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“Cinema Should Serve as a Doorway to the Transcendent”: Nino Martínez Sosa on Liborio

Through the story of the religious leader Papá Liborio, Nino Martínez Sosa’s 2021 film Liborio deftly contends with the cultural, spiritual, and political forc...

The Criterion Channel’s March Lineup Features Michael Mann, Alain Guiraudie, Dogme 95 & More

No streaming service does a director retrospective like the Criterion Channel, and March offers two masters at opposite ends of exposure. On one side is Michae...

The Ice Tower Review: Lucile Hadžihalilović’s Most Bewitching Film Yet

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Berlinale coverage. The Ice Tower arrives in theaters on October 3. If there is a filmmak...

Freaky Tales Trailer: Pedro Pascal and Ben Mendelsohn Partake in ’80s Mayhem

Premiering over a year ago on the opening night of Sundance Film Festival, Freaky Tales was a hopeful return to proper filmmaking after Anna Boden and Ryan Fle...

Berlinale Review: Girls on Wire is a Polished Yet Disappointing Return for Vivian Qu

With just two films to her name (in addition to co-producing the Golden Bear-winning Black Coal, Thin Ice), Vivian Qu has become one of China's most prominent ...

Berlinale Review: The Botanist Offers Sun-Soaked Landscapes, Coming-of-Age Curiosities

Few things loosen the grip of winter like a sun-kissed film. Add listless days and young love to the narrative and you might even forget the icy chill outside....

Memoir of a Snail Director Adam Elliot on Making His Audience an Emotional Wreck and Why He Won’t Win the Oscar

Two decades ago, stop-motion animator Adam Elliot burst onto the scene with his wonderful short Harvie Krumpet. Following a man cursed with lifelong bad luck, ...

Berlinale Review: Ari Unlocks the Beautiful Mystery of an Ordinary Life

French director Léonor Serraille’s third feature Ari is the portrait of an über-sensitive young man who ponders his place in the world while looking up peo...

Mickey 17 Review: Bong Joon Ho’s Sci-Fi Comedy is an Oddly Manipulative, Self-Congratulatory Parable

Is Mark Ruffalo giving a Trump impression? It’s early into Bong Joon Ho’s Mickey 17 when the actor struts into the frame in a velvety blazer, wife Ylfa (Toni C...

Hot Milk Review: A Marvelous Look at Maternal Trauma

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Berlinale 2025 coverage. Hot Milk opens in theaters on June 27. A mother-daughter relationship...

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

Will Poulter Navigates an American Crisis In First Trailer for Union County

Exclusive Trailer for Japan Cuts 2026 Highlights the Best of New Japanese Cinema

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

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

Posterized July 2026: The Samurai and the Prisoner, The Odyssey, Night Nurse & More

12 Films to See in July

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

Interviews

Ross McElwee on Remake and the Painful, Profound Process of Making a Testament to His Son’s Life

Tamra Davis on Billy Madison, Half Baked, Watching Fellini and Coppola on Set, Bonding with Britney Spears, and The Best Summer

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

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

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