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New Irma Vep Trailer Digs Deeper Into Life Imitating Art

Secret's out: the new Irma Vep is great. So says Managing Editor and (granted) Olivier Assayas superfan Nick Newman, though general consensus runs likewise—tha...

New to Streaming: Terence Davies, Miami Vice, Fire Island, Freddy Got Fingered & 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...

Hustle Review: Adam Sandler Brings Low Wattage to Middling Basketball Drama

One, perhaps foolishly, comes to a new Adam Sandler picture in the post-Uncut Gems phase of his career with at least some expectations. And one would think his...

Cannes Review: Tori and Lokita is Another Compassionate Morality Play from the Dardenne Brothers

Tori and Lokita, the latest from the eerily consistent Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, pulls you in opposite directions when assessing it. It is as consummately ...

Fire Island Review: Andrew Ahn’s Joyful Queer Retelling of Pride and Prejudice

Over the last few years Andrew Ahn has cemented himself as one of the most promising talents in American independent cinema. His first feature, the underrated ...

NYC Weekend Watch: Montgomery Clift, Miami Vice, Ozu x2 & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film Forum As new 35mm print of Brooke Adams-starrer Vengeance Is Mine screens...

Terence Davies on Benediction, the Poetry of Cinema, and Life’s Regrets

His second consecutive drama about an iconic poet with a life of inner turmoil, Terence Davies' Benediction affords the filmmaker canvas to explore queerness m...

Cannes Review: Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun is a Vibrant Debut Brimming with Inner Life

At around the halfway point of Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere a young girl and her distant father jumped into a swimming pool. The characters' relationship was frau...

Cannes Review: Alice Winocour’s Bataclan-Inspired Revoir Paris is a Heartfelt if Formulaic Drama

It takes a few seconds for Mia’s life to unravel in Alice Winocour’s Revoir Paris, then a whole lifetime to stitch it back together. Up until a fateful Novembe...

Exclusive Trailer for Alice Diop’s We Presents a Panoramic Portrait of Contemporary Paris

One of the major documentary filmmakers to emerge this past decade is the Paris-born Alice Diop, subject of a recent Film at Lincoln Center retrospective and w...

News

MUBI’s January 2025 Lineup Includes Close Your Eyes, Pepe, Luca Guadagnino, Charli XCX & More

The Criterion Channel’s January 2025 Lineup Features David Bowie, Nicole Kidman, Sean Baker & More

Brady Corbet Reveals First Details for Next Film, Inspired by Horror and Westerns

Trailers

The Game Is Out of Joint In Trailer for Grand Theft Hamlet

Gazer Trailer: Paranoia Thriller and Cannes Selection Arrives This February

Exclusive: ’90s Sundance Gem Girls Town Gets 4K Restoration, Trailer, and Theatrical Release

Reviews

Laceno D’Oro Review: Bestiari, Erbari, Lapidari Entrancingly Explores the Histories of Science, Cinema, and War

Endless Summer Syndrome Review: An Incest Drama With Depth

Carry-On Review: Jaume Collet-Serra Delivers A New Christmas Crime Classic

Features

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’s Top 10 Films of 2024

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2024

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Guy Pearce on the Egoism of The Brutalist and Why Brady Corbet’s Epic Earns Its Runtime

Robert Eggers on Nosferatu, Jump Scares, and Making Vampires Terrifying Again

“A Good Cinematographer is Like an Alchemist”: Jarin Blaschke on Nosferatu and Lighting Darkness

Podcasts

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The Film Stage Show Bonus Ep. – Box Office Bonanza (July 21, 2000)

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