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The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire Trailer: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s Striking Debut Arrives in June

A directorial debut as hypnotic as it is narratively destabilizing, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich was one of my favorite discoveries of last year's New York Film Fest...

Tsui Hark on Finding Peace in a World of Chaos

One of the key figures in Hong Kong cinema, Tsui Hark is a writer, actor, producer, and groundbreaking director. Born in Vietnam, he attended college in the US...

Cannes Review: Enzo is a Queer Coming-of-Age Tale Conveyed with Delicacy

The queer coming-of-age experience is one of great vulnerability: a young person must grapple with the realization they’re becoming different from both past se...

Love Review: A Truthful, Soothing Nordic Take on Romance

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Filmfest Hamburg coverage. Love opens in theaters on May 16. It takes confidence to name ...

Next Sohee Review: Korean Thriller Handles a Heavy Subject with a Steady Hand

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2022 Fantasia coverage. Next Sohee opens in theaters on May 16. And here I thought capitalism's ho...

Roman Polanski, Vincent Gallo, and Panos Cosmatos Plan New Features

Nearly 92, more controversial than ever, and coming off perhaps the least-liked film of his career, Roman Polanski has not entirely been expected to direct aga...

Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning Review: An Uneven, Visceral Capstone

“I'm going to miss being disreputable,” Ving Rhames’ Luther Stickell grumbles to Tom Cruise's now-iconic superspy after their first of many impossible missions...

The Criterion Channel’s June Programming Features Alan Rudolph, Johnnie To, Gene Hackman & More

When I spoke to Alan Rudolph a couple months ago, he confirmed that Criterion had sought to release his (incredible, essential) Remember My Name but were held ...

Paul Banks on Creating His First Film Score with Sister Midnight and His Enduring Love for Cinema

Ever since Turn on the Bright Lights debuted in the summer of 2002, Interpol frontman Paul Banks has been the epicenter of cool. Trying his hand at a variety o...

The Damned Review: Frigid Civil War Sojourn Flirts With Documentary and Reenactment

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 NYFF coverage. The Damned opens in theaters on May 16. Robert Minervini’s The Damned&nbs...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

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

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

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 Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

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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