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The Super Mario Bros. Movie Review: For Better or Worse, a Faithful Video Game Movie

On the eve of its 30th birthday, Super Mario Bros.––the 1993 film, not the groundbreaking video game––might be due for critical reappraisal. Dubbed “a complete...

Watch Joanna Hogg’s New Short Où en êtes-vous, Joanna Hogg? for Free

After commissioning short films by some of the world's greatest directors––Tsai Ming-liang, Bertrand Bonello, Jean-Marie Straub, Richard Linklater, Christian P...

15 Films to See in April

The calm before summer movie season usually delivers some of the year's most interesting movies––artistic gambles to try reaching audiences before blockbusters...

U.S. Trailer for Chile ’76 Introduces an Intense Feature Debut

One of the highlights of New Directors/New Films this year is Manuela Martelli's Chile '76, which comes from Cannes Directors Fortnight and BFI London Film Fes...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa Will Remake His 1998 Feature Serpent’s Path in Paris

Update: Per the actor's Instagram, Damien Bonnard (The French Dispatch, Staying Vertical) will lead Serpent's Path, which has begun shooting with Alexis Kavyrc...

AIR Review: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon Court Michael Jordan in Entertaining, Unfussy Underdog Drama

Sonny Vaccaro knows his basketball. As played with reliable conviction by Matt Damon, the head scout in Nike’s dwindling hoops division has a keen eye for the ...

Latest Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach Collaboration Barbie Gets New Trailer

As a slight shift from the scope and scale of Frances Ha and Mistress America, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach's (writer-director and co-writer, respectively) l...

Blue Jean Trailer: Georgia Oakley’s Acclaimed Debut Arrives in June

A BAFTA nominee, the winner of both Venice Film Festival’s People’s Choice Award as well as a quartet of British Independent Film Awards, Georgia Oakley’s dire...

Michael Mann Eyes Heat 2 Adaptation, with Adam Driver Replacing Robert De Niro

For the Somewhat Inevitable But Still Crazy files, Deadline have learned Michael Mann and Meg Gardiner's Heat 2 will fulfill its cinematic ambitions: Warner Br...

First Look at Ridley Scott’s Napoleon, Set for Global Theatrical Release This November

As Ridley Scott gets ready for production on Gladiator 2––set to star Paul Mescal, Denzel Washington, and Barry Keoghan––ahead of a November 22, 2024 release d...

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

I Am Frankelda Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Speaks Truth to Power

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

The Film Stage’s 2026 Tribeca Festival Portrait Gallery

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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