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Locarno Review: The Sparrow in the Chimney is an Artistic Catharsis for the Zürchers

There’s something electrifying about watching a filmmaker break free from well-worn formulas and push themselves into new, uncharted territory. The Sparrow in ...

Amnesiascope Presents Slow Machine on Wednesday, August 28

After sold-out showings of Godard and Rohmer (plus, well, Rohmer) my screening series Amnesiascope closes out this summer with a personal 2020s favorite that s...

First Trailer for Kyle Mooney’s Y2K Finds Chaos at the New Millennium

After making his feature writing debut with Brigsby Bear, Kyle Mooney has now made his directorial debut with Y2K, a disaster comedy which brings together Rach...

First Teaser for Pedro Almodóvar’s The Room Next Door Starring Julianne Moore and Tilda Swinton

We're now just a short time away from the world premiere of Pedro Almodóvar's first English-language feature at Venice Film Festival. The Room Next Door, starr...

The Stranger and the Fog Restoration Trailer Brings Lost Iranian Classic to Light

Emerging from a long haze, Bahrām Beyzaie’s The Stranger and the Fog caught the right people's eye when it appeared at last year's New York Film Festival ...

Azrael Trailer: Samara Weaving Leads Horror Feature from Cheap Thrills Director E.L. Katz

Cheap Thrills and Small Crimes director E.L. Katz director returned earlier this year, premiering his new action-horror feature Azrael, scripted by Simon Barre...

Locarno Review: Foul Evil Deeds Is a Very British Anthology of Wrongdoing

Indiewire having encouraged us to reminisce about the 2000s through its recent Best of the Decade list, there's the reminder of one key thread defining that er...

LAIKA Studios Returns in First Teaser for Travis Knight’s Wildwood

With the current re-release of Henry Selick's Coraline netting a rather staggering $11.3 million at the U.S. box office, LAIKA is back in the conversation. The...

Exclusive Trailer for Quad Cinema’s Merchant Ivory: An Extraordinary Partnership Celebrates the Work of Ismail Merchant and James Ivory

One of cinema's greatest partnerships is getting its due with Stephen Soucy's forthcoming documentary Merchant Ivory, set for a release on August 30. Ahead of ...

Locarno Review: Transamazonia Hypnotically Finds Healing and Spirituality in the Jungle

Pia Marais’ Transamazonia seeks to connect us to its characters and the environment containing them, but we leave the film far more imprinted by the latter. Th...

News

First Images From Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet Remake Starring Lily Gladstone, Kelly Marie Tran, Bowen Yang & More

Watch: Hoyte van Hoytema Follows Oppenheimer With Emotional New Volvo Short Film

Listen to Three Tracks from Daniel Blumberg’s Incredible Score for The Brutalist

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for Ben Petrie’s The Heirloom Introduces Acclaimed Rom-Com Psychodrama

First Trailer for Paolo Sorrentino’s Parthenope Offers Up Romance in Naples

Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott Clash in First Teaser for Bring Them Down

Reviews

The Black Sea Review: A Dynamic Lead Performance Drives Familiar Fish-Out-of-Water Story

Thessaloniki Review: When the Light Breaks Showcases a Dawn-to-Dusk Tragedy with Raw Depth

Wicked: Part I Review: Wizard of Oz Prequel Is Stale as Blockbusters Can Be

Features

New to Streaming: Blitz, The Piano Lesson, Flipside, We Live in Time, Alien: Romulus & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Dirty Work, Shelley Duvall, Robert Frank & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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