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Venice Review: Explanation for Everything is an Ambitious Look at the Absurdity of Manipulative Politicization

Politics are the enemy in Gábor Reisz’s Explanation for Everything, an ambitious, entertaining effort from the Hungarian filmmaker to address the crisis of div...

Hello Dankness Review: A Tiresome Feature-Length Shitpost Remixing American Pop Culture and Politics

If the joy of art is that it can be interpreted in infinite ways over time, then is a project which “remixes” classic movie scenes by forcing them into the cur...

Exclusive Alternate Poster for C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s West Afrikan Folklore Mami Wata, Arriving This Month

One of the most visually ravishing movies I saw at Sundance Film Festival early this year was C.J. “Fiery” Obasi’s Mami Wata, "A West Afrikan Folklore," as our...

Bi Gan to Direct Sci-Fi Detective Movie Resurrection Starring Shu Qi and Jackson Yee

With his astounding debut Kaili Blues (2015) and the equally impressive 3D odyssey Long Day’s Journey Into Night (2018), Chinese director B...

Venice Review: Sofia Coppola’s Brilliant Priscilla is a Breezy, Crushing Biopic

Raised in tow of a military stepfather, 14-year-old Priscilla Beaulieu lives in a West German US Air Force base when we meet her in 1959––the year she meets El...

10 Must-See Short Films Premiering at TIFF 2023

With 42 short films across six programmes representing 23 countries, this year’s Short Cuts lineup at the Toronto International Film Festival continues its tra...

Telluride Review: Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders is a Muddled Chronicle of the Midwest’s Most Clean-Cut Biker Gang

Using photographer Danny Lyon’s iconic The Bikeriders’ imagery as a jumping-off point, Jeff Nichols’ latest feature imagines a fictionalized Chicago motorcycle...

Venice Review: The Beast is a Spellbinding, Time-Shifting Coup for Bertrand Bonello

Where to begin with Bertrand Bonello’s wonderful The Beast? It’s been so gratifying to see the initial reaction to the French filmmaker’s tenth feature, after ...

Watch: Cinephile Summer Season Finale Features The Film Stage vs. Bright Wall/Dark Room

Cinephile Game Night has returned with Cinephile Summer, a brand new season featuring your favorite podcasters and filmmakers going head-to-head to see who is ...

Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone Secretly Shot Their Fifth Movie Together

Shaping up to be one of the most fruitful director-actor pairings of the last few years, Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos and Emma Stone collaborated for the fi...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

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

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

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 Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

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

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

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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