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David Cronenberg Discusses Consumed Adaptation and the “Very Conservative” Netflix

When it rains it pours, and after a long drought David Cronenberg is present as ever. It'd be satiating enough were we only days from a Cannes premiere for Cri...

The Mother and the Whore Trailer Heralds 4K Restorations of Jean Eustache

For years—I'm talking years—the films of Jean Eustache, post-New Wave genius and forefather of more than you'd ever realize, were basically impossible to find ...

The Criterion Collection’s August Lineup Includes the Safdies, Frownland, Marcel Carné & More

Following one of their better months of late, Criterion ring in the second half of 2022 (I know) with a pendulum swing between recent cult favorites and pre-wa...

Fire Walk with Me Turns 30: David Lynch’s Uncompromising Character Study is the Beating Heart of Twin Peaks

The opening act of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is easily misread as cynical. Its first shot, a metal bat shattering a television screen, violently severs the...

Emma Thompson Explores Her Desires in First Trailer for Good Luck to You, Leo Grande

One of the most pleasant surprises at this year's Sundance Film Festival was the latest film from Australian director Sophie Hyde. Good Luck to You, Leo Grande...

Bertrand Bonello Casts George MacKay in The Beast, Bong Joon-ho’s Mickey7 Sets August Start & More

Following the tragic passing of Gaspard Ulliel, one of the projects he was attached to has found a new actor. 1917 star George MacKay will now lead Bertrand Bo...

Tahara Trailer: Rachel Sennott & Madeline Grey DeFreece Find Unexpected Romance in High School Dramedy

A few months before Shiva Baby premiered at SXSW 2020 and led to a breakout for star Rachel Sennott upon its TIFF screenings and subsequent 2021 release, anoth...

Adèle Haenel Steps Away From the Film Industry: It’s “Reactionary, Racist, and Patriarchal”

It's no mere coincidence that Adèle Haenel hasn't made a movie since 2019's trio of Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Deerskin, and Heroes Don't Die. While the Frenc...

Hideaki Anno Returns to Live-Action in First Trailer for Shin Kamen Rider

Let's appreciate Hideaki Anno so long as he's with us. Less than a year since gifting us a fitting, fittingly head-spinning finale to his Evangelion saga, his ...

Stream John Carpenter’s Firestarter Score

John Carpenter's current musical output is so voluminous it's almost easy to take him for granted. After a recent run on the Halloween sequels—and before this ...

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

Features

The Film Stage’s 2026 Tribeca Festival Portrait Gallery

NYC Weekend Watch: Italian History, Universal Westerns, Black Cops & More

Posterized June 2026: Maddie’s Secret, The Furious, Drunken Noodles & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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