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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...

Urchin Review: A Thoughtful and Adventurous Directorial Debut from Harris Dickinson

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Urchin arrives in theaters on October 10. A few scenes into Urchin, we take ...

If I Had Legs I’d Kick You Review: Rose Byrne Enters a Tense Nightmare

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. If I Had Legs I'd Kick You arrives in theaters on October 10. Many fil...

News

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

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2025 Include Eddington, Final Destination Bloodlines, Sirāt & More

Trailers

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

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

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

Read This: Making Quentin Tarantino’s Hollywood and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein, Roger Deakins Reflections & More

The Best Cinematography of 2025

Four Films to See From 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

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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