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Carpet Cowboys Review: Finding Melancholy in the Dashed Hopes of the American Dream

The tiny city of Dalton, Georgia, has left a large footprint in the daily lives of millions who most wouldn’t have stopped for a second to consider. Well, it’s...

Watch: Austin Butler Teams with Titane Director Julia Ducournau for Saint Laurent Ad

After exploding in a major way last year with Elvis, Austin Butler is gearing up for a big fall, leading WB's next major blockbuster with Dune: Part Two as wel...

Piaffe Review: An Invigorating Tale of Horseplay Obsession

When singled-out within a purely visual medium, sound becomes intrinsically linked to the theme of obsession: a mystery the eyes can’t see that the protagonist...

Kleber Mendonça Filho Reflects on His Cinematic Life in First Trailer for Pictures of Ghosts

Following his epic Bacurau, Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho returned to Cannes Film Festival this year with Pictures of Ghosts, a bittersweet, fascina...

Cassandro Trailer: Gael García Bernal Reshapes the Wrestling World in Roger Ross Williams’ Biopic

The same month Roger Ross Williams premieres his new documentary Stamped from the Beginning at TIFF, his first feature of the year will arrive across the world...

The Criterion Channel Announce September Lineup: Hal Hartley, High School Horror, Peggy Sue Got Married & More

Few American filmmakers of the last 40 years await a major rediscovery like Hal Hartley, whose traces in modern movies are either too-minor or entirely unknown...

Locarno Review: Yannick Is One of Quentin Dupieux’s Most Thought-Provoking Films

Over the past six years Quentin Dupieux has been working at Hong Sangsoo’s speed, churning out a film every few months. The streak kicked off in 2018 with the ...

NYFF61 Revivals Lineup Includes Restorations of Films by Manoel de Oliveira, Jean Renoir, Horace Ové & More

Following Main Slate and Spotlight, the 61st New York Film Festival has unveiled its Revivals lineup, featuring new restorations of classic and overlooked film...

Exclusive Trailer for Yui Kiyohara’s Remembering Every Night Introduces a Serene, Humorous Summer Tale

One of the most intriguing, well-accomplished debuts I saw back at New Directors/New Films in 2018 was Yui Kiyohara's mysterious drama Our House. The Japanese ...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Wayne Wang

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that the...

News

Cinema Guild to Unveil Otar Iosseliani Restorations This Summer

The Criterion Collection Announces Complete Stanley Kubrick 4K Set

NYC Weekend Watch: Masahiro Shinoda, Budd Boetticher in 3D, Carlito’s Way & More

Trailers

Will Poulter Navigates an American Crisis In First Trailer for Union County

Exclusive Trailer for Japan Cuts 2026 Highlights the Best of New Japanese Cinema

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Traverse Giallo Underworld In Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

Posterized July 2026: The Samurai and the Prisoner, The Odyssey, Night Nurse & More

12 Films to See in July

New to Streaming: Blue Heron, I Love Boosters, Tuner, The Sheep Detectives & More

Interviews

Ross McElwee on Remake and the Painful, Profound Process of Making a Testament to His Son’s Life

Tamra Davis on Billy Madison, Half Baked, Watching Fellini and Coppola on Set, Bonding with Britney Spears, and The Best Summer

“There’s No Incentive for a Filmmaker to Retire”: Alex Cox on Returning With Dead Souls

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

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