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First Trailer for ‘Ghost in the Shell’ Finds Scarlett Johansson Questioning Her Reality

While he showed some visual flair in Snow White and the Huntsman, director Rupert Sanders is certainly working with stronger source material when it comes t...

75th Anniversary Trailer for ‘Citizen Kane’ Re-Introduces Cinema’s Most Influential Film

There will be no shortage of thinkpieces and hot takes over the next many years about how the latest film or television show is representative of Trump's Am...

Review: ‘Almost Christmas’ is a Nice Distraction, With Too Many Characters

Pleasant, if not completely convoluted with too many characters and not enough development with any, the family ensemble comedy Almost Christmas is well-meaning...

Ben Affleck Lives the American Dream in Final Trailer for ‘Live by Night’

Before his directorial career gets tied up in the world of superheroes, Ben Affleck had time to adapt the work of Dennis Lehane following his Oscar-winning ...

A Marriage is Tested in U.S. Trailer for Asghar Farhadi’s ‘The Salesman’

Following his international, Oscar-winning break-out A Separation, thankfully we've had a chance to catch up on the films of Asghar Farhadi. After About Ell...

NYC Weekend Watch: Paul Verhoeven, 3-D Auteurs, Tom Hanks & 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: Warren Beatty Entertains in the Pleasing, But Slight ‘Rules Don’t Apply’

Eighteen years after Bulworth and fifteen after Town & Country (his last time directing and acting for a feature film respectively), Warren Beatty returns t...

The Film Stage Roundtable Ep. 12 – Living in a Movie Dystopia

We discuss the movie dystopias we'd most want to live as well the way communication is conveyed in films....

New to Streaming: ‘Hell or High Water,’ ‘Kubo and the Two Strings,’ ‘Dog Eat Dog,’ and More

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

A Rebellion Begins in New International Trailer for ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’

In just about five weeks Gareth Edwards' prequel Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, following a group of rebels with a secret plan to destroy the Death Star, wil...

News

TIFF 2026 Unveils Lineup

The Criterion Channel’s August Lineup Features Ringo Lam, James Baldwin, Desert Trips, and Rock Biopics

Exclusive: 2026 Sidewalk Film Festival Lineup Features John Wilson, Buster Keaton & More

Trailers

Lost Chapters Trailer: Acclaimed Venezuelan Drama Presents a Homecoming

The Scout Trailer: Paula González-Nasser’s Acclaimed Debut Follows Day in the Life of a Location Scout

New Trailer René Laloux’s Final Film Gandahar, Arriving in 4K Restoration on August 28

Reviews

Fantasia Review: You Are the Film Is a Fun Romp Playing with Mechanics of the Medium

Fantasia Review: Dance Freak Is Pure Irreverent Nonsense, Gorgeously Conveyed

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

Features

Four Must-See Titles from Il Cinema Ritrovato 2026

New to Streaming: Miroirs No. 3, Backrooms, The Currents, Obsession & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

The B-Sides of Christopher Nolan with Blake Howard

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

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