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The Criterion Channel Announce July Lineup: Boxing, Noir in Color, Mississippi Masala, and Blake Edwards

The Criterion Channel's July lineup is an across-the-board display of strengths, ranging as it does from very specific programming cues to actor retrospectives...

Tribeca Review: Aisha is a Minor But Impactful Work of Social Realism

Roger Ebert once said movies are like a machine that generates empathy. Such is the third feature by Frank Berry (Michael Inside, I Used to Live Here). Followi...

Tribeca Review: The Black Phone Exists in an Uncanny Valley Between Realism and the Supernatural

Despite the rich texture of its late-1970s setting—the beginning of the latch-key kid era—Scott Derrickson’s The Black Phone fails to transcend its central pre...

6 Films to See at BAMcinemaFest 2022

Kicking off this Thursday is one of the finest annual showcases in indie filmmaking, BAMcinemaFest, taking place at BAM Rose Cinemas. Among both well-curated h...

Good Luck to You, Leo Grande Team on Sex Positivity, Sex Work as a Vocation, and Collaborating With Emma Thompson

Good Luck To You, Leo Grande is coming out at the right time. Kind, contained, and funny, this film––written by Katy Brand and directed by Sophie Hyde––serves ...

Sean Durkin, Isabel Sandoval, and Nicole Kidman Set Next Projects

Following up The Nest, director Sean Durkin has set his next feature. The Martha Marcy May Marlene helmer will write and direct Iron Claw for A24, Deadline rep...

NYC Weekend Watch: Dario Argento, Bad Boys II, Dore O. & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln Center A 20-film Dario Argento retrospective has begun. Roxy Cinema ...

First Love Review: A.J. Edwards’ Romance Offers Impressive Scenes in Search of a Cohesive Vision

After two impressive features—visually stunning Malickian riffs The Better Angels and Age Out, which married that director's accomplished visual style wi...

New to Streaming: Cha Cha Real Smooth, Mad God, First Love, Chameleon Street & 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...

Exclusive Trailer for Jacqueline Lentzou’s Moon, 66 Questions Finds a Woman Adrift in Athens

A selection at Berlinale and New Directors/New Films, Jacqueline Lentzou’s Greek drama Moon, 66 Questions is now finally getting a release next month courtesy ...

News

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

James Gray to Direct Adam Driver, Jeremy Strong, and Anne Hathaway in Paper Tiger

Tarsem Singh, Jaume Collet-Serra, Kim Jee-woon, Paul W.S. Anderson & More Set Next Films

Trailers

Billy Zane Transforms into Marlon Brando in First Trailer for Waltzing with Brando

The End Trailer: Tilda Swinton, Michael Shannon, and George MacKay Ring in the Apocalypse

Michel Gondry Returns to Animation in First Trailer for Maya, Give Me a Title

Reviews

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

Riga Review: Saulė Bliuvaitė’s Locarno-Winning Toxic Will Worm Its Way Inside You

AFI Fest Review: September 5 is a Competent But Bloodless Thriller

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Tokyo International Film Festival Artistic Director Ichiyama Shôzô Offers Insight Into a Growing Organization

Posterized November 2024: A Traveler’s Needs, Queer, Flow, Bird & More

Interviews

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Kani Kusruti on All We Imagine as Light, Girls Will Be Girls, and Indian Moviegoing Culture

“Less Money, More Liberty”: Paulo Branco on a Cinematic Life with David Cronenberg, Manoel De Oliveira, and Raúl Ruiz

Podcasts

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

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

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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