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TIFF Review: Denis Côté’s Mademoiselle Kenopsia is a Strangely Effective Portrait of Monotony

This writer is not necessarily fond of Quebecois director Denis Côté's experiments, which oscillate between slow-cinema, documentary, and deeply unfunny deadpa...

TIFF Review: Ladj Ly’s Spiritual Sequel Les Indésirables Strives to Balance Anger and Entertainment

Ladj Ly not only wants to be the truth-teller of French cinema, but a director of exciting, dynamic action as well. His concentration on Paris' underprivileged...

TIFF Review: They Shot The Piano Player is a Well-Researched, Unremarkable Animated Documentary

Using animation as the medium for feature-length documentaries is a fairly novel development, Waltz with Bashir and Flee being notable examples of internationa...

Final Trailer for Martin Scorsese’s Killers of the Flower Moon

After years of rumors, confirmations, production, post-production, waiting for release news, a Cannes premiere, and two-week theatrical delay, we might abstain...

TIFF Review: Rustin is a Propulsive Biopic That Unpacks Prejudice

It just goes to show how one movement will always be followed by another. No matter how integral Bayard Rustin (Colman Domingo) proved to advancing Civil Right...

Venice Review: William Friedkin’s The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial is a Muscular Swan Song

Herman Wouk’s celebrated novel The Caine Mutiny and play The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial couldn’t even be called “peak boomer”; it’s pre-boomer. And having been...

TIFF Review: The End We Start From is a Strong Survival Tale Led by a Remarkable Jodie Comer

The End We Start From, the debut feature from acclaimed television director Mahalia Belo, offers all the standard elements of a drama centered on a near-apocal...

TIFF Review: Michael Keaton’s Knox Goes Away is a Low-Energy Disappointment

The protagonist of Knox Goes Away, starring and directed by Michael Keaton, is one of the most low-energy hired killers in cinema history. There's reason for t...

TIFF Review: The King Tide is Mesmerizing, Grounded Sci-Fi

On the eve of the king tide, a life is lost via miscarriage while another is found crying in the hull of a capsized boat come ashore. Is it a sign? Some cosmic...

TIFF Review: Wicked Little Letters Finds Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley Elevating a Timid Crowdpleaser

Doing the most they can with a script that could’ve been plucked from the rejected bin of ‘90s Miramax feel-good crowd-pleasers, Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckl...

News

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Christopher Nolan with Blake Howard

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

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