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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...

Lynne Ramsay Hopes Stone Mattress, Starring Julianne Moore and Sandra Oh, Begins Shooting This Year

Having directed only four films over the last quarter-century, we're not holding our breath when we may see the next feature from Scottish director Lynne Ramsa...

News

James Gray’s Paper Tiger Sets North American Premiere as Opening Night of the 64th New York Film Festival

The Criterion Collection’s October Lineup Features The Silence of the Lambs and Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein on 4K, Jerzy Skolimowski, and Samuel Fuller

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Uprising Trailer: Andrew Garfield Leads a Rebellion for Paul Greengrass

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

Reviews

The Odyssey Review: Christopher Nolan’s Journey of Perpetual, Enervating Awe

The Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

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

The B-Sides of Christopher Nolan with Blake Howard

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

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