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SXSW Review: Down Low is a Forced and Mismatched Gay Sex Comedy

Down Low desperately wants to be funny and push boundaries. You can see it straining from the very beginning, when Cameron (Lukas Gage), a gay and Gen-Z masseu...

Full River Red Review: Zhang Yimou’s Breezy Blockbuster Blends Comedy and Suspense

Named after one of China's most famous poems––one the film says the nation can still recite by memory today––Zhang Yimou's Full River Red takes us back to the ...

Rodeo Review: Lola Quivoron’s Motocross Drama Stalls Out

It’s as well-worn a trope as any in the coming-of-age genre: the elusive, underground subculture that draws in a young protagonist, whose discovery of this wor...

The Criterion Collection’s June Lineup Includes Pasolini, Barry Jenkins, and Renoir & Gilliam in 4K

Following word of an incredible Pasolini boxset, the Criterion Collection have unveiled their larger June lineup. The 4K rollout continues apace, and for some ...

Quentin Tarantino Has Reportedly Scripted His Final Feature The Movie Critic

The news of Quentin Tarantino's final film has been awaited some time, and he's done seemingly everything––start a podcast, nearly direct episodes of Justified...

Raging Bull 4K Restoration Trailer: Martin Scorsese’s Boxing Masterpiece Returns to the Ring

While we await official confirmation that Martin Scorsese's highly anticipated Killers of the Flower Moon will indeed bow at the Cannes Film Festival, it's not...

SXSW Review: Bottoms Throws a Queer Wrecking Ball Into the High School Comedy

It’s beginning to feel like South By Southwest is the Rachel Sennott Festival. After breaking out there three years ago with Shiva Baby (the movie premiered as...

6 Films to See at Locarno in Los Angeles 2023

Considering many films premiering at the Locarno Film Festival can take years to get a release here in the United States––should they get any at all––Locarno i...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: James Bond, Colors of Film, Sofia Coppola, Japanese Animation & More

For our latest dive into recent books on or related to cinema, we’re spending time with some icons––fictional (James Bond) and non (Sofia Coppola, Sean Connery...

Moving On Review: Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin Plot a Murder in Haphazard, Affecting Dramedy

The invigorating success of both Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin's television and film careers over the last few years cannot be overstated. About a decade ago both...

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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