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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...

Exclusive Trailer for Marta Mateus’ Acclaimed Debut Fire of Wind, Produced by Pedro Costa

A selection at Locarno, New York, BFI London, Viennale, Tokyo, and more film festivals, Marta Mateus' Fire of Wind was one of the most formally striking featur...

Exclusive Trailer for New Restoration of Sherman Alexie’s The Business of Fancydancing

Premiering back at the Sundance Film Festival in 2002, renowned Native American novelist and screenwriter Sherman Alexie's feature debut The Business of Fancyd...

NYC Weekend Watch: God’s Comedy, Robert Downey Sr, Kevin Brownlow & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtA complete João César Monteiro retrospective (watch our exclusive trail...

New to Streaming: No Other Land, A House of Dynamite, Anemone, Riefenstahl & 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...

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

Sound of Falling Trailer: Mascha Schilinski’s Cannes Winner Arrives This January

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

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

The Best Cinematography of 2025

Four Films to See From 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

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

Interviews

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

A Magical Life: Train Dreams Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso on Capturing a Film of Memories

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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