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Aubrey Plaza Joins Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis, Confirmed to Shoot this Fall

Update: Megalopolis has expanded by two Coppolas, the cast adding Talia Shire and Jason Schwartzman, while (per THR) Shia LaBeouf continues his (contentious) c...

Out of the Blue Review: Neil LaBute’s Noir is a Silly Exercise in Delayed Gratification

A new cinematic drinking game has arrived. It's a doozy, too, when taking a shot every time writer-director Neil LaBute uses an intertitle demarking time in Ou...

Reality is Altered in First Teaser for Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead’s Something in the Dirt

With their DYI approach to filmmaking, Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead's genre-tinged delights provided a grounded approach to the otherworldly. This is certa...

The Criterion Channel Reveal September Lineup: James Wong Howe, Sambizanga, Romy Schneider, Ang Lee & More

Cinematography retrospectives are the way to go—more than a thorough display of talent, it exposes the vast expanse a DP will travel, like an education in form...

MoviePass Will Return This Labor Day Weekend

As foretold in a very peculiar but potentially promising presentation late last year, MoviePass is now officially returning. Co-founder/CEO Stacy Spikes, who t...

Jesse Eisenberg to Play a Sasquatch in Zellner Brothers’ Next Film & Direct Kieran Culkin in A Real Pain

Earlier this year saw the premiere of Jesse Eisenberg's directorial debut, When You Finish Saving the World, and while A24 has yet to set a release date for th...

The Territory Director Alex Pritz on Local Conflicts, Narrative Control, and Ethical Choices

When watching documentarian Alex Pritz’s The Territory, the conflict becomes all-consuming. The Uru-eu-wau-wau, less than 200 of them, become the clear heroes....

KVIFF Review: A Little Love Package is an Effervescent, Lightly Intoxicating Vienna Poem

In A Little Love Package, Vienna's institutions, people, buildings, and overlapping epochs make for a stiff drink: a bright, effervescent, lightly intoxicating...

Locarno Review: Lebanese Lockdown Diary Tales of the Purple House is Blandly Nourishing

In Tales of the Purple House, French-Iraqi filmmaker Abbas Fahdel and his wife, Lebanese artist Nour Ballouk, offer a collaborative video diary of the last few...

Beast Review: Idris Elba Finds a Feline Foe in Lean, Likably Earnest Creature Feature

There’s no better form of getting over a dead parent or spouse than combatting a killer animal. At least that’s the thesis of The Shallows, Crawl, and now Beas...

News

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

Park Chan-wook to Direct Tang Wei, Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal in The Brigands of Rattlecreek

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson’s Stubborn Beast Begins Production

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

Jackass: Best and Last Trailer: Get Ready for One Final Ride

First Trailer for Kogonada’s Zi Conjures a Poetic City Symphony

Reviews

Deep Water Review: Renny Harlin Goes Back to Basics in Airplane Disaster Movie Meets Shark Thriller

Hokum Review: Adam Scott Gets Trapped in Underwhelming Horror Feature

Two Seasons, Two Strangers Review: Golden Leopard Winner is Breathtakingly Gorgeous

Features

Prismatic Ground 2026 Forges a Vibrant, Accessible Path for Film Festivals

NYC Weekend Watch: Maurice Pialat, Jane Fonda, Tarsem, Casablanca & More

New to Streaming: Marty Supreme, Sound of Falling, No Other Choice, Late Shift & More

Interviews

“Objectivity Is Not Possible”: Lucrecia Martel on Crafting Her First Documentary

“My Best Ideas Come To Me On Walks”: Sho Miyake on Two Seasons, Two Strangers

Faith in the Process: Pete Ohs on Erupcja, Charli XCX, and New Methods

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

The B-Sides of Steve Martin with Eric D. Snider

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