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It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley Review: A Lovely Document of a Beautiful, Tragic, Talented Life

Amy Berg's It's Never Over, Jeff Buckley is an impressive archival document as well as a celebration of the life of a tortured artist. And while the term "tort...

Jay Kelly Trailer: Noah Baumbach Sets George Clooney and Adam Sandler on a European Adventure

Reteaming with Netflix after his ambitious misstep White Noise, Noah Baumbach is getting introspective. Jay Kelly stars George Clooney and Adam Sandler as a mo...

Weapons Review: A Sprawling Horror Tale Lacking Emotional Resonance

For as long as we’ve known about Weapons, writer-director Zach Cregger’s hotly anticipated follow-up to his 2022 blackly comic splatter sensation Barbarian, we...

63rd New York Film Festival Unveils Main Slate

Ahead of the 63rd New York Film Festival kicking off next month, taking place September 26 through October 13, the Main Slate has now been unveiled, featuring ...

James L. Brooks Finally Returns with First Trailer for Ella McCay

In the fifteen interminably long years since James L. Brooks' last directorial feature, the kind of adult-focused, warm dramas with recognizably emphatic chara...

New Trailer for Spike Lee’s Highest 2 Lowest Finds Denzel Washington Facing a Moral Dilemma

Spike Lee’s first narrative feature in five years is Highest 2 Lowest, his reimagining of Akira Kurosawa’s High and Low that marks a reteam with Denzel Wa...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Twin Peaks, Walter Murch, Brian De Palma’s Unproduced Script & More

David Lynch passed a little more than six months ago, and the world of cinema is still mourning. (Honestly, that may never end.) Let’s start with a book devote...

Posterized August 2025: By the Stream, Stranger Eyes, Harvest & More

Despite there being a bunch of sequels (Nobody 2, The Bad Guys 2, Ne Zha 2, and Freakier Friday) and remakes or reboots (The Naked Gun, The Toxic Aveng...

The Naked Gun Review: Akiva Schaffer’s Reboot Spoofs a New Era of Cinematic Crime Pulp

In its original iteration, the Zucker brothers’ Naked Gun wasn’t just carried by Leslie Nielsen’s performance––nearly every aspect of the first two David Zucke...

New to Streaming: 28 Years Later, Michael Roemer, Hot Milk, Killer Films at 30 & 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...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance Yet

Features

Alistair Ryder’s Top 10 Films of 2025

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

“Embrace the Fluke”: Nathan Silver on Carol & Joy

The Testament of Ann Lee Cinematographer William Rexer on Capturing the Dance and Believing in Mona Fastvold

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

Podcasts

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

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

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

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