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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...

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Review: Gore Verbinski Finally Returns with Refreshingly Madcap Adventure

I didn’t realize just how much I missed Gore Verbinski until I was in the theater watching the straight-up bonkers final act of his latest film, Good Luck, Hav...

News

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

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

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

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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