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The History of Sound Review: A Tenderly Felt Drama with Terence Davies-Style Musicality

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. The History of Sound opens in theaters on September 12. It’s strange to hear...

Happyend Review: Neo Sora Poignantly Explores our Responses to an Impending Future

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Venice coverage. Happyend opens in theaters on September 12. “Something big is about to chang...

Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) Review: Directorial Debut Captures Bittersweet Longing

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) opens in theaters on September 12...

Rabbit Trap Review: Dev Patel Leads Wholly Immersive Horror Story

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Rabbit Trap opens in theaters on September 12. It’s always thrilling when ...

TIFF Review: Claire Denis’ The Fence Takes an Unnerving Stare Into Darkness

Is the idea of a Claire Denis film changing? There was likely an image one formed in their head when that name emerged: elliptical, sexy, avant-garde. Yet rece...

Urchin Trailer: Harris Dickinson’s Riveting Directorial Debut Arrives This October

While the only thing more hit-or-miss than directorial debuts are directorial debuts from actors, one of the more accomplished in recent memory is Harris Dicki...

Where to Land Review: Hal Hartley Returns with Shaggy and Spellbinding Drama

“I’m done being a superhero.” An international movie star who’s become synonymous with her intergalactic onscreen persona in a wildly successful television...

“I Like Films That Are Quieter in Their Execution”: Sierra Falconer on Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake)

Sunfish (& Other Stories on Green Lake) is the kind of small film you hope to discover at a festival. Written and directed by Sierra Falconer in her featur...

Mark Ruffalo to Star in Bertrand Bonello’s Next Feature

Update: Variety confirms Bonello will direct Ruffalo in Santo Subito!, which concerns Father Joseph Murolo, an American priest dispatched to the Vatican to act...

TIFF Review: Normal Gives Ben Wheatley and Bob Odenkirk a Suitable John Wick Spin

You might wonder if you're watching the wrong movie during the prologue to Ben Wheatley's Normal. The setting is Japan, three Yakuza are being reprimanded by t...

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

Ella McCay Review: A Living Legend’s Final Word on Hope and Forgiveness

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

Resurrection Review: A Triumph of Sheer Audacity and Exceptional Craft

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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