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The Life Ahead Review: Sophia Loren Elevates Dated Drama

Sophia Loren earned her status as a cinema legend through her portrayals of women who were larger than life, yet specific enough, that we felt we might encount...

Francisca Review: Manoel de Oliveira’s Epic is an Achievement in Nearly Every Frame

Cinematic representations of passion usually involve hot color schemes, sweaty images and fiery emotions, symbols of riveting and uncontrollable desire. In his...

DOC NYC Review: The Letter Opens Up a Harrowing Tale of Religiously Motivated Murder in Kenya

The subject of married directing duo Maia Lekow and Chris King's The Letter isn't just one piece of correspondence. It's instead a type that's been gaining tra...

Smooth Talk, The Parallax View, Ousmane Sembène & More Coming to Criterion In February

The Criterion Collection continues 2021 with a recently rediscovered classic, an established tenet of the conspiracy genre, a horribly underrepresented African...

Watch Abel Ferrara’s New Documentary Sportin’ Life

You cannot stop Abel Ferrara. You should not try to stop Abel Ferrara—American (or wherever he can get funding) cinema still needs its uncompromising bravados,...

New to Streaming: Francisca, Claire Denis, Divine Love, Art of the Real & More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

Fatman Review: Mel Gibson as Santa Yields Nothing But Coal

Is attempting to pervert the happiest time of year still a fresh approach? No, but Fatman sure thinks so. Is putting folklore into our reality a good excuse fo...

The B-Side – Kate Beckinsale

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about movie stars and filmmakers and not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the...

DOC NYC Review: Landfall Explores Hypocrisy, Passionate Rebellion, and Promise for the Future in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is the oldest colony in the world. Think about that. The United States retains the island as an "unincorporated possession" without any national re...

A Teen Wrestles with Tradition In Trailer for Sean Price Williams-Shot Ainu Mosir

Ava DuVernay's release imprint, Array, has become a distributor to watch over recent years, curating acquisitions that are not only under-the-radar but feel re...

News

Criterion Collection’s February 2025 Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Crossing Delancey & More

Exclusive: New Restoration of Queer Drama By Hook or By Crook Acquired by Altered Innocence for Spring 2025 Release

Tilda Swinton Says The Room Next Door May Be Her Last Film as New Trailer Arrives

Trailers

Pamela Anderson is The Last Showgirl in First Trailer for Gia Coppola’s Drama

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Endless Summer Syndrome Unveils Provocative French Drama

Beatles ’64 Trailer: Martin Scorsese Captures the Band’s First Visit to America

Reviews

Allen Sunshine Review: A Tranquil Debut Feature with a World of Feeling

Gladiator II Review: Ridley Scott’s Sequel Bests Predecessor By Going Dumb

Riga Review: Dreamy Stereoscopic 3D Folk Tale Twittering Soul is One of a Kind

Features

New to Streaming: Megalopolis, Rumours, Look Into My Eyes, An Almost Christmas Story, and More

NYC Weekend Watch: The Limits of Control, Ealing Studios & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Payal Kapadia on All We Imagine as Light, Impermanence, Magical Realism, and Trilogy Plans

Barry Keoghan on Young Fatherhood, Loving La La Land, and the Movement of Andrea Arnold’s Bird

NYC Weekend Watch: Ken Kelsch, Il Grido, Flesh for Frankenstein 3D & More

Podcasts

The B-Side – Gwyneth Paltrow (with Cory Everett)

The B-Side – Vincent Price (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side – Tim Burton (with Maria Lewis)

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