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August on the Criterion Channel Includes Maurice Pialat, Michael Roemer, Sammo Hung & More

Intended or not, the Criterion Channel's programming of Maurice Pialat and Michael Roemer pairs two auteurs who spoke the same death-riddled language. August's...

Exclusive Trailer for Hong Sangsoo’s By the Stream Finds a Day In True Love

While effectively every Hong Sangsoo film nabs nice responses from those who seek it out, By the Stream has carried a tad more weight––the sense that, after a ...

Kiyoshi Kurosawa on His Major Year of Cloud, Chime, and Serpent’s Path

Note: This interview was originally published as part of our 2024 Beyond Fest coverage. Cloud opens in theaters on July 18. Every year is a good year to adm...

Eddington Review: Ari Aster’s Ambitious 2020 Period Piece Works in Fits and Spurts

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2025 Cannes coverage. Eddington opens in theaters on July 18. In Eddington, Ari Aster’s latest doo...

Drowning Dry Director Laurynas Bareiša on Finding Comedy in Tragedy, Nicolas Roeg, and the Things We Can’t Process

Note: This interview was originally published as part of our 2025 New Directors/New Films coverage. Drowning Dry opens in theaters on July 18. Conan O'Brien...

A Little Prayer Trailer: Angus MacLachlan’s Lovely Drama Finally Arrives This August

A lovely film that has had quite a path to distribution will finally be arriving to close out the summer. Junebug writer Angus MacLachlan's latest feature A Li...

It’s Never Over, Jeff Buckley Trailer Documents a Life Cut Tragically Short

One of the great artists who had far too little time on this planet, Jeff Buckley's life and legacy get unearthed in the latest film from Oscar-nominated direc...

Amnesiascope and Rohmer Fits Present Éric Rohmer’s A Tale of Summer July 22—25

My screening series Amnesiascope will return to the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research on July 22, 24, and 25 with Éric Rohmer’s A Tale of Summer, ...

Riefenstahl Trailer Examines the Contradictions of the Nazi Propagandist Filmmaker

As fascism rears its ugly head once more across the United States and beyond, it is ever more important to remember our heinous history. Written and directed b...

Hal Hartley Returns In Where to Land Trailer Starring Bill Sage, Robert John Burke, and Edie Falco

To paraphrase Kent Jones on John Carpenter: America doesn’t have so many great directors to spare that it can afford to let Hal Hartley fall through the cracks...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

Is This Thing On? Review: Bradley Cooper’s Gentle Film About Marital Strife

Marty Supreme Review: Timothée Chalamet Reaches a New Pinnacle in Josh Safdie’s Propulsive Drama

Cover-Up Review: The Most Important American Documentary of the Year

Features

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2025

New to Streaming: One Battle After Another, It Was Just an Accident, Song to Song, The Running Man & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Twin Peaks, Breezy, Gus Van Sant, Ken Jacobs & More

Interviews

The Testament of Ann Lee Cinematographer William Rexer on Capturing the Dance and Believing in Mona Fastvold

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

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

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

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