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U.S. Trailer for Laurynas Bareiša’s Drowning Dry Introduces a Beguiling Family Drama

Winner of Locarno’s Best Director and Best Performance awards last year, Laurynas Bareiša's Drowning Dry went on to be selected as Lithuania’s entry for the Be...

Cannes Critics’ Week Unveils 2025 Lineup

Following last week's unveiling of the Cannes 2025 lineup, the first sidebar slate has been unveiled with the Cannes Critics' Week lineup. Particularly of note...

First Teaser for Ari Aster’s Eddington Finds Joaquin Phoenix Doomscrolling Through the Depths of 2020

Reteaming with Joaquin Phoenix after the divisive, impressively anxiety-inducing Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster is back with his fourth feature. His western Eddingt...

“I See Palestine as the Wound That the Whole World is Bleeding Out of Right Now”: Director Farah Nabulsi on The Teacher

“To your people, your son is worth 1,000 of mine." This striking line from Oscar-nominated director Farah Nabulsi's feature debut The Teacher draws inspiration...

One to One: John & Yoko Review: A Riveting, Soul-Rattling Time Capsule

If there’s one thing you absolutely cannot miss in Kevin Macdonald’s electrifying '70s-set New York City music documentary One to One: John & Yoko, it ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Macbeth, Michael Snow, Female Perversions & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMBard-bred films by Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Béla Tarr, and Luchino Visconti screen ...

The B-Side Ep. 159 – The Coen Brothers (with Stephen Sajdak)

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. ...

New to Streaming: Mickey 17, A Traveler’s Needs, Universal Language, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

Rosamund Pike Drives Down Hallow Road in First Trailer for Babak Anvari’s Psychological Thriller

After making a splash with his debut feature Under the Shadow, British-Iranian director Babak Anvari followed it up with Wounds and I Came By. Now, as his pote...

Vulcanizadora Trailer: Joel Potrykus and Joshua Burge Shock the Senses

While the idea of independent cinema has shifted to increase bigger budgets and scopes, a filmmaker who has stayed true to his punk roots is certainly Joel Pot...

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

Features

The Film Stage’s 2026 Tribeca Festival Portrait Gallery

NYC Weekend Watch: Italian History, Universal Westerns, Black Cops & More

Posterized June 2026: Maddie’s Secret, The Furious, Drunken Noodles & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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