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First Trailer for Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend Connects Léa Seydoux and Tony Leung

In a collision of international talent that feels increasingly rare, Ildikó Enyedi has brought together Léa Seydoux and Tony Leung for Silent Friend, which “te...

New to Streaming: Highest 2 Lowest, The Naked Gun, Friendship, Inherent Vice & 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...

TIFF Review: Mile End Kicks Follows a Canadian Music Critic Finding Herself

There's a reason Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill speaks to Grace Pine (Barbie Ferreira). It's the same reason her pitch endears a publisher to cut her a...

TIFF Review: Exit 8 is a Videogame Adaptation Heavy on Allegory

Adapting a video game like 2023's indie-horror hit The Exit 8 comes with a challenge. Unlike other adaptations, this has no real plot or story to work with––ju...

NYC Weekend Watch: Yi Yi, When the Levees Broke, Dune on 70mm, Four Nights of a Dreamer & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln CenterEdward Yang's Yi Yi begins screening in a new 4K restoration; Shinji ...

Venice Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance In Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee

In The Testament of Ann Lee, Amanda Seyfried gives the finest performance of her career. The actress shakes, rattles, and moans through a selection of 18th-cen...

Posterized September 2025: Happyend, The Baltimorons, Twinless & More

There’s a bit of everything this month, from the new Paul Thomas Anderson to a final final chapter to Downton Abbey to Ed and Lorraine Warren’s last ri...

The Baltimorons Review: A Sincere Throwback to Mumblecore’s Heyday

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 SXSW coverage. The Baltimorons opens in theaters on September 5, 2025. A return to form f...

Twinless Review: Dylan O’Brien Doubles Up in Unpredictable, Dark Comedy

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Twinless opens in theaters on September 5, 2025. Twinless starts ...

The Threesome Review: An Ambitious, Flawed Rom-Com From Chad Hartigan

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 SXSW coverage. The Threesome opens in theaters on September 5, 2025. A big swing and nearly a...

News

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

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

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Trailers

Jean-Pierre Léaud Goes West In Exclusive Trailer for Luc Moullet’s A Girl Is a Gun

My Father’s Shadow Trailer: U.K.’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

The President’s Cake Trailer: Iraq’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

Reviews

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

La Grazia Review: Paolo Sorrentino Struggles to Match Toni Servillo’s Talents

WTO/99 Review: A Stark Reminder of Our American Police State

Features

Posterized December 2025: Resurrection, No Other Choice, The Plague & More

New to Streaming: Jay Kelly, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Stranger Eyes, The Family McMullen & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Kōzaburō Yoshimura, Safe & More

Interviews

Reflection in a Dead Diamond Directors on James Bond, Satoshi Kon, and Crafting a Cinematic Orgasm

Edward Burns on The Family McMullen, His Underseen Films, and Getting Tom Petty to Score His Second Movie

Sinners Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw on Pulling Off the Film’s Most Difficult Shots and Christopher Nolan’s Advice

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

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