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‘The Strangers’ Director Unleashes ‘The Monster’ in Trailer for Zoe Kazan-Led Horror Picture

Bryan Bertino’s 2008 thriller The Strangers outperformed box office expectations and offered several bona fide unnerving moments, earning the slasher a small ...

[BIFF Review] Tony Conrad: Completely in the Present

When Tony Conrad passed away in April of 2016, I knew of him as an experimental filmmaker. It's hard to be an art student at the University at Buffalo — despite...

[BIFF Review] Gold Star

I know what Victoria Negri's debut feature, Gold Star, is about, even if the thing never quite finds the footing to fulfill its promise. It's about a young woma...

Keanu Reeves Returns for Lots and Lots of Killing In ‘John Wick: Chapter 2’ Trailer

What first appeared to be a DTV actioner, aging star and all, that slipped its way into theaters ended up being the premier American action film of... this ...

[NYFF Review] 20th Century Women

Has Mike Mills ever been unsympathetic to another human being? If his two most recent features, Beginners and this year's NYFF centerpiece selection, 20th Centu...

Vulgar Auteurism Reigns in Latest Trailer for Paul W.S. Anderson’s ‘Resident Evil: The Final Chapter’

The general perception of Paul W.S. Anderson's bombastic, symmetrical-composition-heavy cinema has changed enough in the four years since the last Resident ...

Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Julieta’ Receives U.S. Trailer

If you care for the films of Pedro Almodóvar -- and I'm sure that's many of you -- his newest picture, Julieta, will likely leave you satisfied. As we said ...

Isabelle Huppert Discovers ‘Things to Come’ in U.S. Trailer for Mia Hansen-Løve’s Acclaimed Drama

With Things to Come, the great Mia Hansen-Løve is earning some of her best reviews in years, and, along with Paul Verhoeven's Elle, it represents a banner y...

[NYFF Review] 13th

Humanity gave birth to inequality. The American experience is rooted in institutionalized racial inequity. Our forefathers came to this nation either by choice ...

U.S. Trailer for ‘Toni Erdmann’ Shows the Twisted Brilliance of Maren Ade’s Comedy

Most will begin talking about Toni Erdmann by noting that it is indeed very funny -- not in some "obscure, European" way, but with plenty of lowbrow jokes a...

News

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

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

The Criterion Channel’s July Lineup Features Harry Dean Stanton, Jonathan Demme, The Prisoner & More

Trailers

New Trailer for The Devils Brings Home Ken Russell’s Restored 1971 Classic

Exclusive Trailer for Film Forum’s Laurel & Hardy Retrospective Celebrates Comedy Titans

Dreams in Nightmares Trailer: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Acclaimed Second Feature Arrives in August

Reviews

Rose of Nevada Review: Mark Jenkin’s Stupefying, Time-Slipping Ghost Story

Maddie’s Secret Review: John Early Shows Total Commitment In Feature Debut

Tribeca Review: Alicia Vikander Gives a Restrained, Layered Performance in The Last Day

Features

10 Years of Nitrate Picture Show: A Religious Experience of What Cinema Can Be

New to Streaming: Two Pianos, The Last One for the Road, Pressure, The Wizard of the Kremlin & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“It Was Our Job to Commit”: John Early on the Roman Empire, Paul Verhoeven, and Maddie’s Secret

“I’ve Got No Idea How That Works”: Mark Jenkin on Rose of Nevada

Michael Sarnoski on His Favorite Robin Hood Films and the Character’s Violent Mythology

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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