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Tuesday Review: Julia Louis-Dreyfus is Brilliant in Flawed, Effective Fairy Tale About Death

If you're quirk-averse, you might be immediately put off by a cursory description of Daina Oniunas-Pusić's debut feature, Tuesday, in which Julia Louis-Dreyfus...

The Small Back Room Restoration Trailer: An Underseen Powell & Pressburger Gem Returns to Theaters

It's been decades since they've passed, but this summer is shaping up to be the season of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Alongside MoMA's massive retro...

Japan Cuts 2024 Includes Films by Hideaki Anno, Takeshi Kitano, Shinya Tsukamoto, Shinji Somai & More

Comprising international premieres, short programs, and some of the country's finest-ever films in new restorations, 2024's Japan Cuts––running July 10-21 at N...

Exclusive Trailer Debut for America: Everything You’ve Ever Dreamed Of Introduces the Films of Rhody Streeter and Tony Ganz

Continuing their streak of restorations seemingly nobody would even think to undertake, The Film Desk will soon premiere a program of ten shorts directed by Rh...

The Devil’s Bath Trailer: Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge Directors Return with Harrowing Tale

Goodnight Mommy and The Lodge directors Veronika Franz and Severin Fiala are back with another harrowing tale, but this time hewing closer to real life than pr...

Vicky Krieps on Isolated Characters, Being Directed by Viggo Mortensen, and Subverting the Western

Back in March, Vicky Krieps returned to her hometown to serve as jury president at the 14th edition of the Luxembourg City Film Festival. "I did one in Deauvil...

Banel & Adama Review: Ramata-Toulaye Sy Crafts an Intoxicating, Bold Directorial Debut

A directorial debut programmed into the main Cannes competition is typically viewed with suspicion, if not overlooked altogether. Very rare is that lightning-i...

Viggo Mortensen on the Subtle Power of Vicky Krieps and the History of Western Cinema

In the heart of Western Europe, above the gorge of the Alzette river, sits Luxembourg City, a trash-free Eurotopia where the trams are free and the streets are...

Elaine May Finally Gets the Biography She Deserves

Before now there has never been a full-length biography of Elaine May, the icon known for being one-half of Nichols and May and the director of A New Leaf, The...

14 Films to See in June

The summer movie season continues with a handful of festival highlights coming to theaters, including Cannes premieres both from this and last year, alongside ...

News

David Fincher’s Remastered Se7en Comes to IMAX to Kick Off 2025

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

Trailers

Nicole Kidman and Harris Dickinson Find Pleasure in New Trailer for Babygirl

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

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

Appreciating a Pioneer: Pittsburgh Celebrates Queer Local Filmmaker Roger Jacoby with World Premiere Restorations

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

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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