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[Review] The Stranger

Throughout my high school and college career, I plowed through multiple novels by British horror author, Simon Clark. The supermarket paperbacks were hardly lit...

[Review] Jurassic World

As all good sequels must learn, the key to success is delivering on the promise set forth by the original while also providing something fresh and improved. Jus...

Director Josh Safdie Talks Blending in and Losing Time With ‘Heaven Knows What’

"My grandma said that this movie was so fascinating because it was about people with no past and no future. They just exist for this one moment. And I’m trying to always get at that in life."...

New to Streaming: ‘Hungry Hearts,’ ‘The Aviator,’ ‘The Nightmare,’ ‘Run All Night’, and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options -- not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves -- we've taken it upon ourselves to highlight the titles that have recently hit the interwebs....

[Review] Hungry Hearts

Whether it’s a matter of strong narrative direction and attractive aesthetic dressings bringing a film to life or, quite possibly, attractive aesthetic dressing...

[Review] Insidious: Chapter 3

The blaring, nerve-jangling violin jamboree that accompanies the assaulting opening titles of Insidious: Chapter 3 tells you all you really need to know. Escala...

NYC Weekend Watch: ‘Marienbad,’ ‘Scanners,’ ‘Hausu,’ ‘Annie Hall,’ & 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 repertory showings into one handy list...

[Review] Entourage

I was a big fan of Entourage, loving the first four seasons and remaining entertained until the end. The fact Doug Ellin received backing for eight seasons is a...

Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s List of 10 Favorite Films, Including ‘Night of the Hunter’ and ‘Salò’

Though his vast oeuvre pays tribute to many types of cinema, Rainer Werner Fassbinder was, at his heart, a great practitioner of melodrama. It's thus no surpris...

New to Streaming: ‘Results,’ ‘Timbuktu,’ ‘Chappie,’ The DUFF,’ and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options -- not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves -- we've taken it upon ourselves to ...

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

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Traverse Giallo Underworld In Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Exclusive Trailer for 4K Restoration of Jae-young Kwak’s My Sassy Girl Reintroduces the South Korean Hit

James Baldwin Arrives In Paris In Trailer for Yashaddai Owens’ Jimmy, Opening This July

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

New to Streaming: Blue Heron, I Love Boosters, Tuner, The Sheep Detectives & More

The Best Films of 2026 (So Far)

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

Interviews

“There’s No Incentive for a Filmmaker to Retire”: Alex Cox on Returning With Dead Souls

“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

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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