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U.S. Trailer for Ben Wheatley-Produced ‘Tank 432’ Introduces a Hallucinatory Hellscape

There will be many family-friendly films available at multiplexes this Thanksgiving, but if you are looking for something that may put some fright into your...

Final Trailer for ‘Hidden Figures’ Shows Groundbreaking Work in the Space Race

One of the late entries into this year's awards-primed prestige drama slate is Hidden Figures, the latest drama from St. Vincent director Theodore Melfi. St...

AFI Fest Review: ‘Miss Sloane’ is a Textbook Political Thriller

Miss Sloane seems custom-designed to forever go in the dictionary to illustrate the definition of “political thriller,” so thoroughly does it fit all the expect...

AFI Fest Review: ‘Moana’ is a Well-Directed, Exhausting Adventure

It’s time for another Disney Princess movie, and you know how it goes. Disney knows too, and wants you to know that it knows. When the title character of Moana ...

‘Amy’ and ‘Senna’ Director Asif Kapadia Captures War in Trailer for ‘Ali & Nino’

Best known for his acclaimed, hit documentaries Amy and Senna (at least here in the United States), director Asif Kapadia actually began his career with nar...

AFI Fest Review: ‘Prevenge’ Offers a Distinct Blend of Black Humor and Body Horror

Veering between dark comedy and somber drama is a flavor of the times in indie film, but Prevenge puts a new spin on this, tying those emotional shifts more dir...

DOC NYC Review: ‘Borderline’ Tests the Boundaries of Documentary Objectivity

Making a film often requires one to exhibit behaviors therapists associate with BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder), which is territory the filmmaker Rebbie R...

Rooney Mara Finds Love and Loss in Ireland in First Trailer for ‘The Secret Scripture’

Bringing three films to TIFF this year, alongside Una and Lion, Rooney Mara also premiered The Secret Scripture. Directed by Jim Sheridan (My Left Foot, In ...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 214 – Arrival

Welcome, one and all, to the newest episode of The Film Stage Show! This week, I am joined by Bill Graham, Michael Snydel, and special guest Dan Gvozden to ...

Natalie Portman Grieves in New Trailer for Pablo Larraín’s ‘Jackie’

Two of the most enveloping and visually striking films I've seen all year are Pablo Larraín's Neruda and Jackie, both of which arrive in theaters next month...

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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