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Bogancloch Review: Entrancing Documentary Invites Contemplation and Defies Comprehension

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Locarno coverage. Bogancloch arrives in theaters on October 3. “O God, I could be bounde...

Fairyland Review: Scoot McNairy Gives His Greatest Performance

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2023 Sundance coverage. Fairyland arrives in theaters on October 3. Andrew Durham’s Fairyland feat...

Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is Coming to Theaters Nationwide This December

Cinephiles, rejoice. While there's no new Quentin Tarantino film on the horizon, a long-awaited holy grail of his filmography is finally getting a major releas...

38th Tokyo International Film Festival Announces Lineup; Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters to Make Japanese Premiere

Little last year was a greater pleasure than attending the Tokyo International Film Festival, which combines numerous world premieres with restorations and fir...

Pillion Trailer: Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling Submit to an Unlikely Romance

A romance unlike any other you'll see on screen this year, Harry Lighton's Pillion is as touching as it is shocking, exploring a dom-sub relationship within th...

15 Films to See in October

While it's hard for any film this year to follow in the shadow of Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another, October is a particularly stacked month per ...

U.S. Teaser for Bi Gan’s Resurrection, Opening December

One of Cannes' buzziest titles––and by our count, among its best––is coming sooner than expected. Janus Films have set a December 12 theatrical premiere for Bi...

Exclusive Trailer for Ben Rivers’ Bogancloch Finds Music in Nature

Two Years at Sea is far from the most likely film to get a sequel, yet Ben Rivers––who's just premiered a new-new project––returned to the Scottish musician Ja...

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die Review: Gore Verbinski Finally Returns with Refreshingly Madcap Adventure

I didn’t realize just how much I missed Gore Verbinski until I was in the theater watching the straight-up bonkers final act of his latest film, Good Luck, Hav...

NYFF Review: Anemone Marks a Breakout Debut and a Riveting Return for Daniel Day-Lewis

The first time Daniel Day-Lewis shows up in Anemone, he’s cloaked in shadow, sitting inside a small cabin in the middle of the North England wilderness. It...

News

Slamdance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Atom Egoyan and Alison McAlpine Discuss the Oscar-Contending Perfectly a Strangeness

Brian De Palma Will Direct Sweet Vengeance This Summer

Trailers

Sirāt Trailer: Oliver Laxe’s Desert Rave Thriller Arrives in February

U.S. Trailer for Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3 Brings Paula Beer Into Uncertain Territory

A Luchino Visconti Gem is Restored in Exclusive Trailer for Conversation Piece

Reviews

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple Review: Stripped-Down Sequel Still Infects Charm

Dead Man’s Wire Review: Gus Van Sant Offers a Good Time at the Movies

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

Features

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings of 2025

Soham Gadre’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

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

Lav Diaz on Magellan: “Cinema Can Look Big Even with a Small Camera”

“I Cried a Lot”: Sentimental Value Cinematographer Kasper Tuxen on Connecting With Joachim Trier’s Cast

Podcasts

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

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