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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...

U.S. Trailer for Lucile Hadžihalilović’s The Ice Tower Obsesses Over Marion Cotillard

This being such a busy year for premieres, one is liable to forget the seven-months-gone debut of The Ice Tower. We nevertheless found it one of 2025's more no...

U.S. Trailer for Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague Writes History in Celluloid

Films about films will earn a reflexive grown from the cynical; a film about one of the 15-or-so most-influential films ever––while, for good measure, serving ...

Lucrecia Martel Makes Documentary Debut In Landmarks Trailer

Eight years since Zama and more than two since she shared details, Lucrecia Martel has returned with her first feature-length documentary, Landmarks (Nuestra T...

Steven Spielberg Praises Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another: “What an Insane Movie”

With less than three weeks until the release of Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, the director has finally unveiled his highly anticipated epic ...

TIFF Review: Steven Soderbergh’s The Christophers is a Somewhat Dull Actors’ Showcase

Steven Soderbergh will not stop, and we should be thankful for that. His second film of 2025, The Christophers, is easily the year's least essential, yet it ha...

A Future Ukraine is Imagined in Exclusive Trailer for Valentyn Vasyanovych’s To the Victory!

After landing on our radar with his remarkable, formally fascinating Atlantis, Ukrainian director Valentyn Vasyanovych has returned with To the Victory!, which...

TIFF Review: Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched

There's no telling whether Park Chan-wook is a fan of the Sex Pistols. But during his latest film, No Other Choice, I found myself pondering the line John ...

Venice Review: Marc by Sofia is an Agreeable Documentary Portrait Lacking Intimacy

Sofia Coppola, Marc Jacobs, and 30 years of friendship between them––this triad was promising enough for A24 to jump on the project and for the Venice Film Fes...

News

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Exclusive Palestine 36 Poster and Clip: Palestine’s Oscar Entry Tells an Epic Tale of Resistance

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 Best Scores & Soundtracks of 2025

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

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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