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Bel Powley is a Genius in First Trailer for ‘Carrie Pilby’

After her break-out role in The Diary of a Teenage Girl, star Bel Powley joined a number of high-profile indie projects and one of the first we'll see is Ca...

‘The Loved Ones’ Director Sean Byrne Returns in Trailer for ‘The Devil’s Candy’

The devil works in mysterious ways. And also violent ways. Very, very violent ways. That's what writer-director Sean Byrne posits in the first trailer for h...

First Trailer for Demetri Martin’s Directorial Debut ‘Dean’

One of the more pleasant, witty features I saw last year was the directorial debut of comedian/writer/actor Demetri Martin. While he's popped up in films fr...

Berlin Review: ‘Return to Montauk’ is a Perceptive Reflection on the Past

“No one gets over anything," remarks Stellan Skarsgård’s Max, rekindling with old flame Rebecca years after they last met. He was a fledgling writer, she an ide...

Berlin Review: ‘The Other Side of Hope’ is Brilliant and Beautiful With a Defiant Faith in Human Decency

What Kiarostami is to the front seats of a car and Bresson is to the prison, so Aki Kaurismäki is to the perennial mid-80s Helsinki; that dark pastel-colored no...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 227 – John Wick: Chapter 2

We briefly talk LEGO Batman before diving into John Wick 2 on the latest show....

Berlin Review: Agnieszka Holland’s ‘Spoor’ is Well-Meaning, Bland Eco-Infotainment

The worst choices for festival competition aren’t necessarily the worst films. Those which aim too high, go too far, try too hard often end up making a complete...

New Trailer For ‘Goon: Last of the Enforcers’ Spills Blood on Ice

Strap those hockey pads back on because the final Canadian trailer has landed for Goon: Last of the Enforcers, the follow-up to, you guessed it, Goon. After...

‘The Bad Batch’ Assembles in First Trailer for Ana Lily Amirpour’s Dystopic Cannibal Western

A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night was one of our favorite debuts of its respective year, an impeccably photographed vampire tale that brought new blood to th...

Berlin Review: ‘Bright Nights’ Captures a Meditative, Unfulfilling Road Trip

As the ice flows thaw in the 24-hour daylight of a northern Norwegian summer, so too does the relationship of a father and son in Thomas Arslan’s Bright Nights,...

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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