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U.S. Teaser for Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Cannes Winner The Secret Agent

Six years since his last narrative feature Bacurau (we might call 2023's Pictures of Ghosts a notable interlude) Kleber Mendonça Filho made a splashy return wi...

Exclusive Trailer for Zoë Eisenberg’s Slamdance Winner Chaperone, Set for Fall Release

Premiering at the Slamdance Film Festival, where it received the Grand Jury Award for Best Breakout Feature, Zoë Eisenberg’s romance drama ...

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Review: The Return of the Brothers Quay

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 BFI London coverage. Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass opens in theaters on August 29. ...

A Little Prayer Review: A Delicate Southern Family Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2023 Sundance coverage. A Little Prayer opens in theaters on August 29, 2025. In the quiet, pe...

Love, Brooklyn Review: A Tender Romance Through a Vague Borough

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Love, Brooklyn opens in theaters on August 29. You can feel the warm breez...

“We Want to Be Watched”: Stranger Eyes Director Yeo Siew Hua on Voyeurism, Lee Kang-sheng, and Singaporean Cinema Identity

In the ever-intensifying dance between seen and being seen, where surveillance has become both a threat and an intimate gesture, Singaporean filmmaker Yeo Siew...

News

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

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Exclusive Palestine 36 Poster and Clip: Palestine’s Oscar Entry Tells an Epic Tale of Resistance

Trailers

Disclosure Day Trailer: Steven Spielberg Returns to Extraterrestrial Exploration

A Major Restoration Arrives in Exclusive Trailer for Erich von Stroheim’s Queen Kelly

Exclusive Trailer for Bertrand Bonello-Scored Europe’s New Faces Covers a Troubled Continent

Reviews

Avatar: Fire and Ash Review: James Cameron Gets His Hands Dirty

Ella McCay Review: A Living Legend’s Final Word on Hope and Forgiveness

Goodbye June Review: Kate Winslet’s Directing Debut is a Well-Meaning Misfire

Features

The Best Undistributed Films of 2025

The Best Scores & Soundtracks of 2025

The Film Stage’s Top 50 Films of 2025

Interviews

“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

A Magical Life: Train Dreams Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso on Capturing a Film of Memories

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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U.S. Teaser for Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Cannes Winner The Secret Agent

Exclusive Trailer for Zoë Eisenberg’s Slamdance Winner Chaperone, Set for Fall Release

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass Review: The Return of the Brothers Quay

A Little Prayer Review: A Delicate Southern Family Drama

Love, Brooklyn Review: A Tender Romance Through a Vague Borough

“We Want to Be Watched”: Stranger Eyes Director Yeo Siew Hua on Voyeurism, Lee Kang-sheng, and Singaporean Cinema Identity

The Quay Brothers on the Two-Decade Journey of Crafting Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass

Exclusive Trailer for Nastia Korkia’s Venice Premiere Short Summer

Mistress Dispeller Trailer: Acclaimed Documentary Follows a Quest in China to Break Up Affairs

Motel Destino Review: Noirish Fever Dream Sparkles with Sweat and Lust