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Venice Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance In Mona Fastvold’s The Testament of Ann Lee

In The Testament of Ann Lee, Amanda Seyfried gives the finest performance of her career. The actress shakes, rattles, and moans through a selection of 18th-cen...

Posterized September 2025: Happyend, The Baltimorons, Twinless & More

There’s a bit of everything this month, from the new Paul Thomas Anderson to a final final chapter to Downton Abbey to Ed and Lorraine Warren’s last ri...

The Baltimorons Review: A Sincere Throwback to Mumblecore’s Heyday

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 SXSW coverage. The Baltimorons opens in theaters on September 5, 2025. A return to form f...

Twinless Review: Dylan O’Brien Doubles Up in Unpredictable, Dark Comedy

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Twinless opens in theaters on September 5, 2025. Twinless starts ...

The Threesome Review: An Ambitious, Flawed Rom-Com From Chad Hartigan

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 SXSW coverage. The Threesome opens in theaters on September 5, 2025. A big swing and nearly a...

Sleep with Your Eyes Open Review: The Migrant Condition Vividly Captured

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Berlinale coverage. Sleep with Your Eyes Open opens in theaters on September 5, 2025. Tucked ...

Realm of Satan Review: A Vivid Invitation into a World of Fantasies

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 Sundance coverage. Realm of Satan is now avaiable digitally. Made in collaboration with the C...

Venice Review: Julian Schnabel’s In the Hand of Dante Crafts a Frenzied, Flimsy Adventure for Oscar Isaac and Martin Scorsese

“There is no reason why a kid from a family of gangsters couldn’t be the reincarnation of Dante Alighieri,” reads Julian Schnabel’s director’s statement on his...

Paul Thomas Anderson Selects Five Films to Watch Ahead of One Battle After Another as Tickets Go on Sale

We're now just a few weeks away from the main event of the fall: the release of Paul Thomas Anderson's highly anticipated One Battle After Another. The directo...

Venice Review: Jim Jarmusch’s Father Mother Sister Brother is an Anthology of Late Style

Father Mother Sister Brother offers three movies for the price of one. The first is set on a frosty lakeside in the home of a man (Tom Waits) who's visited by ...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Jessica Chastain Begins a Dangerous Affair in First Trailer for Michel Franco’s Dreams

Reviews

Is This Thing On? Review: Bradley Cooper’s Gentle Film About Marital Strife

Marty Supreme Review: Timothée Chalamet Reaches a New Pinnacle in Josh Safdie’s Propulsive Drama

Cover-Up Review: The Most Important American Documentary of the Year

Features

The 100 Most-Anticipated Films of 2026: Part Two

The 100 Most-Anticipated Films of 2026: Part One

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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