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U.S. Trailer for Cristian Mungiu’s Cannes Selection R.M.N. Brings Chills and Portent

The wait for a new Cristian Mungiu feature sure isn't short––between 4 Months, 3 Weeks, and 2 Days he's averaging about one every five years––but nobody, as sc...

Finnish Classic Eight Deadly Shots Receives Restoration Trailer Ahead of Janus Release

In an especially appreciated instance of ask-and-you-shall-receive (and plainly great day for enthusiasts of five-hour Finnish cinema) the World Cinema Project...

John Wick: Chapter 4 Review: A Grandiose Action Epic Executed with Brutal Efficiency

There is a go-for-broke, frenzied aura upon John Wick: Chapter 4. Even for a franchise so heavily steeped in bullets and body count, this outing finds a way to...

Léa Mysius on The Five Devils, Sensual Filmmaking, and Learning From Claire Denis

The sophomore feature from director Léa Mysius is an enchanting work of near-unclassifiable fantasy, an evocative tale that links the sense of smell with long-...

SXSW Review: Rachel Sennott Shows Her Range in I Used to Be Funny

Rachel Sennott continued her impressive run as a quick-witted, creatively vulgar comic in Bottoms, which premiered during South By Southwest’s second night. Bu...

Virginie Efira Finds Delicate Love in U.S. Trailer for Rebecca Zlotowski’s Other People’s Children

One of the most tender, accomplished films of the year is Rebecca Zlotowski's French drama Other People’s Children. Featuring Virginie Efira's best performance...

David Lowery Sets Next Film with Epic Pop Melodrama Mother Mary Starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel

There may be no director getting more use out of the one-for-them, one-for-me method of filmmaking than David Lowery. Following up The Green Knight, he returne...

David Fincher’s Favorite Film in Years is Albert Serra’s Pacifiction

Last month, the 48th César Awards ceremony took place and alongside trophies given to recent releases, David Fincher was bestowed the Honorary César. It looks ...

You Hurt My Feelings Trailer: Nicole Holofcener & Julia Louis-Dreyfus Reunite for Perceptive, Hilarious Comedy

While our summer preview is around the corner, one of the major stand-outs is the latest film from Nicole Holofcener, You Hurt My Feelings. Featuring a reunion...

New Details Arrive for Joshua Oppenheimer’s Musical The End, Starring Tilda Swinton & George MacKay, as Production Begins

First announced back in the fall of 2021, one of our most-anticipated films in development is The End, a narrative feature from The Act of Killing and&nbs...

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

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

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

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

Features

The Film Stage’s 2026 Tribeca Festival Portrait Gallery

NYC Weekend Watch: Italian History, Universal Westerns, Black Cops & More

Posterized June 2026: Maddie’s Secret, The Furious, Drunken Noodles & More

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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