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Venice Review: Tony Leung Finds a Flora Connection in Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend

Hungarian director Ildikó Enyedi is best known for her 2017 Golden Bear-winning film On Body and Soul, where an unlikely pair of characters met in a dream and,...

Die My Love Trailer: Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson Unravel in Lynne Ramsay’s Psychological Drama

After a Cannes Film Festival premiere, it was rumored that Lynne Ramsay went back to the editing room to tighten up Die My Love, her first feature since 2017's...

TIFF Review: Bouchra is an Aesthetically Bold, Personal Animation

Based on a real-life conversation shared by co-director Meriem Bennani and her own mother, Bouchra (co-directed with Orian Barki and co-written by them and Ayl...

TIFF Review: Palestine 36 Offers a Great Breadth of Knowledge and History

You almost believe Amir (Dhafer L'Abidine) wants the village perspective when asking his chauffeur Yusuf (Karim Daoud Anaya) to explain the Palestinian experie...

Venice Review: Pietro Marcello’s Duse Serves a Straightforward Tribute to a Legendary Prima Donna

In 1921, three years since the end of WWI, a train departed the small town of Aquileia in northeastern Italy. Draped in flags and wreathes, it carried the coff...

Telluride Review: The Bend in the River Aches For What Was and May Never Come Again

The Bend in the River, director Robb Moss' third installment in his running chronicle of his friends' lives (following The Same River Twice in 2003 and Riverdo...

Venice Review: Pin de Fartie Is a Playful, Head-Spinning Take on Samuel Beckett

Since the early 2000s, the fiercely independent Argentine filmmaking collective El Pampero Cine has built a sui generis filmography by shirking conventions...

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...

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

Disclosure Day Trailer: Steven Spielberg Returns to Extraterrestrial Exploration

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

Reviews

Avatar: Fire and Ash Review: James Cameron Gets His Hands Dirty

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

Features

The Best Undistributed Films of 2025

The Best Scores & Soundtracks of 2025

The Film Stage’s Top 50 Films of 2025

Interviews

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“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

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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