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Exclusive: The Film Stage Presents One-Night-Only Stream of Acclaimed Brazilian Drama Private Desert on Filmatique

A highlight of last year's festival circuit, Aly Muritaba's Private Desert is the bracing story of a suspended police officer who searches for his online love,...

New to Streaming: Ken Jacobs, The Legend of Molly Johnson, Spin Me Round, The Princess & 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: Keane, Love Unto Death, Sátántangó & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Film at Lincoln Center As the 4K restoration of Keane opens (read our interview with Lod...

Lodge Kerrigan on Keane, the Magnetism of Damian Lewis, Steven Soderbergh’s Cut, and the Economics of TV vs. Film

Often a re-release is granted to some long-cherished classic or cult sensation. In the case of Lodge Kerrigan’s Keane, which played the festival circuit throug...

Locarno Review: It Is Night in America is a Rebellious Paean to Animals and Images on the Brink of Extinction

The few people bobbing up in Ana Vaz’s It Is Night in America are anonymous ciphers, their faces scarcely (if at all) visible, protruding limbs or silhouettes ...

60th NYFF Adds Films by Bertrand Bonello, Bi Gan, João Pedro Rodrigues, Helena Wittmann & More

Following the Main Slate and Spotlight announcements, the 60th New York Film Festival has unveiled its Currents section. The slate of boundary-pushing work fea...

First Trailer for Jafar Panahi’s No Bears Arrives Ahead of Venice, TIFF, and NYFF Premieres

A radically defiant artist, Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been making some of the most vital––both artistically and politically––works of the last three de...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 481 – Resurrection (with Isaac Feldberg)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Isaac Feldberg to discuss Andr...

Speak No Evil Trailer Twists a Family Vacation into Terrifying Horror

One of the most viscerally affecting films coming out of Sundance Film Festival this year was Christian Tafdrup's Speak No Evil. Following a family who accepts...

The Criterion Collection Announce November Lineup: In the Mood for Love, Malcom X, The Power of the Dog in 4K, Daisies & More

Where has the time gone? Summer's on the fritz and Criterion have Thanksgiving in their sights: November's lineup is here, boasting a 4K upgrade of In the Mood...

News

Berlinale 2026 Competition Lineup Includes Angela Shanelec, Alain Gomis, Karim Aïnouz, Lance Hammer & More

The Criterion Collection’s April Lineup Features Point Blank, Monty Python, and John Singleton on 4K

A New Film by Hong Sangsoo and More Will Premiere at Berlinale 2026

Trailers

A NYC-Set Gem is Restored in Exclusive Trailer for Henry Jaglom’s Can She Bake a Cherry Pie?

A Landmark of Brazilian Cinema is Restored in Exclusive Trailer for Carlos Diegues’ Bye Bye Brazil

Matt Johnson Travels Back to 2008 in Trailer for Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie

Reviews

All You Need Is Kill Review: Time-Loop Anime is a Visual Treat That Embraces Videogame Structure

Sound of Falling Review: A Pyschosexual Fever Dream of Epic Scope

A Useful Ghost Review: A Peculiar, Humorous Paranormal Tale

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Cockfighter, Last Days, Kevin Jerome Everson & More

New to Streaming: Rebuilding, The Rip, Licorice Pizza, Twinless & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

“You’re Leaning Into the Ugliness”: Michael Bauman on Shooting One Battle After Another for Paul Thomas Anderson

“How Do I Keep Leonardo DiCaprio Safe?”: Breaking Down the Stunts of One Battle After Another

“I’m Not Seeing America Doing the Best Films”: Rodrigo Teixeira on Supporting Brian De Palma, James Gray, and Contemporary World Cinema

Podcasts

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

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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

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