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First Teaser for Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another Arrives as Film Shifts to Fall

Update: the first teaser has arrived ahead of a full trailer next week. See it and find the original story below. A major summer release for Paul Thomas And...

Being Maria Review: A Reductive Biopic Centered on the Trauma of Last Tango in Paris

Last Tango in Paris was both a breakout role and turning point in the life and career of Maria Schneider––a traumatic filming experience that inspired her to b...

The Heirloom Review: Ben Petrie Delivers Tension and Humor in Pet-Adoption Psychodrama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2023 IFFR coverage. The Heirloom is now in theaters from Factory 25. In The Heirloom, a couple fac...

Bob Trevino Likes It Review: Sweet, Kind, and Emotionally Satisfying Comedy

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 SXSW coverage. Bob Trevino Likes It opens in theaters on March 21 from Roadside Attractions. ...

The Fishbowl Review: Part Eco-Thriller, Part Cancer Drama is an Incendiary, Uneven Homecoming

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Cyprus Film Days International Festival 2023 coverage. The Fishbowl is now playing in theaters from ...

Misericordia Review: A Galvanizing Ode to the Power and Subversiveness of Desire

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Cannes 2024 coverage. Misericordia will be released in theaters on March 21 from Janus Films/Sideshow...

The Assessment Review: Alicia Vikander Steals the Show in Sci-Fi Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our TIFF 2024 coverage. The Assessment will be released in theaters on March 21 from Magnolia Pictures. ...

Magazine Dreams Review: Jonathan Majors Delivers Powerhouse Showcase in Repetitively Nihilistic Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Sundance 2023 coverage. Magazine Dreams will be released in theaters on March 21 from Briarcliff Ente...

Mirror of Life, a Ten-Film Manoel de Oliveira Retrospective, Comes to BAM on March 28

98% of interviews follow the same pleasantries-exchange / question-and-answer / pleasantries-exchange format, yet there are those rare times an incredible oppo...

Alain Guiraudie on Misericordia, Desiring His Actors, and Praise from Godard and Bret Easton Ellis

If Alain Guiraudie has still not quite transcended festival obscurity to become an American art-house staple, all the more credit to the films––they’ve never a...

News

Exclusive New Stills From Carla Simón’s Romería as Janus Films Sets June Release

MoMI Unveils First Look 2026 Lineup

Exclusive Poster for 2026 Edition of Los Angeles Festival of Movies, Taking Place April 9-12

Trailers

Heads or Tails Trailer: John C. Reilly Is Buffalo Bill in Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis’ Cannes Selection

Rosebush Pruning Trailer: Callum Turner, Riley Keough, Elle Fanning, Tracy Letts & More Have Family Issues

David Robert Mitchell Returns in First Trailer for The End of Oak Street

Reviews

Kontinental ’25 Review: Radu Jude Has Nothing Left To Prove

Chime Review: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Mid-Length Chiller Doesn’t Stay Long But Leaves Its Mark

John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office Review: An Illuminating Work of Cultural Archaeology

Features

New to Streaming: Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie, Sirāt, Send Help, A Poet & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Béla Tarr, Meiko Kaji, Kiyoshi Kurosawa & More

Interviews

Sinking into the Abyss: Nadav Lapid on Yes, the Collapse of Morality, and Beauty in Dance

Sylvain Chomet on A Magnificent Life, Joker: Folie à Deux, and Returning to Triplets of Belleville

“The Movie Is More Intelligent Than I”: Christian Petzold on Miroirs No. 3

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Spike Lee

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

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