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

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Cannes coverage. The Hyperboreans is now streaming on Film Movement+. “We humans are capable ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Shiguéhiko Hasumi, New Rose Hotel, Bruce Baille, Vivre sa vie & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Japan SocietyIn perhaps the best series of the year, Japanese teacher and critic Shiguéhiko...

NYFF Review: Is This Thing On? Finds Bradley Cooper Making a Gentle Film About Marital Strife

Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? opens with both a simple and incredibly complex question: is this thing over? Alex and Tess Novak (Will Arnett and Laura Der...

New to Streaming: Cloud, Afternoons of Solitude, The Baltimorons, Lurker & 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...

Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk Trailer: One of 2025’s Most Heartbreaking Documentaries

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...

NYFF Review: In Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost, Ben Stiller Interrogates His Parents’ Life and Careers

About halfway through his sentimental and ruminative documentary Stiller & Meara: Nothing is Lost, director Ben Stiller reveals that his parents––actors Je...

Ronan Day-Lewis on Bringing Daniel Day-Lewis Back to Cinema with Anemone

One October after Lebron and Bronny James made history as the first father-son duo to play on the same NBA team, Daniel Day-Lewis has come out of retirement to...

Father Mother Sister Brother Trailer: Jim Jarmusch’s Golden Lion Winner Arrives This Christmas

Premiering at the Venice Film Festival where it picked up the well-deserved Golden Lion, Jim Jarmusch's Father Mother Sister Brother is one of the loveliest, m...

The Perfect Neighbor Review: A Harrowing Indictment of Stand-Your-Ground Laws

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. The Perfect Neighbor arrives in theaters on October 10 and on Netflix on Octo...

Roofman Review: Derek Cianfrance Succesfully Navigates a Tricky Tonal Balance

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. Roofman arrives in theaters on October 10. Derek Cianfrance’s place in the cur...

News

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

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

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Trailers

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

The President’s Cake Trailer: Iraq’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

Posterized December 2025: Resurrection, No Other Choice, The Plague & More

New to Streaming: Jay Kelly, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Stranger Eyes, The Family McMullen & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Safe & More

Interviews

Reflection in a Dead Diamond Directors on James Bond, Satoshi Kon, and Crafting a Cinematic Orgasm

Edward Burns on The Family McMullen, His Underseen Films, and Getting Tom Petty to Score His Second Movie

Sinners Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw on Pulling Off the Film’s Most Difficult Shots and Christopher Nolan’s Advice

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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