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Sam Raimi Finally Returns to Horror in First Trailer for Send Help

For fans of Sam Raimi in horror-thriller mode, the starvation has been real. In the nearly two decades since 2009's Drag Me to Hell, the Evil Dead director has...

Exclusive Trailer for Acclaimed Documentary River of Grass Explores the History and Future of the Everglades

A world premiere at the esteemed True/False Film Festival this year, while making award-winning stops at Hot Docs, the Margaret Mead Film Festival, and more, S...

Rebuilding Trailer: Josh O’Connor Reassambles His Life

The third of four films starring Josh O'Connor to get a fall release, Max Walker-Silverman's A Love Song follow-up Rebuilding premiered at the Sundance Film Fe...

BFI London Review: Bad Apples Sets Saoirse Ronan in a Twisty Thriller

To international viewers, Bad Apples will play like a conventional dark comedy about a schoolteacher pushed too far by a student; to Brits, it’s a scorched Ear...

Juliette Binoche Reflects on Working with Krzysztof Kieślowski at Busan International Film Festival

In 2008, Juliette Binoche paired with dancer Akram Khan for in-i, an experimental dance work about a couple's dissolving relationship. They performed the piece...

Exclusive Trailer for Cinema Guild and MoMA’s João César Monteiro Retrospective Revives One of Portugal’s Great Filmmakers

In the last five-or-so years I've probably not acquainted myself with a better filmmaker than João César Monteiro, who I'd either distill as the closest analog...

News

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

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Trailers

Sound of Falling Trailer: Mascha Schilinski’s Cannes Winner Arrives This January

Jean-Pierre Léaud Goes West In Exclusive Trailer for Luc Moullet’s A Girl Is a Gun

My Father’s Shadow Trailer: U.K.’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

Reviews

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

La Grazia Review: Paolo Sorrentino Struggles to Match Toni Servillo’s Talents

WTO/99 Review: A Stark Reminder of Our American Police State

Features

The Best Cinematography of 2025

Four Films to See From 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Posterized December 2025: Resurrection, No Other Choice, The Plague & 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. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

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

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

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Sam Raimi Finally Returns to Horror in First Trailer for Send Help

Exclusive Trailer for Acclaimed Documentary River of Grass Explores the History and Future of the Everglades

Rebuilding Trailer: Josh O’Connor Reassambles His Life

BFI London Review: Bad Apples Sets Saoirse Ronan in a Twisty Thriller

Juliette Binoche Reflects on Working with Krzysztof Kieślowski at Busan International Film Festival

Exclusive Trailer for Cinema Guild and MoMA’s João César Monteiro Retrospective Revives One of Portugal’s Great Filmmakers

The Hyperboreans Review: Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña’s Warning Against Political Amnesia

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