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The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo Trailer: Chile’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens in December

Winner of the Un Certain Regard Award at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, Diego Céspedes' feature debut The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo was selected as Chile...

NYC Weekend Watch: The Straight Story, Strange Days, Le Heist Français & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaThe Straight Story, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, and Interiors play on 35mm while Le...

New to Streaming: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Train Dreams, After the Hunt, Megadoc, and 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...

“That Cut Is Stanley’s Cut”: Nigel Galt on Editing Eyes Wide Shut with Kubrick

What is it to spend 15 months in a room with—let's just speculate—the most influential filmmaker of all-time on his final project, a work for which they did no...

The Film Stage’s 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

The holidays are upon us, so whether you're looking for film-related gifts or simply want to get for yourself some of the finest this year had to offer, we hav...

Cover-Up Trailer: Laura Poitras Returns with Essential Portrait of Investigative Journalism

Returning with another astounding documentary after All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, Laura Poitras has teamed with Mark Obenhaus to direct Cover-Up, a portrai...

The Moment Trailer: Charli XCX Navigates Music Stardom in Meta A24 Feature

Get ready for a Charli XCX winter. After quite a major last few years, the British pop icon is now leading a new meta feature from A24 titled The Moment. Direc...

Zodiac Killer Project Review: The True Crime Doc to End All True Crime Docs

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Sundance coverage. Zodiac Killer Project opens in theaters on November 21. What would a f...

Reflection in a Dead Diamond Review: A Feverish, Visceral Assault on the Senses

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Berlinale coverage. Reflection in a Dead Diamond opens in theaters on November 21 and arrives on...

Rental Family Review: Brendan Fraser Shines in Sweet, Slight Drama

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 TIFF coverage. Rental Family opens in theaters on November 21. There is a moment early in Hik...

News

Exclusive Palestine 36 Poster and Clip: Palestine’s Oscar Entry Tells an Epic Tale of Resistance

Netflix Buys Warner Bros. for $82 Billion

John Waters’ Top 10 Films of 2025 Include Eddington, Final Destination Bloodlines, Sirāt & More

Trailers

Jean-Pierre Léaud Goes West In Exclusive Trailer for Luc Moullet’s A Girl Is a Gun

My Father’s Shadow Trailer: U.K.’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

The President’s Cake Trailer: Iraq’s Oscar Entry and Cannes Winner Opens This February

Reviews

The Chronology of Water Review: Kristen Stewart’s Elemental Calling Card for Directorial Greatness

La Grazia Review: Paolo Sorrentino Struggles to Match Toni Servillo’s Talents

WTO/99 Review: A Stark Reminder of Our American Police State

Features

Four Films to See From 2025 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival

Posterized December 2025: Resurrection, No Other Choice, The Plague & More

New to Streaming: Jay Kelly, Reflection in a Dead Diamond, Stranger Eyes, The Family McMullen & More

Interviews

A Magical Life: Train Dreams Cinematographer Adolpho Veloso on Capturing a Film of Memories

Reflection in a Dead Diamond Directors on James Bond, Satoshi Kon, and Crafting a Cinematic Orgasm

Edward Burns on The Family McMullen, His Underseen Films, and Getting Tom Petty to Score His Second Movie

Podcasts

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

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

Emulsion Ep. 18 – Carlo Chatrian on the Tokyo International Film Festival and Future of Cinema Culture

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