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Tsui Hark Returns In U.S. Trailer for Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants

Though once head-spinningly prolific, Tsui Hark hasn't directed a solo feature since 2018's Detective Dee: The Four Heavenly Kings, the time between then and n...

Rotterdam Review: Alex Ross Perry’s Videoheaven is a Whirlwind Tour Through the Golden Age of the Video Store

In Videoheaven, Blockbuster––to take after Thom Andersen––plays itself. Now deep in a pop-cultural-scholarship phase inaugurated by his last feature Paveme...

Mark Jenkin’s Rose of Nevada Starring George MacKay and Callum Turner Gets First Image and Plot Details

After Bait and Enys Men proved to be a pair of the most tactile, distinctive films of the last few years, director Mark Jenkin is expanding scope for his lates...

Sundance Review: Rabbit Trap Sets Dev Patel in a Wholly Immersive Horror Story

It’s always thrilling when a horror film explores the power and possibility of sound. Much modern horror is too quiet, missing the opportunity to create an imm...

Sundance Review: The Librarians Skillfully Documents Our Crumbling Democracy and Those Fighting to Save It

Kim A. Snyder's The Librarians is a comprehensive documentary that maps well-funded, right-wing political groups' nationwide mission to ban books and those...

Werner Herzog to Direct Rooney and Kate Mara in Drama About “Sex-Crazed Twins”

Dabbling in narrative filmmaking in-between his many documentaries, it was recently announced Werner Herzog was in production on his first animated feature, Th...

Frederick Wiseman Hints at Retirement: “I Don’t Have the Energy”

Turning 95 years old on New Year's Day, Frederick Wiseman has a body of work that could be argued as the most important in cinema history. To view it in totali...

Sundance Review: Atropia is an Anti-War Farce That Can’t Sustain its Satire

In the fictional country of Atropia, everything is played for real. Nestled into the southern California desert, the U.S. military-built training ground looks,...

Sebastian Stan and Renate Reinsve Reteam for Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord

Like so many other actors sucked up by the Marvel machine, the extensive shooting and promotion commitments often mean a plethora of projects showing their mor...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Who by Fire Introduces Philippe Lesage’s Lush, Stellar Drama

After his revelatory coming-of-age film Genesis, Quebecois filmmaker Philippe Lesage has expanded his canvas with Who by Fire, a lush, intimate, and psychologi...

News

The Criterion Collection’s June Lineup Features Mishima, Sorcerer, and Brazil on 4K

Leonardo DiCaprio Will Lead Martin Scorsese’s Home; Apple and Todd Field to Produce

New Directors/New Films Unveils 2025 Lineup

Trailers

David Cronenberg Finds Connection After Death in New Trailer for The Shrouds

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Love Hotel Restores Shinji Somai’s Pinku Classic

Sex Work in 1970s Japan Gets the Spotlight in Exclusive Trailer for Noboru Tanaka’s Newly Restored The Oldest Profession

Reviews

Pet Shop Days Review: An Admirably Abrasive Film With a Blistering Hero at the Helm

The Actor Review: André Holland is Terrific in Duke Johnson’s Surreal Solo Directorial Debut

SXSW Review: Death of a Unicorn is a Mythical, Predictable Genre Mash-Up

Features

New to Streaming: I’m Still Here, All We Imagine as Light, Trap, Every Little Thing & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Scorsese Selects, Nightshift, Lou Ye & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Duke Johnson on Charlie Kaufman’s Advice and the Philosophies of Identity That Guide The Actor

Andrew Davis on His New Novel Disturbing the Bones, Remembering Gene Hackman, and the Difficulties of Trying to Get Movies Made Today

Philippe Lesage on Who by Fire, the Importance of Imperfection, and What TV Can Never Steal From Cinema

Podcasts

The B-Side – Amy Irving and Peter Riegert on Crossing Delancey

The Film Stage Presents Emulsion: Episode One

The B-Side – 2025 Oscars Special (with Joe Reid & Chris Feil)

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