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First Trailer For Asghar Farhadi’s Cannes Winner ‘The Salesman’

According to our coverage, this year's Cannes Film Festival was among the more fulfilling in recent memory, which might explain why a (reportedly) solid eff...

New to Streaming: ‘The Neon Demon,’ ‘Wiener-Dog,’ ‘To the Wonder,’ ‘Heaven’s Gate,’ and More

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

[Review] The 9th Life of Louis Drax

Ten years after Anthony Minghella optioned Liz Jensen's The 9th Life of Louis Drax to develop cinematically, it was his son Max who saw it begin production. The...

NYC Weekend Watch: Double Bills, ‘Inherent Vice’ on 70mm, Kurosawa, Minnelli & 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...

The Film Stage Roundtable Ep. 7 – Best Scores and Scariest Films

We discuss the films that scared us the most and the best scores of the century thus far....

[Venice Review] Arrival

In Arrival, prolific Québécois director Denis Villeneuve ponders the ramifications and possibilities of a potential first-contact between human beings and an ad...

First Trailer for Kelly Reichardt’s ‘Certain Women’ With Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams & Laura Dern

Just last week, it was proposed that there is (currently) no better director of actors than Kelly Reichardt, which we tend to agree with. This notion is fur...

Meet Christopher Guest’s ‘Mascots’ in First Full-Length Trailer

The fall is about to get a whole lot funnier. Best in Show and Waiting for Guffman director Christopher Guest is finally back to feature filmmaking with the...

[Venice Review] The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez

The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez, the latest wistful, contemplative narrative effort from German director Wim Wenders, is the type of “European Film” you might ha...

An Eccentric Family Reconnects in First Trailer For Zach Clark’s ‘Little Sister’

After crafting one of our favorite (and most darkly uncomfortable) yuletide favorites over the last few years with White Reindeer, director Zach Clark is ba...

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

The Samurai and the Prisoner Trailer: Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Mystery Epic Arrives This July

Willem Dafoe and Greta Lee Tussle Over Legacy In Trailer for Kent Jones’ Late Fame

Ethan Hawke Embarks on a Treacherous Journey in First Trailer for The Weight

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

NYC Weekend Watch: Elaine May, Guy Maddin, Vincente Minnelli, Law of Desire & More

The Best Films of 2026 (So Far)

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“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

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

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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