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Thessaloniki Review: Orlando, My Political Biography Poetically Reframes Virginia Woolf’s Classic Text

A century from publication, Virginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography is still in vogue. Just before the pandemic, Tilda Swinton––who played Orlando in Sally Potte...

SXSW Review: Caterpillar is a Genre-Defying Tale About the Quest for Beauty

Categorized as a documentary by the filmmakers and programmers of SXSW, Liza Mandelup’s Caterpillar has a lucid structure that feels like a loose, improvised s...

Watch: Jean-Luc Godard Directed a Nike Commercial in 1991 Centered on Death

As rumors swirl of Jean-Luc Godard's final posthumous film eying a Cannes premiere along with the recent premiere of Ben Affleck's Nike drama AIR, it's only fi...

Exclusive Trailer for Oleh Sentsov’s Venice Hit Rhino: Ukrainian Godfather Enters a Criminal Underworld

While we've been receiving vital cinematic dispatches from the frontlines of Ukraine's ongoing battle against Russia, this week another look at the country's h...

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...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Trailers

Filipiñana Trailer: Rafael Manuel’s Jia Zhangke-Backed Sundance Winner Opens This August

Domhnall Gleeson Encounters a Strange Land In First Trailer for The Incomer

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

Reviews

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: The Hole, Electronica, Gakuryu Ishii, Nicholas Ray & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

New to Streaming: The Furious, City Wide Fever, Amores Perros, Camp & More

Interviews

Tsai Ming-liang on the Personal Inspiration of The Hole, Constant Evolution, and His Next Films

“How Do You Make a Contemporary Erotic Thriller”: Georgia Bernstein on Night Nurse and Catherine Breillat

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Podcasts

Yasmina Tawil on Progamming Hou Hsiao-hsien, David Fincher, Tom Tykwer & More for BAM’s Electronica Series

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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