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The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Includes Terence Davies, Ulrike Ottinger, Round Midnight & More

Sometimes it's like they read your mind—or just notice upcoming releases as you do. Whatever the case, I'm thrilled that the release of Terence Davies' Benedic...

Cannes Review: Tchaikovsky’s Wife is a Hypnotizing Portrait of a Tumultuous Marriage

“I don’t want to be a symbol,” Kirill Serebrennikov told the New York Times earlier this year. Good luck with that. When Leto was selected for the Cannes Film ...

Mondocane Review: Post-Apocalyptic Italian Tale Takes an Uninspired Route

Sometimes it can be a little sad to watch a director blatantly make a bid for mainstream American acceptance (or rather future Marvel gig), and in the case of ...

NYC Weekend Watch: David Cronenberg, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, The Heroic Trio & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy Cinema A 35mm-heavy David Cronenberg retro is underway, with Dead Ringers playing F...

Ralph Fiennes & Jessica Chastain’s Trip Goes Awry in First Trailer for John Michael McDonagh’s The Forgiven

Before Martin McDonagh's In Bruges reunion The Banshees of Inisherin arrives this fall, the latest from his brother John Michael McDonagh, The Forgiven, opens ...

Jessie Buckley & Rory Kinnear on the Unnerving Provocation of Men, Gender Dynamics, and Fables

Alex Garland built his career on cerebral sci-fi. The novelist-turned-screenwriter-turned-director was responsible for two of the most acclaimed science fictio...

Cannes Review: Marco Bellocchio’s Exterior Night is a Riveting Historical Thriller

Most films ask nothing of you. You simply press play and watch the story unfold, gleaning context as the filmmaker colors in their narrative. But the occasiona...

Hold Your Fire Review: Hostage Situation Sheds Light on America as a White Supremacist Nation

An "us versus them" mentality inherently possesses the drama many documentarians seek to bottle when telling their stories. They mine their topic for the messa...

Torn Hearts Review: Never Meet Your Idols

Keeping things in the family isn't always easy—just ask the Gallagher Brothers. Blood doesn't mean anything once fame and fortune enter the fray because outsid...

David Bordwell & Kristin Thompson Make a Selection of Film Analysis Books Available for Free

If you're looking to take a summer film analysis course for free, David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson have graciously offered that opportunity. The invaluable ...

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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