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BFI London Review: Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio Might Be the Finest Adaptation Yet of the Carlo Collodi Classic

Carlo Collodi’s The Adventures of Pinocchio is widely understood as an easily accessible coming-of-age metaphor—peeling back our childlike wonderment at the wo...

NYFF Review: “Sr.” is a Tender, Reflexive Portrait of the Downey Family

Robert Downey Sr.'s accolades and popularity pale in comparison to his son. While Downey Sr. focused on writing and directing underground cinema in the 1960s a...

Olivier Assayas and Kristen Stewart Are Planning a New Film

If it was a great year for Olivier Assayas fans, the paradox is that knowing the man can still produce one of his liveliest, boldest, funniest, all-around-grea...

NYFF Review: She Said Depicts Harvey Weinstein’s Downfall as Measured Procedural

“Can I quote you?” As it did throughout Jodi Kantor and Meghan Twohey’s intrepid investigative journalism for the New York Times, that question reverberates in...

NYFF Review: Till Gives Proper Treatment to an Essential American Story

Chinonye Chukwu’s Till finds the Clemency writer-director facing the story of Emmett Till, the 14-year-old boy lynched in 1955. More specifically the story of ...

New to Streaming: Stars at Noon, Dark Glasses, Piggy, The Northman & 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...

Stream Tindersticks’ Stars at Noon Soundtrack

It's been nine years since Tindersticks released a Claire Denis soundtrack; every listen to Stars at Noon (of which I've had several this week) justifies that ...

Stream John Carpenter’s Halloween Ends Soundtrack

Halloween Ends arrives like the undercooked dessert of a three-course meal nobody much enjoyed—but what garnish these John Carpenter scores were! Unlikely as i...

Sepa: Nuestro Señor de los milagros Review: A Long-Lost Film from Herzog Collaborator Finds New Life

After years of working with someone like Werner Herzog, it seems you deserve some rest—especially after films as spectacular as Aguirre: The Wrath of God and F...

Old Man Review: Stephen Lang Strikes Fear in Lucky McKee’s Horror Thriller

Some wounds don't heal. Not with time. Not with a mythical lake of water with the power to mend all ailments. And while we can try to forget, the mind will alw...

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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