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Francis Ford Coppola Plans Two New Films, Including Long-Gestating Distant Vision

Contra what feels like all known odds, Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis––40 years after he completed an initial draft––opens in one month and one day. Thus a...

Matt and Mara Trailer: Deragh Campbell and Matt Johnson Lead Berlinale Standout

A standout at the 2024 Berlinale Film Festival, Canadian director Kazik Radwanski's Matt and Mara reunited him with his Anne at 13,000 ft star Deragh Campbell,...

C. Mason Wells on the Complex Creation of Between the Temples

Those who've followed Nathan Silver and Chris "C. Mason" Wells' careers might find themselves bewildered in recent months. Compelling enough that their latest ...

NYC Weekend Watch: The Spook Who Sat By the Door, Greed, The Holy Girl, Vertigo on 70mm & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMThe controversial, remarkable The Spook Who Sat By the Door plays in a new restoration. ...

New to Streaming: Evil Does Not Exist, Longlegs, Green Border, Hell Hole & 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...

A Crisis of Faith: Between the Temples Director Nathan Silver on Jason Schwartzman’s Inspiration and Shooting on 16mm

Nathan Silver’s Between the Temples takes a stock story––a lonely middle-aged man finds unexpected love––and places it in an unfamiliar context. For ...

First Trailer for Matthew Rankin’s Cannes Standout Universal Language

Following his Guy Maddin-influenced debut The Twentieth Century, Matthew Rankin has returned five years later with his follow-up. Universal Language, which pre...

NYFF62 Adds New Restorations of Films by Robert Bresson, Chantal Akerman, Ousmane Sembène, Clive Barker & More

Following their intial announcements, the 62nd New York Film Festival has now unveiled its final film section: Revivals, featuring significant works from renow...

Blink Twice Review: Zoë Kravitz’s Derivative Debut Can’t Escape the Shadow of its Influences

Over a close-up of a turtle, ominous sound design builds at such a deep frequency that the walls of a press-screening room in Beverly Hills began rattling. Onc...

Exclusive Trailer for Holding Back the Tide Imagines the Oyster as a Queer Icon

A world premiere at DOC NYC and selection at Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival and many more festivals, Emily Packer's Holding Back the Tide take...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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