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Arrebato Review: Newly Restored Spanish Horror Lives Up to Cult Classic Status

It's not until heroin is mentioned that Ana Turner (Cecilia Roth) stops and reconsiders the offer to partake by boyfriend José Sirgado (Eusebio Poncela). She's...

Old Henry Review: Tim Blake Nelson Commands Quiet, Dark Western

Henry's (Tim Blake Nelson) been living and farming his Oklahoma land for almost two decades, if not more—the last ten as a single father to the now-teenage Wya...

What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? Trailer: Berlinale Winner Arrives This November

One of the major surprises coming out of Berlinale earlier this year was Alexandre Koberidze's What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?, which won the FIPRESCI ...

First Trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s Licorice Pizza Brings 1970s California to Life

Considering how little we've seen from it, it's hard to believe Paul Thomas Anderson is putting the finishing touches on his next feature Licorice Pizza. Will ...

The Many Saints of Newark Review: The Sopranos Prequel is an All-American Opera Stuffed Into Cinematic Form

To describe verbatim the first-or-so minute of The Many Saints of Newark would be to spoil not only one of the film’s more audacious twists, painstakingly conc...

El Planeta Director Amalia Ulman on How Pre-Code Cinema and Social Media Influenced Her Directorial Debut

In 2014, maverick artist Amalia Ulman crafted an Instagram performance piece entitled “Excellences & Perfections” in which she performed the part of a made...

NYFF Review: Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth is a Fiercely-Acted Thriller

The first image in Joel Coen’s The Tragedy of Macbeth is of three ravens hovering through foggy and filthy air. Their altitude suggests the camera craning its ...

The Criterion Channel’s October 2021 Lineup Brings Horror, Kirk Douglas, Edgar Wright & More

October's here and it's time to get spooked. After last year's superb "'70s Horror" lineup, the Criterion Channel commemorates October with a couple series: "U...

U.S. Teaser Trailer for Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta is a Blasphemous Blast

At long last, Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta is touching down stateside this weekend with a North American premiere at the 59th New York Film Festival. Ahead of th...

Bill Morrison on Questioning Ideas of Lost Cinema, Studio Suppression, and Capturing a Soviet Icon

What classifies as a lost film? On one side, there are silent films that Hollywood studios dumped in the Pacific Ocean once talkies took over. On another, ther...

News

First Look at Lynne Ramsay’s Die, My Love Featuring Jennifer Lawrence and Robert Pattinson

December on the Criterion Channel Includes Bob Dylan, John Waters, MTV & More

Bertand Bonello, Takashi Miike, Nikyatu Jusu, and More Plan Next Features

Trailers

U.S. Trailer for Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here Introduces Brazil’s Oscar Entry

The Wages of Fear Returns In Explosive Trailer for 4K Restoration

Asif Kapadia and Samantha Morton Imagine the Future in Trailer for La Jetée-Inspired 2073

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

The Film Stage’s 2024 Holiday Gift Guide

New to Streaming: A Different Man, The Outrun, My Old Ass, Used Cars & More

Interviews

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

“Life Is Worth Celebrating”: Tyler Taormina on Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point

Podcasts

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

The Film Stage Show Farewell Episode – Megalopolis

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