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The B-Side Ep. 170 – David Cronenberg (with Veronica Fitzpatrack)

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.&nb...

U.S. Trailer for Hlynur Pálmason’s The Love That Remains, Iceland’s Oscar Entry

Carving out a rather immaculate body of work that continues to go in different directions, Hlynur Pálmason returned this year with The Love That Remains, which...

Sirāt Trailer: Oliver Laxe’s Desert Rave Thriller Shocks to the Core

A truly unforgettable mix of Scorcerer and Mad Max, while directed with a genuine vision of originality, Oliver Laxe's desert rave thriller Sirāt deservedly pi...

Nouvelle Vague Review: Richard Linklater Offers a Cinema Masterclass

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Nouvelle Vague opens in theaters on October 31 and arrives on Netflix on Novemb...

Exclusive Trailer for Sons of Detroit Finds a Filmmaker Returning to a Quintessential American City

With America's largest documentary film festival, DOC NYC, kicking off on November 12, we're pleased to premiere the first trailer and poster for one of the mo...

Soi Cheang on Directing Action, Twilight of the Warriors Sequel, and the Future of Hong Kong Cinema

If not quite so known as many of his Hong Kong contemporaries, Soi Cheang has mastered nearly every genre and style for which the national cinema is so beloved...

Dracula Review: Radu Jude Crafts Unruly, Indulgent Satire

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Locarno coverage. Dracula opens in theaters on October 29. Radu Jude is one of the great film...

Anniversary Review: A Happy Family is Torn Apart in Jan Komasa’s Haunting Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Warsaw Film Festival coverage. Anniversary opens in theaters on October 29. Jan Komasa’s Anni...

One Battle After Another Sweeps 2025 Gotham Award Nominations

Get ready for one award after another this season as Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another has swept the first major nominations of the year with the...

“Cinema Can Be Bigger”: Radu Jude on Dracula, AI, and One Battle After Another

Radu Jude flashes on the screen with an AI-generated background of a machine gun-wielding Donald Trump riding a giant kitten. What one is meant to make of this...

News

Exclusive Palestine 36 Poster and Clip: Palestine’s Oscar Entry Tells an Epic Tale of Resistance

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2025 Include Eddington, Final Destination Bloodlines, Sirāt & More

Trailers

Jean-Pierre Léaud Goes West In Exclusive Trailer for Luc Moullet’s A Girl Is a Gun

My Father’s Shadow Trailer: U.K.’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

The President’s Cake Trailer: Iraq’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

Reviews

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

La Grazia Review: Paolo Sorrentino Struggles to Match Toni Servillo’s Talents

WTO/99 Review: A Stark Reminder of Our American Police State

Features

Posterized December 2025: Resurrection, No Other Choice, The Plague & More

New to Streaming: Jay Kelly, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Stranger Eyes, The Family McMullen & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Safe & More

Interviews

Reflection in a Dead Diamond Directors on James Bond, Satoshi Kon, and Crafting a Cinematic Orgasm

Edward Burns on The Family McMullen, His Underseen Films, and Getting Tom Petty to Score His Second Movie

Sinners Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw on Pulling Off the Film’s Most Difficult Shots and Christopher Nolan’s Advice

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

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