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Past Lives Trailer: Celine Song’s Acclaimed Debut Captures a Connection in Three Parts

One early pick for the most-acclaimed films of 2023 is Celine Song's directorial debut Past Lives, which premiered at Sundance before stopping by Berlinale. Ah...

The Year Between Trailer: J. Smith-Cameron & Steve Buscemi Are the Parents You Wish You Had in Alex Heller’s Directorial Debut

One of the breakouts at last year's Tribeca Festival came from Alex Heller and her first-time feature The Year Between, which she wrote, directed, and stars in...

Berlinale Review: Tótem is a Beautiful, Bustling Portrait of a Mexican Family

The characters of Tótem don’t just appear onscreen; they take it over. From the top there's the patriarch Roberto (Alberto Amador), who speaks using an electro...

MUBI Unveils March 2023 Lineup

MUBI has announced its lineup of streaming offerings for next month, including an epic six-film series dedicated to the brand new restorations of the films of ...

Steven Spielberg Confirms Plans to Adapt Stanley Kubrick’s Unmade Napoleon Script

Later this year, Ridley Scott will release his David Scarpa-scripted, Joaquin Phoenix-led take on Napoleon Bonaparte for Apple TV+, but he's not the only major...

Renate Reinsve, Gael García Bernal, Matthias Schoenaerts, Riz Ahmed, Rachel Weisz & More Set New Films

Following up her breakthrough in The Worst Person in the World, Renate Reinsve has steadily been adding new projects to her roster. The latest is Piero Messina...

Linoleum Review: Jim Gaffigan Faces an Existential Crisis in Heartfelt Sci-Fi Drama

If we lived in an alternate universe where Bill Nye never got his big break, relegated to shooting his lo-fi children’s show from his garage and submitting tap...

Berlinale Review: The Shadowless Tower is a Wistful, Engrossing Ode to Those Who Wander

Watching over Beijing’s Xicheng district is an enormous white pagoda, a relic of the Kublai Khan rule, so majestic and otherworldly in looks and stature it mig...

James Cameron Plans to Direct The Last Train From Hiroshima After Avatar 3

Update: Speaking with Deadline, James Cameron has reiterated plans to direct an "uncompromising theatrical film" based on both Charles R. Pellegrino's Last Tra...

Berlinale Review: Dustin Guy Defa and Michael Cera Reunite in The Adults, a Sibling Drama of Raw Emotion

Six years after directing his last feature, Dustin Guy Defa returns with The Adults, a film of complicated shared histories and gradually revealing inner lives...

News

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson’s Stubborn Beast Begins Production

The Criterion Collection’s July Lineup Features The Elephant Man, Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, and Mike Mills on 4K

Tony Leung Finds Earthly Connection in Exclusive Poster for Ildikó Enyedi’s Silent Friend

Trailers

Idiots Red Band Trailer: Dave Franco and O’Shea Jackson Jr. Lead Macon Blair’s Comedy

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Chie Hayakawa’s Cannes Selection Renoir, Opening This May

First Trailer for Ridley Scott’s The Dog Stars Puts Jacob Elordi, Josh Brolin & Margaret Qualley in the Apocalypse

Reviews

Erupcja Review: A Fateful Romantic Timebomb Erupts

Blue Heron Review: An Astonishing Seance of Self and Film

Mile End Kicks Review: A Canadian Music Critic Finds Herself

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Tina Aumont, Terry Zwigoff, Pauline at the Beach & More

New to Streaming: The Love That Remains, Magellan, Undertone, The Chronology of Water & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Faith in the Process: Pete Ohs on Erupcja, Charli XCX, and New Methods

“You Can’t Recreate a Reality”: Sophy Romvari on Blue Heron

David Lowery on Mother Mary, Beyoncé, and Transposing His Concerns Onto a Pop Icon

Podcasts

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

The B-Sides of Steve Martin with Eric D. Snider

Dolphins and Drugs: Michael Almereyda and Courtney Stephens on Capturing the Work of John Lilly

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