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“Cinema Will Not Come to an End”: Bi Gan on Resurrection

One of the most anticipated films in the newly established Competition section at this year's Busan International Film Festival was Resurrection, an epic look ...

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...

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

A Major Restoration Arrives in Exclusive Trailer for Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly

Exclusive Trailer for Bertrand Bonello-Scored Europe’s New Faces Covers a Troubled Continent

The Drama Trailer: Robert Pattinson and Zendaya’s Relationship Gets Rocky

Reviews

Goodbye June Review: Kate Winslet’s Directing Debut is a Well-Meaning Misfire

Resurrection Review: A Triumph of Sheer Audacity and Exceptional Craft

Dead Man’s Wire Review: Gus Van Sant Offers a Good Time at the Movies

Features

The Film Stage’s Top 50 Films of 2025

New to Streaming: The Mastermind, Afternoons of Solitude, Wake Up Dead Man, Die My Love, and More

The 50 Best 2025 Films You Might Have Missed

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. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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