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Benediction Trailer: Terence Davies Captures the Life of English Poet Siegfried Sassoon

After a flurry of films with 2011's The Deep Blue Sea, 2015's Sunset Song, and 2016's A Quiet Passion, British director Terence Davies is finally back this yea...

New to Streaming: Kimi, Fabian: Going to the Dogs, Red Rocket, The Woman Who Ran and More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week's selections below and past r...

Berlin Review: François Ozon’s Peter von Kant is a Slavish Fassbinder Reimagining

From the sure evidence of his filmography—and, yes, his legendarily turbulent private life—Rainer Werner Fassbinder should be quite tickled by the thought of a...

Bigbug Review: Jean-Pierre Jeunet Returns with a Limp Futuristic Social Satire

Jean-Pierre Jeunet put his stamp across the 1990s and 2000s with a unique blend of zany personality, thoughtful character portraits, and sharp, multi-dimension...

Andrew Dominik Confirms Blonde is NC-17 Version of the Marilyn Monroe Story: “It’s a Demanding Movie”

Update: Variety reports that Netflix won't be bringing any of their films to Cannes, including Blonde. See the original story below. At long last, 2022 look...

NYC Weekend Watch: Catherine Breillat, Toshiro Mifune, Vincent Gallo & More

After a hiatus as theaters in New York City and beyond closed their doors during the pandemic, we’re delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend Watch, our...

Caleb Landry Jones is Menacing in First Trailer for Justin Kurzel’s Nitram

Winner of Best Actor at Cannes last year, Caleb Landry Jones leads Justin Kurzel's latest drama Nitram, a fictionalization of the lead-up to the real-life deva...

Berlin Review: Nobody’s Hero Makes a Neo-Noir Farce of Modern France

Cinephiles love to quote Roberto Rossellini, after his viewing of Chaplin’s oft-maligned late work A King in New York: "This is the film of a free man." Alain ...

Kimi Review: Zoë Kravitz Reckons with Technology in Steven Soderbergh’s Effective Paranoia Thriller

The double-edged sword of modern technology—the simplification it can offer our lives and its all-consuming pervasiveness—is at the heart of Kimi, Steven Soder...

Inside the 21-Year Spiritual Journey of Capturing Kanye West’s Life & Career

It was destiny for Coodie and Chike to make jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy. The duo directed Ye’s video for “Through the Wire,” but before that Coodie left his car...

News

February on the Criterion Channel Includes Argentine Noir, Joan Micklin Silver, Chantal Akerman & More

An Expanded Edition of Wong Kar-wai’s In the Mood for Love with Never-Before-Seen Footage Sets China Premiere

David Lynch Has Died at 78

Trailers

Jaume Collet-Serra Returns to Horror in First Trailer for The Woman in the Yard

Peter Weir’s Landmark of Australian Cinema Is Salvaged In Trailer for Picnic at Hanging Rock‘s 4K Release

Rounding Trailer: Ghostlight and Saint Frances Director Alex Thompson’s Psychological Thriller Arrives in February

Reviews

Wolf Man Review: Leigh Whannell’s Effective Reboot Scares Up Hereditary Horrors

Emmanuelle Review: Audrey Diwan Subverts an Erotic Classic to Compelling, Alienating Effect

Every Little Thing Review: A Sensitive Portrait of a Great Woman’s Dedication to Hummingbirds

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Fat City, THX 1138, Anthony Mann & More

New to Streaming: Queer, Close Your Eyes, A Different Man, Red Rooms & More

Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings of 2024

Interviews

The Brutalist Composer Daniel Blumberg on the Ambitious, Intensive Process of Scoring Brady Corbet’s Epic

Mike Leigh on Hard Truths, Losing Dick Pope, and the Duty of an Artist

“Cinema Could Be Grander”: Nickel Boys Director RaMell Ross on Perspectives, Contradictions, and True Intimacy

Podcasts

The B-Side – In Conversation with Julia Stiles on Her Directorial Debut Wish You Were Here

The B-Side – Al Pacino (with Mitchell Beaupre)

The B-Side – Jack Lemmon (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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