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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...

Where to Stream the Best Films of 2025

As 2025 winds down, like most cinephiles, we’re looking to get our eyes on titles that may have slipped through the cracks or simply gone unseen, so—as we do e...

Emulsion Ep. 17 – Stephanie LaCava on Nymph, Chantal Akerman, and Abel Ferrara

Given her work in and around cinema, it’s no surprise that Stephanie LaCava would write a novel that is, no small feat, cinematic. Said novel is Nymph, a slim ...

News

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

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

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

Trailers

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

The Drama Trailer: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya’s Relationship Gets Rocky

Reviews

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

Goodbye June Review: Kate Winslet’s Directing Debut is a Well-Meaning Misfire

Resurrection Review: A Triumph of Sheer Audacity and Exceptional Craft

Features

The Best Scores & Soundtracks of 2025

The Film Stage’s Top 50 Films of 2025

New to Streaming: The Mastermind, Afternoons of Solitude, Wake Up Dead Man, Die My Love, and 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. 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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