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Venice Review: Master Gardener Closes Out Paul Schrader’s Great Contemporary Trilogy

There is a paradox at the heart of Master Gardener. In their respective worlds—one of abstinence and iconography; the other of money and risk—priests and gambl...

Venice Review: A Couple is a Low-Key, Personal Experiment for Frederick Wiseman

This year’s Venice Film Festival competition has not been short on bloat. Todd Field, Noah Baumbach, and Alejandro G. Iñárritu all turned in sprawling works th...

Venice Review: Abel Ferrara’s Padre Pio is a Purposefully Oblique, Mysteriously Murky Religious Drama

Something has happened in Abel Ferrara’s working life that aligns him with Stanley Kubrick’s later career journey. The latter shot all his features from 2001 o...

TÁR Concept Album, Featuring Hildur Guðnadóttir and Cate Blanchett, Will Arrive in October

With Todd Field's first film in sixteen years finally arriving in just about a month, the release is thankfully getting a few more bells and whistles than your...

Venice Review: The Boisterously Beautiful Bardo Finds Iñárritu Navel-Gazing Into the Abyss

Silverio Gama (Daniel Giménez Cacho) is, as many artists like to imagine themselves, a disheveled-genius type. Once an independent journalist in his hometown o...

Loving Highsmith Review: Ripley Writer Revealed in Personal Documentary

"My life is a chronicle of unbelievable mistakes." So writes Patricia Highsmith, the acclaimed author of Strangers on a Train, The Price of Salt, The Talented ...

12 Films to See in September

After perusing our massive, 60-film, two-part fall preview, there shouldn't be too many surprises on our first monthly highlights of the season. While Septembe...

New to Streaming: Funny Pages, Studio Ghibli, James Wong Howe, Fritz Lang, 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: Working-Class Musicals, Johnny Guitar, Patricia Highsmith & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. BAM "Working Class Musicals" examines the most lavish expressions from a ground level, f...

Christoph Waltz & Willem Dafoe Head West in First Trailer for Walter Hill’s Dead for a Dollar

In a Hollywood landscape that seems less and less concerned with adult-minded genre fare, it's refreshing to see that The Warriors and 48 Hrs. director Walter ...

News

Atom Egoyan and Alison McAlpine Discuss the Oscar-Contending Perfectly a Strangeness

Brian De Palma Will Direct Sweet Vengeance This Summer

Exclusive Poster for Marco Bellocchio’s Six-Hour Portobello, Arriving on HBO Max in February

Trailers

Sirāt Trailer: Oliver Laxe’s Desert Rave Thriller Arrives in February

U.S. Trailer for Christian Petzold’s Miroirs No. 3 Brings Paula Beer Into Uncertain Territory

A Luchino Visconti Gem is Restored in Exclusive Trailer for Conversation Piece

Reviews

Dead Man’s Wire Review: Gus Van Sant Offers a Good Time at the Movies

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

All That’s Left of You Review: An Impactful Exploration of Decades of Palestinian Trauma

Features

Eli Friedberg’s Top 10 First-Viewings of 2025

Soham Gadre’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Michael Frank’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

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Lav Diaz on Magellan: “Cinema Can Look Big Even with a Small Camera”

“I Cried a Lot”: Sentimental Value Cinematographer Kasper Tuxen on Connecting With Joachim Trier’s Cast

Podcasts

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

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The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

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