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‘Dark Night’ Trailer Captures the Moments Before a Massacre

One of the most controversial and haunting films of last year's Sundance Film Festival line-up was Tim Sutton's follow-up to Memphis, Dark Night. An impress...

Zhuo-Ning Su’s Top 10 Films of 2016

We all experience drastically different film years. For simple logistical reasons, this Europe-based reviewer has yet been able to see Moonlight, Jackie, Sile...

Nick Newman’s Top 10 Films of 2016

Our managing editor picks his favorite films of the year....

Review: A Sublimely Anarchic Nicolas Cage Elevates the Empty ‘Arsenal’

As a piece of filmmaking and storytelling, Arsenal is, at its best, marginally competent in the way that a basic-cable crime procedural might be. It attempts gr...

Polish Cannibal Horror Mermaid Musical ‘The Lure’ Gets U.S. Trailer

No, it's not just a random assortment of words. The Polish cannibal horror mermaid musical you've been waiting for will be arriving next month. Following a ...

New to Streaming: ‘Boogie Nights,’ ‘Operation Avalanche,’ ‘Hugo,’ ‘Tower,’ and More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Moonlight’ Inspirations, ‘Mystery Train,’ Marseille Trilogy & 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: Ben Affleck’s ‘Live by Night’ Runs the Gamut of Gangster Tropes

At times energetic and interesting, but mostly messy and overreaching, Ben Affleck's Live by Night starts out as a refreshing departure for the newly-minted Cap...

The Search for the Zombie Cure Commences in New Trailer for ‘The Girl with All the Gifts’

After Train to Busan helped re-ignite the zombie genre this summer, another promising flesh-eating flick will land next month. Director Colm McCarthy, who h...

Review: ‘Railroad Tigers’ is a Cartoonish, Bloated Action Caper

Railroad Tigers is one of those films where, despite its few-versus-many premise, the antagonist often feels like the one with nine lives. That is to say, it is...

News

New 4-Hour Director’s Cut of Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves Will Premiere at Locarno 2026

Venice Classics 2026 Lineup Features Newly Restored Films by John Cassavetes, Roman Polanski, Shinji Sōmai & More

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

Trailers

Will Poulter Navigates an American Crisis In First Trailer for Union County

Exclusive Trailer for Japan Cuts 2026 Highlights the Best of New Japanese Cinema

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Traverse Giallo Underworld In Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

15 Films to See at Japan Cuts 2026

New to Streaming: The Prisoner, Silent Friend, Obsession, Fiume o morte! & More

NYC Weekend Watch: 70mm Conspiracies, Immigrants, Spectres, Sherman’s March & More

Interviews

Ross McElwee on Remake and the Painful, Profound Process of Making a Testament to His Son’s Life

Tamra Davis on Billy Madison, Half Baked, Watching Fellini and Coppola on Set, Bonding with Britney Spears, and The Best Summer

“There’s No Incentive for a Filmmaker to Retire”: Alex Cox on Returning With Dead Souls

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

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