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Alien: Romulus Review: Fan Service with Killer Instinct

Alien has been Disney-fied. It hasn't been softened or sanitized for a younger audience. It has instead been tweaked and studio-noted to mollify executives, un...

U.S. Trailer for South Korean Thriller Sleep Evokes Nocturnal Terror

Among the rare class of truly buzzy thrillers is Sleep, a South Korean feature with a debut director (Jason Yu), international star (Parasite's Lee Sun-kyun), ...

62nd New York Film Festival Adds Films from Jean-Luc Godard, Alex Ross Perry, Leos Carax, Guy Maddin, Pablo Larraín & More

Following the Main Slate announcement, the 62nd New York Film Festival has unveiled its Spotlight section. Taking place September 27-October 14, the festival h...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 545 – Longlegs (with Bryan Kluger)

Welcome to a new episode of The Film Stage Show! Brian Roan and Robyn Bahr are joined by Bryan Kluger to discuss Osgood Perkins' Longlegs. Enter our giveawa...

Paris, Texas 4K Restoration Trailer: Wim Wenders’ Masterpiece Returns to Theaters for 40th Anniversary

After directing two features last year with Perfect Days and Anselm, there's no better time to revisit Wim Wenders' crowning achievement. His serene 1984 Palme...

Ayo Edebiri and Mary-Louise Parker Get Stuck in Time in First Trailer for Omni Loop

After starring in five films and eleven TV series last year, Ayo Edebiri's 2024 is just slightly less crazy. Following up The Bear and Inside Out 2 this summer...

September on the Criterion Channel Includes Marcello Mastroianni, Rachel Kushner, Giallo & More

September marks Marcello Mastroianni's centennial, and the Criterion Channel pays respect with a retrospective that puts the expected (Fellini, Visconti, Divor...

Locarno Review: Drowning Dry is an Unnerving, Cruelly Funny Lithuanian Drama

Memories can be slippery things. Take what happens around the halfway point of Laurynas Bareiša's beguiling second feature: two women––more specifically Ernest...

Rule of Two Walls Review: Ukrainian Docudrama Chronicles Essential Art During Wartime

How does culture survive in the midst of a war? Rule of Two Walls––written, directed, and edited by David Gutnik––asks the question and attempts to answer it. ...

Locarno Review: Radu Jude Returns with Provocative, Amusing Eight Postcards from Utopia and Sleep #2

A year since Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World amused us so, Radu Jude has now unveiled two new experimental found-footage films in Locarno. And...

News

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Martin Scorsese Praises I Saw the TV Glow, Reveals Plans for Next Films

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & 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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