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NYC Weekend Watch: Agnès Varda, Mabou Mines, Pulse & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film ForumA major Agnès Varda retrospective begins; Satyajit Ray’s Days and Nights in the F...

SXSW Review: I Love Boosters Finds Boots Riley Again Taking Dead Aim at Capitalism in Zany Comedy

A parody of dialectical materialism (you’ll understand what this means when you see the film), superficial economies, and the cult of fast fashion, I Love Boos...

New to Streaming: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, The Testament of Ann Lee, Ghost Elephants & 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...

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we usually talk about movie stars and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones t...

Steven Spielberg Makes Contact in New Trailer for Disclosure Day

Taking one of the longest breaks of his career, it's been four years since Steven Spielberg's last feature, The Fabelmans, but he's thankfully returning this s...

Undertone Review: Heavy on Dread, Light on Ideas

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2026 Sundance coverage. The film opens in theaters on March 13. undertone (stylized all-lowercase)...

Bunnylovr Trailer: Katarina Zhu’s Directorial Debut Captures a Character Study of a Cam Girl

After premiering in competition at the Sundance Film Festival last year, Katarina Zhu’s directorial debut Bunnylovr was picked up Utopia for a theatrical relea...

Lucrecia Martel Returns with Trailer for Our Land (Nuestra Tierra), Arriving This May

It's hard to believe it's already been nearly a decade since the release of Zama, but Lucrecia Martel is finally back with her next feature and first feature-l...

New Directors/New Films 2026 Lineup Unveiled

After showcasing work from the likes of Chantal Akerman, Pedro Almodóvar, Bi Gan, Bong Joon Ho, Charles Burnett, Terence Davies, Guillermo del Toro, Ryûsuke Ha...

Chloë Sevigny Narrates an Incomparable Life In Exclusive Trailer for Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens’ John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office

It is not without possibility that John C. Lilly was so strange, complex, and plainly fascinating a figure that it took two of the most adventurous working fil...

News

Olivier Assayas Plans Sequels to Something in the Air and Suspended Time

Christian Petzold Wants Nina Hoss and Paula Beer to Star in His Next Film

First Look at Martin Scorsese’s What Happens at Night Starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence

Trailers

Maurice Pialat’s Magnum Opus Gets Restored in New Trailer for La maison des bois

Wild Horse Nine Trailer: John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell Lead Martin McDonagh’s Dark Comedy

Mad Bills to Pay Trailer: Joel Alfonso Vargas’ Sundance, Berlinale, and ND/NF Selection Opens in April

Reviews

SXSW Review: Paul Rudd and Nick Jonas Strike a Chord in John Carney’s Power Ballad

Late Shift Review: A Highly Intense, Single-Minded Procedural

Miroirs No. 3 Review: Christian Petzold’s Enigmatic Drama About Letting Go

Features

New to Streaming: Magellan, All That’s Left of You, Roofman & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Godard and Lewis, Hou Hsiao-hsien, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“The Movie Is More Intelligent Than I”: Christian Petzold on Miroirs No. 3

“Every Single Day Was a Nightmare”: Annemarie Jacir on the Past and Present of Palestine 36

“I Want to Capture Miracles”: Alexandre Koberidze on Dry Leaf and Shooting on a Sony Ericsson

Podcasts

Gabe Klinger on Finishing Movies, Navigating Festivals, and Isabel

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

Remembering Tom Noonan with Keith Uhlich

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NYC Weekend Watch: Agnès Varda, Mabou Mines, Pulse & More

SXSW Review: I Love Boosters Finds Boots Riley Again Taking Dead Aim at Capitalism in Zany Comedy

New to Streaming: Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die, The Testament of Ann Lee, Ghost Elephants & More

The Academy Award Categories That No Longer Exist

Steven Spielberg Makes Contact in New Trailer for Disclosure Day

Undertone Review: Heavy on Dread, Light on Ideas

Bunnylovr Trailer: Katarina Zhu’s Directorial Debut Captures a Character Study of a Cam Girl

Lucrecia Martel Returns with Trailer for Our Land (Nuestra Tierra), Arriving This May

New Directors/New Films 2026 Lineup Unveiled

Chloë Sevigny Narrates an Incomparable Life In Exclusive Trailer for Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens’ John Lilly and the Earth Coincidence Control Office