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The Smashing Machine Review: An Impressive Dwayne Johnson Softens Benny Safdie’s Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Venice coverage. The Smashing Machine arrives in theaters on October 3. The Smashing Machine ...

The Librarians Review: A Portrait of Our Crumbling Democracy and Those Fighting to Save It

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. The Librarians arrives in theaters on October 3. Kim A. Snyder's The L...

Bogancloch Review: Entrancing Documentary Invites Contemplation and Defies Comprehension

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Locarno coverage. Bogancloch arrives in theaters on October 3. “O God, I could be bounde...

Fairyland Review: Scoot McNairy Gives His Greatest Performance

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2023 Sundance coverage. Fairyland arrives in theaters on October 3. Andrew Durham’s Fairyland feat...

Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is Coming to Theaters Nationwide This December

Cinephiles, rejoice. While there's no new Quentin Tarantino film on the horizon, a long-awaited holy grail of his filmography is finally getting a major releas...

38th Tokyo International Film Festival Announces Lineup; Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters to Make Japanese Premiere

Little last year was a greater pleasure than attending the Tokyo International Film Festival, which combines numerous world premieres with restorations and fir...

Pillion Trailer: Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling Submit to an Unlikely Romance

A romance unlike any other you'll see on screen this year, Harry Lighton's Pillion is as touching as it is shocking, exploring a dom-sub relationship within th...

15 Films to See in October

While it's hard for any film this year to follow in the shadow of Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, October is a particularly stacked month per ...

U.S. Teaser for Bi Gan’s Resurrection, Opening December

One of Cannes' buzziest titles––and by our count, among its best––is coming sooner than expected. Janus Films have set a December 12 theatrical premiere for Bi...

Exclusive Trailer for Ben Rivers’ Bogancloch Finds Music in Nature

Two Years at Sea is far from the most likely film to get a sequel, yet Ben Rivers––who's just premiered a new-new project––returned to the Scottish musician Ja...

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

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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