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The Life of Chuck Trailer: Tom Hiddleston Leads Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King Adaptation

There's usually never a quiet year for Stephen King adaptations, but 2025 marks quite a year for the celebrated author. Following The Monkey at the top of the ...

The Criterion Channel’s May Lineup Includes The Ghost Writer, Spike Lee, Kathryn Bigelow, Jia Zhangke & More

We've always loved setting trends at The Film Stage and are accordingly chuffed that, nine months after we screened a 35mm print at the Roxy, Roman Polanski's ...

U.S. Trailer for Laurynas Bareiša’s Drowning Dry Introduces a Beguiling Family Drama

Winner of Locarno’s Best Director and Best Performance awards last year, Laurynas Bareiša's Drowning Dry went on to be selected as Lithuania’s entry for the Be...

Cannes Critics’ Week Unveils 2025 Lineup

Following last week's unveiling of the Cannes 2025 lineup, the first sidebar slate has been unveiled with the Cannes Critics' Week lineup. Particularly of note...

First Teaser for Ari Aster’s Eddington Finds Joaquin Phoenix Doomscrolling Through the Depths of 2020

Reteaming with Joaquin Phoenix after the divisive, impressively anxiety-inducing Beau Is Afraid, Ari Aster is back with his fourth feature. His western Eddingt...

“I See Palestine as the Wound That the Whole World is Bleeding Out of Right Now”: Director Farah Nabulsi on The Teacher

“To your people, your son is worth 1,000 of mine." This striking line from Oscar-nominated director Farah Nabulsi's feature debut The Teacher draws inspiration...

One to One: John & Yoko Review: A Riveting, Soul-Rattling Time Capsule

If there’s one thing you absolutely cannot miss in Kevin Macdonald’s electrifying '70s-set New York City music documentary One to One: John & Yoko, it ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Macbeth, Michael Snow, Female Perversions & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAMBard-bred films by Orson Welles, Akira Kurosawa, Béla Tarr, and Luchino Visconti screen ...

The B-Side Ep. 159 – The Coen Brothers (with Stephen Sajdak)

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

New to Streaming: Mickey 17, A Traveler’s Needs, Universal Language, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl & 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...

News

Robert Zemeckis, M. Night Shyamalan, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Radu Jude Set Up New Projects

2025 Cannes Film Festival Adds Films by Lynne Ramsay, Kristen Stewart, Ethan Coen, Lav Diaz & More

MUBI’s May 2025 Lineup Includes Rooney Mara, Amalia Ulman, Latin America at Cannes & More

Trailers

Mountainhead Teaser: Succession Creator Jesse Armstrong’s New Film Captures Billionaires in Crisis

The Vanishing Begins in First Teaser for Zach Cregger’s Weapons

No Other Land Now Available to Watch at Home for a Limited Time in Support of Masafer Yatta Communities

Reviews

April Review: Dea Kulumbegashvili’s Second Feature is a Mystical Cinematic Revelation

Emergent City Review: A Resonate Tale of Brooklyn Community Fighting for Their Home

On Swift Horses Review: An Endearing Melodrama With an Alluring Ensemble

Features

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Visionary Female Directors, De Palma’s Underrated War, Almodóvar, and Anthony Mann

Football Fanatics, Nuclear Waste, and Elon Musk’s Phallic Martian Fever Dreams at Visions du Réel 2025

New to Streaming: Eephus, Grand Tour, The Woman in the Yard, Youth Trilogy & More

Interviews

“There’s No Nostalgia for Me in This Film”: The Legend of Ochi Director Isaiah Saxon on Making His $10 Million Debut Look Bigger Than Life

“All Grief is Unique”: David Cronenberg on The Shrouds, Life Beyond Story, and Making iPhones Cinematic

“I See Palestine as the Wound That the Whole World is Bleeding Out of Right Now”: Director Farah Nabulsi on The Teacher

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 159 – The Coen Brothers (with Stephen Sajdak)

Emulsion Episode Four: Zach Lewis on Henry Fonda for President

Emulsion Episode Three: Cinema Guild’s Edward McCarry on Shinji Somai and Love Hotel

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The Life of Chuck Trailer: Tom Hiddleston Leads Mike Flanagan’s Stephen King Adaptation

The Criterion Channel’s May Lineup Includes The Ghost Writer, Spike Lee, Kathryn Bigelow, Jia Zhangke & More

U.S. Trailer for Laurynas Bareiša’s Drowning Dry Introduces a Beguiling Family Drama

Cannes Critics’ Week Unveils 2025 Lineup

First Teaser for Ari Aster’s Eddington Finds Joaquin Phoenix Doomscrolling Through the Depths of 2020

“I See Palestine as the Wound That the Whole World is Bleeding Out of Right Now”: Director Farah Nabulsi on The Teacher

One to One: John & Yoko Review: A Riveting, Soul-Rattling Time Capsule

NYC Weekend Watch: Macbeth, Michael Snow, Female Perversions & More

The B-Side Ep. 159 – The Coen Brothers (with Stephen Sajdak)

New to Streaming: Mickey 17, A Traveler’s Needs, Universal Language, On Becoming a Guinea Fowl & More