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Cannes Review: Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny Marks a Decent Send-Off for Harrison Ford

If you went to the movies in 1989 you might have heard Indiana Jones growl the line "it belongs in a museum." You'll hear him say it again in The Dial of Desti...

New Information on Quentin Tarantino’s The Movie Critic Arrives Courtesy Paul Schrader

Update: In Cannes to present––might this be a clue?!––Rolling Thunder, Tarantino told Deadline The Movie Critic "is based on a guy who really lived, but was ne...

Fast X Review: Louis Letterier Injects Big, Dumb Verve into Lumbering Series

Fast X is an incredibly dumb time at the movies. Not just in an F9 “they took a car to space” kind of dumb (there’s also plenty of that, which is fine), but in...

Cannes Review: The New Boy Forsakes Mysticism to Chart an Overwrought Spiritual Crisis

Back in 2017, Warwick Thornton landed in Venice with a western that offered some corrective to the white-savior narratives of countless others in the genre. Sw...

New to Streaming: Pacifiction, R.M.N., Millennium Mambo, Nam June Paik: Moon is the Oldest TV & 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: Elaine May, Lost Highway, Michael Roemer & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaA New Leaf and Ishtar play, the former on 35mm, while a print of The Fifth Eleme...

The Night of the 12th Review: A Commendable, Diet Zodiac Procedural

A dramatization of true events, The Night of the 12th mines a particular subgenre of the crime picture, the “Cold Case” (its own Bush-era CBS procedural). The ...

Cannes Review: Monster is a Thrilling Reminder of Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Powers

Few stories are as gratifying as the narrative jigsaw. How to fool the viewer into believing one thing without lying about what happened? It’s difficult enough...

The Thief Collector Review: Retired Teachers Steal $160 Million Painting in Riveting Yet Overstuffed Documentary

The various facets of the art of the heist––from motivation to execution to life on the lam (or in detainment)––make it perennially ripe for high-stakes cinema...

Cannes Review: Amat Escalante Returns With Scattered Noir Lost in the Night

When Rigoberto Duplas, the worrying conceptual artist and antagonist of Amat Escalante's new film, tells Emiliano, our steadfast lead, that the cheap glass in ...

News

MUBI’s January 2025 Lineup Includes Close Your Eyes, Pepe, Luca Guadagnino, Charli XCX & More

The Criterion Channel’s January 2025 Lineup Features David Bowie, Nicole Kidman, Sean Baker & More

Brady Corbet Reveals First Details for Next Film, Inspired by Horror and Westerns

Trailers

The Game Is Out of Joint In Trailer for Grand Theft Hamlet

Gazer Trailer: Paranoia Thriller and Cannes Selection Arrives This February

Exclusive: ’90s Sundance Gem Girls Town Gets 4K Restoration, Trailer, and Theatrical Release

Reviews

Endless Summer Syndrome Review: An Incest Drama With Depth

Carry-On Review: Jaume Collet-Serra Delivers A New Christmas Crime Classic

A Complete Unknown Review: James Mangold’s Biopic Falls Short of Bob Dylan’s Genius

Features

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2024

NYC Weekend Watch: Meet Me In St. Louis, Raúl Ruiz, Chantal Akerman & More

Alistair Ryder’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Interviews

Robert Eggers on Nosferatu, Jump Scares, and Making Vampires Terrifying Again

“A Good Cinematographer is Like an Alchemist”: Jarin Blaschke on Nosferatu and Lighting Darkness

Alessandro Nivola on The Brutalist, The Room Next Door, and the “Total Mayhem” of You Were Never Really Here

Podcasts

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

The B-Side – Ridley Scott (with Maria Lewis)

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