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A Sacrifice Review: Eric Bana and Sadie Sink Lead an Effective Psychological Thriller

"We're all so fucked, right." So says Mazzy (Sadie Sink), a young woman visiting her father Ben (Eric Bana). This observation matches the dreadful tone of the ...

Exclusive Trailer for the 2024 New York Asian Film Festival Delivers Electrifying Thrills

Now in its 23rd edition, the New York Asian Film Festival has been delivering high-octane thrills, riveting drama, hilarious comedies, and beyond from across A...

New to Streaming: The Boy and the Heron, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, In a Violent Nature, AGGRO DR1FT & 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...

Chronicles of a Wandering Saint Review: A Charming, Intelligent Exploration of Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Contrasts

Tomás Gómez Bustillo’s charming, intelligent Chronicles of a Wandering Saint is a natural follow-up to the two short films for which he is known: Soy Buenos Ai...

The B-Side – In Conversation with Daniel Waters on Hudson Hawk & More

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about filmmakers! Not the films that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made...

Harmony Korine Resurrects The Trap as Anime Feature and Sets Up Motion-Capture Comedy

Harmony Korine scholars no doubt mourn The Trap, a revenge thriller he once called his "most ambitious project" and which would've starred Benicio Del Toro, Ro...

Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala on The Devil’s Bath, Unhomely Houses, Depression, and Empathy

It’s rare for a festival like the Berlinale to allow a genre film in its main competition, and this year it was Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala’s third featur...

U.S. Trailer for Close Your Eyes Brings Víctor Erice’s Triumphant Return Stateside

Despite being seen exclusively on the festival circuit, Víctor Erice's first feature in 30 years, Close Your Eyes, ended up at #20 on our best-of-2023 list. On...

My Old Ass Trailer: Aubrey Plaza Gives Advice to a Younger Version of Herself in Sundance Comedy

Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, Megan Park's coming-of-age comedy My Old Ass has a bit of a light sci-fi twist. On her 18th birthda...

Sebastian Trailer: A Journalist Explores Sex Work for Research in Sundance Drama

Premiering earlier this year at Sundance Film Festival, Sebastian marks the sophomore feature from writer/director Mikko Mäkelä (whose debut was the 2017 gay r...

News

Criterion Collection’s February 2025 Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Crossing Delancey & More

Exclusive: New Restoration of Queer Drama By Hook or By Crook Acquired by Altered Innocence for Spring 2025 Release

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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