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Tribeca Review: Butterfly in the Sky Captures the Magic of Reading Rainbow

Butterfly in the Sky, a documentary from Bradford Thomason and Brett Whitcomb, revisits the impact of Reading Rainbow and its host, LeVar Burton. For 23 years ...

Juliette Binoche & Vincent Lindon’s Romance is Tested in U.S. Trailer for Claire Denis’ Both Sides of the Blade

Claire Denis is back with two new features this year, the first of which comes to theaters in just a few weeks. Both Sides of the Blade—which premiered at Berl...

This Much I Know To Be True Trailer: Andrew Dominik Reunites with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis

If you missed your recent one-night-only chance to experience Andrew Dominik's reunion with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis theatrically, you are in luck. MUBI has ...

Kevin Costner is Expanding His Epic Western Horizon into Four Movies

It's been nearly two decades since Kevin Costner last stepped behind the camera and, as he prepares his epic western Horizon, he's making up for lost time. ...

Tribeca Review: B. J. Novak’s Directorial Debut Vengeance is a Smart Comic Thriller

Despite its generic title, B.J. Novak’s feature-directing debut Vengeance is a smart, subversive fish-out-of-water comedy about a stereotypical coastal elite t...

Revealer Review: An Apocalyptic Battle for the Soul Unfolds in a Peep Show Booth

What better setting for a Biblical apocalypse than an XXX novelty shop with peep show booths picketed by religious zealots who, more often than not, protest as...

Tribeca Review: The Drop Falls Flat

Considering comedy is entirely subjective and in the eye of the beholder, I suspect fans of the comedians in Sarah Adina Smith's The Drop––allowed free reign t...

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...

News

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

December on the Criterion Channel Includes Bob Dylan, John Waters, MTV & More

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

Trailers

U.S. Trailer for Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here Introduces Brazil’s Oscar Entry

The Wages of Fear Returns In Explosive Trailer for 4K Restoration

Asif Kapadia and Samantha Morton Imagine the Future in Trailer for La Jetée-Inspired 2073

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

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

New to Streaming: A Different Man, The Outrun, My Old Ass, Used Cars & More

Interviews

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

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

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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