell and Amy Poehler Get Criminal in First Trailer for ‘The House’

After their days on Saturday Night Live and (brief) team-ups in Blades of Glory and Anchorman 2, it's surprising we haven't seen more of Will Ferrell and Am...

Berlin Review: ‘Close-Knit’ is a Quietly Subversive Bittersweet Triumph

If the direct emotion pull and inclusive vibe of Naoko Ogigami’s Close-Knit could be expressed in a single scene it would perhaps be the moment early (Ogigami’s...

Berlin Review: ‘Mr. Long’ is a Certifiably Schizophrenic Hitman Story

Japanese cult filmmaker SABU is known to spice things up in his work. The kooky mix of violence, fantasticism and humor sometimes leads to unwatchably ridiculou...

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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