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Oh, Hi! Review: A Good Time Gone Wrong

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Oh, Hi! opens in theaters on July 25. You ever tie someone up and then lea...

Fantasia Review: I Am Frankelda, Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature, Speaks Truth to Power

More than the similarly mythologized Monsters, Inc., the first stop-motion feature produced in Mexico (courtesy of the Cinema Fantasma studio) recalls an old c...

NYFF63 Will Open with North American Premiere of Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hunt

As the fall festival lineup continues to take shape, a major piece has now slid into place. Film at Lincoln Center has announced Luca Guadagnino’s After the Hu...

Folktales Review: An Evocative Portrait of Self-Discovery in Norway

In their documentary Folktales, Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady weave Norse mythology (specifically that of "the three Norns") and evocative imagery (courtesy of ...

Fantasia Review: Terrestrial is a Pitch-Black Sci-Fi Comedy

We enter Steve Pink's Terrestrial with a tour through an opulent home––broken glass on the floor, a blood trail towards the door, and Allen (Jermaine Fowler) s...

Leonardo DiCaprio Has No Fear in New Trailer for Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another

We're now less than three months away from Paul Thomas Anderson's highly anticipated One Battle After Another. The September 26 release, which would set it up ...

Emulsion Ep. 12 – Abel Ferrara on Turn in the Wound

You'd have to be very bad at interviews, or really just conversations, to not get something from Abel Ferrara, who's the perfect combination of endearing and p...

Venice Film Festival Unveils 2025 Lineup

Celebrating its 82nd edition this year, Venice Film Festival will take place August 27 through September 6. Ahead of the event, President Pietrangelo Buttafuoc...

Ick Review: Joseph Kahn’s Riotous, Satirical Take on the Creature Feature

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. Ick opens in theaters on July 24. The world is ending and nobody cares in Ick,...

Karlovy Vary 2025: Protest Songs, Sexual Politics, and Lisbon-Set Rohmerian Delights

As someone who’s always admired the look of the Czech embassy in Berlin––an array of nicotine-hued trapezoids that sits on the corner of Wilhelm Strasse––I was...

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

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

Jessica Chastain Begins a Dangerous Affair in First Trailer for Michel Franco’s Dreams

Reviews

Is This Thing On? Review: Bradley Cooper’s Gentle Film About Marital Strife

Marty Supreme Review: Timothée Chalamet Reaches a New Pinnacle in Josh Safdie’s Propulsive Drama

Cover-Up Review: The Most Important American Documentary of the Year

Features

New to Streaming: One Battle After Another, It Was Just an Accident, Song to Song, The Running Man & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Twin Peaks, Breezy, Gus Van Sant, Ken Jacobs & More

The 100 Most-Anticipated Films of 2026: Part Two

Interviews

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

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

“We’re Terrible Esthetes”: Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley on Room Temperature, Home Haunts, and the Artist’s Life

Podcasts

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

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

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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