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Sam Mendes to Direct Four-Film Beatles Biopic Releasing in 2027

Like a chimera of any intelligent person's least-favorite storytelling models, we are (in the sense of a diagnosis) finally seeing the cinematic universe inter...

Second Trailer for Alex Garland’s Civil War Imagines a Divided Near-Future America

After dividing audiences with Men, Alex Garland is back with what looks to be his most ambitious directorial outing yet. Civil War, which follows a divided, ne...

Berlinale Review: Kazik Radwanski’s Matt and Mara Superbly Examines Paradoxes of Intimacy

The films of Canadian director Kazik Radwanski are freedom in its purest form, or the purest this particular medium can contain. Being the opposite of prescrip...

Lost in Translation Gets Deluxe Double LP Vinyl Release; Marie Antoinette Documentary in the Works

It's a good time to be a Sofia Coppola fan. Alongside last fall's release of one of her finest films, Priscilla, we got an expansive book detailing her career....

Berlinale Review: With The Empire, Bruno Dumont Delivers a Slack, Soaring Space Oddity

Playing his signature brand of rural French absurdity in stark counterpoint to the grandiose strains of a space opera, Bruno Dumont returns with The Empire: hi...

Gore Verbinski, Ridley Scott, Mélanie Laurent & More Set Next Films

It's hard to believe it's been nearly a decade since the last film from Gore Verbinski, 2016's A Cure for Wellness, but after being attached to a handful of pr...

Yorgos Lanthimos Sets Next Film with Save the Green Planet Remake, Produced by Ari Aster

Update: As we predicted, Emma Stone will reunite with Yorgo Lanthimos for the film in a supporting role, Variety reports. Following up Poor Things, Yorgos L...

Berlinale Review: Bruce LaBruce’s The Visitor is a Love Letter to Pasolini, Penned With Blood, Sweat, and Semen

It’s safe to call Canadian artist and filmmaker Bruce LaBruce a Panorama mainstay; it’s been two decades and counting since Hustler White premiered in this Ber...

Berlinale Review: Powerful West Bank Documentary No Other Land Gives Voice to the Palestinian Cause

Some years ago, an uncle of mine traveled to Palestine with a group of volunteers. It was a time of fewer videophones, certainly in the region, and the organis...

Abel Ferrara Reunites Willem Dafoe and Asia Argento for Gangster Film American Nails

Perhaps putting his Shia LaBeouf-scripted Auschwitz film on hold––how you feel about that prospect is a fantastic Rorschach test––Abel Ferrara has a New Rose H...

News

A New Film by Hong Sangsoo and More Will Premiere at Berlinale 2026

Slamdance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Atom Egoyan and Alison McAlpine Discuss the Oscar-Contending Perfectly a Strangeness

Trailers

Pillion Trailer: Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling’s BDSM Romance Arrives For Valentine’s Day

Sirāt Trailer: Oliver Laxe’s Desert Rave Thriller Arrives in February

U.S. Trailer for Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3 Brings Paula Beer Into Uncertain Territory

Reviews

Seeds Review: A Beautiful, Haunting Documentary about the Wisdom of Elders

A Private Life Review: A Fleet, Sharp Showcase for Jodie Foster

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Review: Stripped-Down Sequel Still Infects Charm

Features

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings of 2025

Soham Gadre’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

“Every Single Day Was a Nightmare”: Annemarie Jacir on the Past and Present of Palestine 36

Lav Diaz on Magellan: “Cinema Can Look Big Even with a Small Camera”

“I Cried a Lot”: Sentimental Value Cinematographer Kasper Tuxen on Connecting With Joachim Trier’s Cast

Podcasts

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

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