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Review: ‘Sing’ Lacks Chemistry and Laughs

Sing has almost everything required for a Hollywood animation: the big names (Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Seth MacFarlane, Scarlett Johansson, etc.)...

Review: ‘Assassin’s Creed’ is a Visually Impeccable, Assaultive Videogame Adaptation

Over three-dozen times has Hollywood tried their hand at the videogame adaptation, and the results, to say the least, have left much to be desired. Perhaps it’s...

The Best Directorial Debuts of 2016

We look at the breakthrough directors of the year....

Keanu Reeves is Back in Action in New Trailer for ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’

Having been blessed with Mad Max: Fury Road last year, we certainly can't expect another action film on that level in 2016 -- but even when putting aside Ge...

Review: ‘Fences’ is a Powerful Acting Showcase Overly Indebted to its Source Material

An adaptation of a work from one of the most beloved playwrights of the 20th century, and the third feature from one of Hollywood’s most bankable movie stars, F...

Review: ‘Collateral Beauty’ is a Clumsy, Misguided Drama

Collateral Beauty is soggy garbage intended to make you cry, but it’s so clumsy in its manipulations that you almost feel sorry for it, the way you would if you...

Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine, and Alan Arkin Plan a Heist in Trailer for ‘Going in Style’

After breaking Kickstarter records with his scrappy drama Wish I Was Here, and ruffling a few feathers in the process, Zach Braff is back in the director's ...

New to Streaming: ‘American Honey,’ ‘Little Men,’ ‘Barry,’ ‘Fireworks Wednesday,’ and More

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

NYC Weekend Watch: Steadicam, ‘2046,’ 21st-Century Scorsese & 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...

The Wachowskis Return in Trailer for Two-Hour ‘Sense8’ Christmas Special

As Netflix continues to increase the output of their original content, their finest drama remains the Wachowskis' ambitious Sense8. In terms of formal accom...

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

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

Exclusive Trailer for 4K Restoration of Jae-young Kwak’s My Sassy Girl Reintroduces the South Korean Hit

James Baldwin Arrives In Paris In Trailer for Yashaddai Owens’ Jimmy, Opening This July

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

New to Streaming: Blue Heron, I Love Boosters, Tuner, The Sheep Detectives & More

The Best Films of 2026 (So Far)

NYC Weekend Watch: Elaine May, Guy Maddin, Vincente Minnelli, Law of Desire & More

Interviews

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

“Memory Is Not Something You Can Trust”: Carla Simón on Romería, Family Stories, and Antonioni

“There Are Always Fascists to Defeat”: John Waters on the Enduring Legacy of His Films and Never Getting Cancelled

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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