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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...

DOC NYC Review: ‘The Lure’ is a Wake-Up Call to Explore

You can't take it with you. It's a saying we’ve all heard that leads some to donate charitably, others to invest in real estate, and more to siphon offshore for...

News

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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