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Ethan Hunt Returns in First Trailer for Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One

The last action franchise––or perhaps Hollywood franchise, in general––worth giving a damn about is finally returning next summer. After a few pandemic-related...

James Gray Says Hollywood is Destroying the Cultural Impact of Movies—But He Has a Fix

A new film from James Gray also means new interviews with one of filmmaking's most brilliant minds. Following the premiere of his autobiographical drama Armage...

Cannes Review: Triangle of Sadness is a Scatological Rinsing of Wealth and Hubris

Ruben Östlund might like his fish in a barrel but he's a ruthless shot. Following a Palme d'Or win for The Square, the Swedish filmmaker returns to Cannes in c...

David Bowie is Waiting in the Sky in the First Trailer for Brett Morgen’s Moonage Daydream

In a trailer that sells an experience more like 2001: A Space Odyssey than your standard music documentary, the first look at Brett Morgen's David Bowie specta...

Cannes Review: Arnaud Desplechin’s Brother and Sister is a Furious Melodrama

It is lonely being an Anglophone Arnaud Desplechin fan, let alone one based in the U.K. A strong cult generated in the aftermath of his '00s arthouse hits King...

Cannes Review: War Pony Marks a Strong Directorial Debut for Riley Keough and Gina Gammell

There are 574 federally recognized Native American tribes in the United States. South Dakota is home to nine, the majority of which lie on the western half. Al...

Cannes Review: Boy from Heaven is an Engaging, Conventional Mosque-Set Spy Thriller

Spy thrillers are a dime a dozen. Rarer is encountering one set in an Egyptian mosque, much less Al-Azhar, one of the most significant mosques in Islamic histo...

Cannes Review: God’s Creatures Finds Emily Watson in Stellar Form

Some actors slip into familiar roles like old sweaters. Emily Watson might prefer a raincoat. The actress first graced our screens in Breaking the Waves for La...

Marielle Heller, Paul Greengrass, Audrey Diwan, Michel Gondry & More Set Next Films

The Cannes market ensures there is no shortage of news updates, and so we have another round-up. The talented Marielle Heller has found her next project as Var...

Cannes Review: Jerzy Skolimowski’s Eo is a Bressonian Joy

In one of analytic philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein's most widely shared quotes, he mused that "if a lion could talk, we would not understand him.” The barrier ...

News

Locarno Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Eleanor Coppola’s Documentary on the Making of Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette Is Coming Soon

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

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 Kidnapping of Arabella Review: Offbeat Italian Road Trip Comedy

Night Nurse Review: A Perverse, Seductive Thriller

Barrio Triste Review: One of the Year’s Great Debuts

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

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

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

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