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Sundance Review: Thelma Showcases June Squibb On the Run and Looking For Payback

At the beginning of Thelma––a loveable, low-stakes joyride from director Josh Margolin––the movie’s eponymous 93-year-old grandmother sits on the couch with he...

Sundance Review: Your Monster Jokes, Sings, and Stabs its Way Through Subverting Tropes

Did Beauty kill the Beast? Or was it the other way around? Or maybe they lived happily ever after? Writer-director Caroline Lindy plays with classical expectat...

Sundance Review: Ibelin Turns to World of Warcraft to Reanimate a Life Cut Short

Robert and Trude Steen were astonished that their 25-year-old son Mats had another life after he passed away from Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Despite Mats, wh...

Steven Soderbergh Will Direct Michael Fassbender and Cate Blanchett in Black Bag

Update: While discussing Presence with Filmmaker Magazine, Soderbergh already implies Black Bag will mark a break from his just-debuted feature: " solution...

Sundance Review: Between the Temples is a Thrillingly Alive Comedy of Unexpected Connection

In a state of arrested development after his wife unexpectedly died from a freak accident, Ben Gottlieb (Jason Schwartzman) is suicidal, pleading to a truck to...

New to Streaming: Fallen Leaves, Sunset Song, The Boys in the Boat, The Color Purple & 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: One from the Heart, Barry Lyndon & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. IFC CenterFrancis Ford Coppola's latest recut, One from the Heart: Reprise, begins a run; K...

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell Director Pham Thien An on Stillness, Long Takes, and Vietnamese History

Vietnamese director Pham Thien An’s debut feature Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell juxtaposes moments of great importance with the moment-by-moment sta...

The B-Side – In Conversation with John Sayles

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that the...

U.S. Trailer for Bas Devos’ Berlinale Winner Here Takes a Tranquil Look at Finding Connection

One of the most gorgeous, tranquil movie-going experiences of the year will surely be Bas Devos' Berlinale winner and NYFF and TIFF selection Here. Picked up b...

News

Justine Triet Sets Next Feature with Fonda Starring Mia Goth, Andrew Scott, Frank Dillane & More

Exclusive Clip and Poster for Ramzi Bashour’s Sundance Premiere Hot Water Introduces Mother-Son Road Comedy

Sinners and One Battle After Another Lead 2026 Oscar Nominations

Trailers

Hong Sangsoo Puts Comedy In Focus with U.S. Trailer for What Does That Nature Say to You

Exclusive Trailer for Berlinale Premiere No Salgas From Ramona Director Victoria Linares Villegas

I Love Boosters Trailer: Boots Riley Returns with Keke Palmer, Naomi Ackie, and Taylour Paige

Reviews

Sundance Review: Josephine is a Stomach-Churning Portrait of Lost Innocence

The Love That Remains Review: A Cathartic, Impressionistic Portrait of Love and Loss

A Poet Review: A Darkly Humorous Tale of Failed Creative Pursuits

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Godard and Griffith, Gerry, The Killing of a Chinese Bookie & More

New to Streaming: James Bond, Mr. Nobody Against Putin, The Smashing Machine & More

Interviews

The Love That Remains Director Hlynur Pálmason on the Preciousness of Time and Spontaneous Filmmaking

One Battle After Another Production Designer Florencia Martin on Building Paul Thomas Anderson’s Detailed World

“You’re Leaning Into the Ugliness”: Michael Bauman on Shooting One Battle After Another for Paul Thomas Anderson

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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