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Jurassic World: Dominion Review: Tired Franchise is Exhausted of Thrills and Pleasure

“At some point you do plan to have dinosaurs on your dinosaur tour, right?” That quip lobbed at Jurassic Park (the fictional place) creator John Hammond also s...

Steve McQueen, Joseph Kosinski, and John Hillcoat Move Forward With New Features

Following up his five-film anthology Small Axe, Steve McQueen's next narrative feature is Blitz, which will tell the story of Londoners during WWII in 1940 as ...

Julia Garner Lands Madonna Role, Isabelle Huppert Reteams with François Ozon & More

In a major casting coup, The Assistant star Julia Garner has beat out Florence Pugh, Alexa Demie, Odessa Young, and more to be offered the role of Madonna...

Cristian Mungiu on R.M.N. as a Microcosm of the World and Why Cinema Isn’t a Teacher

If Cristian Mungiu isn't the most prolific filmmaker to emerge from Romanian cinema's gilded age, he does tend to cause a stir. Cristi Puiu was first in the do...

Vesper Trailer: Sci-Fi Feature Examines Survival After the Collapse of Earth’s Ecosystem

If Hollywood's sci-fi outings have left one a bit disappointed in terms of a lack of imagination, a more grounded genre outing looks to hit the mark. Lithuania...

First Trailer for Dan Trachtenberg’s Prey Expands the Predator Universe

Six years after breaking out with 10 Cloverfield Lane, director Dan Trachtenberg is back with his next feature, one which hopes to revitalize the Predator fran...

First Look at Cristi Puiu’s Dramatic Comedy MMXX

Following up his stellar, 3.5-hour drama Malmkrog, Romanian director Cristi Puiu has quietly completed production on his next feature. MMXX, a dramatic comedy ...

Exclusive Trailer for BAMcinemaFest 2022 Celebrates the Year’s Best in Indie Filmmaking

For those looking to experience the best that indie filmmaking has to offer, an eclectic NYC festival is now back in full force this month. After a consolidate...

Mia Hansen-Løve on One Fine Morning and Showing a Different Side of Léa Seydoux

For Mia Hansen-Løve, the 2022 Cannes Film Festival marked a few returns. A year on from premiering Bergman Island, Hansen-Løve screened One Fine Morning, the d...

Trailer for David Lynch’s 4K Restoration of Lost Highway is Here to Haunt Your Nightmares

While the brief, unfounded buzz that a new David Lynch film would premiere at Cannes proved to indeed be a pipe dream, this past year has brought the next best...

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

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

Tony Gilroy Returns in First Trailer for Behemoth!

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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