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Posterized August 2024: Trap, Red Island, Alien: Romulus & More

Videogame IP, a remake, and a children's film: August's blockbuster titles don't really need marketing help. So, Borderlands (August 9), The Crow (Augu...

New to Streaming: The Beast, Janet Planet, The People’s Joker, Ghostlight, Daddio, MaXXXine & 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: Eyes Wide Shut on 35mm

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaFidelio, our four-film program with Chapo Trap House's Movie Mindset, begins thi...

Trap Review: M. Night Shyamalan’s Best-Engineered Work Since The Village

Likely the burden of precedent never lifts from M. Night Shyamalan, whose name became noun, adjective, and verb more-or-less the moment The Sixth Sense landed ...

Dìdi (弟弟) Director Sean Wang on Resisting Nostalgia, Marketing Battles, and Why First-Time Directors Need Patience

It wouldn’t have been Sundance without at least a handful of coming-of-age stories. Sean Wang’s audience award winner Dìdi (弟弟) proves that, with a n...

15 Films to See in August

As the summer movie season comes to a close, August brings a shockingly stacked slate of offerings, topped by a film that is sure to age like a fine classic in...

Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door Set for Centerpiece of 62nd New York Film Festival

After just wrapping production a few months ago, Pedro Almodóvar is already putting the finishing touches on his next feature. Following Venice Film Festival's...

Coup! Review: Peter Sarsgaard Leads a Class Comedy Less Thrilling Than Biting

Let's talk about the pandemic for a moment. No, not the COVID-19 Pandemic. The pandemic that, 100 years ago, killed millions and shuttered the United States fo...

Merchant Ivory Trailer Explores One of the Great Filmmaking Partnerships

One of the greatest filmmaking partnerships to grace the industry is getting its deserved due in a new documentary. Directed by Stephen Soucy and featuring Dam...

NYAFF Review: Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In Offers Phenomenal Sets and Creative Stunts

The apartment complexes making up what used to be Kowloon Walled City effectively sealed it off from the rest of Hong Kong. Soi Cheang's Twilight of the Warrio...

News

NYC Weekend Watch: Catch Me If You Can, The Lost Weekend, The Spirit of the Beehive & More

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

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

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance Yet

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Panahi & Kiarostami, Elephant, Sorcerer & More

13 Films to See in January

Mitchell Beaupre’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

Jack Fisk on Creating an Authentic 1950s New York for Marty Supreme and Josh Safdie’s Drive

Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, Refusing to Compromise, and Cinematic Traditions

“Maybe Sometimes Something Works”: Nathan Silver on Carol & Joy

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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

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

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