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Peter Hujar’s Day Review: Ira Sachs Blends Documentary with Performance to Consider the Artist’s Life

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Peter Hujar's Day opens in theaters on November 7. When I look at Pete...

Nuremberg Review: A Historical Drama Lacking Complexity

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. Nuremberg opens in theaters on November 7. Stanley Kubrick, in one of the most...

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

A world-cinema fixture who's earned the support of Martin Scorsese, M. Night Shyamalan, Olivier Assayas, Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Béla Tarr, Claire Denis, Ch...

Capturing Life Under Genocide: Sepideh Farsi on Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk

One of the most heartbreaking documentaries of the year, Sepideh Farsi's Put Your Soul On Your Hand and Walk premiered at Cannes just weeks after the Israeli o...

Paul Schrader on Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters‘ 40-Years-Late Japanese Premiere

Japan is hardly known for placing limits on cinema; one might posit that young cinephiles largely enter the nation’s incomprehensibly dense corpus through its ...

Wong Kar Wai’s Blossoms Shanghai Sets Criterion Channel Release Beginning This Month

Two years after Wong Kar Wai's Blossoms Shanghai premiered in China, the long-awaited series will now be coming to America. Beginning on November 24, the Crite...

15 Films to See in November

As the year nears its conclusion, November brings another incredible slate of films, including a few that'll certainly be among my top ten of 2025 list. While ...

Jeff Nichols Sets Next Feature King Snake Starring Margaret Qualley, Michael Shannon, and Drew Starkey

In the couple of years since The Bikeriders premiered, we've been wondering when Jeff Nichols would be up to next. Last year, news came he was embarking on the...

New to Streaming: The History of Sound, Sorry, Baby, Ballad of a Small Player, Hedda, and 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: Napoleon, God’s Wedding, The Tree of Life & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumA highlight of Kevin Brownlow’s work brings numerous silent films, including the ...

News

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Exclusive Palestine 36 Poster and Clip: Palestine’s Oscar Entry Tells an Epic Tale of Resistance

Trailers

Disclosure Day Trailer: Steven Spielberg Returns to Extraterrestrial Exploration

A Major Restoration Arrives in Exclusive Trailer for Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly

Exclusive Trailer for Bertrand Bonello-Scored Europe’s New Faces Covers a Troubled Continent

Reviews

The Voice of Hind Rajab Review: Kaouther Ben Hania Brings Questionable Palatability to the Genocide in Gaza

Avatar: Fire and Ash Review: James Cameron Gets His Hands Dirty

Ella McCay Review: A Living Legend’s Final Word on Hope and Forgiveness

Features

The Best 2026 Films We’ve Already Seen

The Best Undistributed Films of 2025

The Best Scores & Soundtracks of 2025

Interviews

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“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

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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