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Don’t Look Up Review: Adam McKay’s Satirical Doomsday Comedy Hits More Than Misses

Articulating why it’s easy to agree with writer-director Adam McKay’s politics while disliking his films isn’t so hard. Though a smart man who can hold his own...

M. Night Shyamalan Will Follow Old with Dave Bautista-Led Knock at the Cabin

Update: Speaking to JoBlo, Shyamalan revealed Knock at the Cabin will be "one continuous take." Original story is below. Old might not be M. Night Shyamalan...

Being the Ricardos Review: Aaron Sorkin’s Lucy and Desi Drama is Lifeless and Muddled

Taking place over the course of one chaotic week during the production of sitcom staple I Love Lucy, Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos spins more plates than i...

Download the 2021 Awards Season Screenplays

One of the few benefits of the awards race is Hollywood’s outpouring of materials associated with the contenders. Perhaps the biggest perk is the release of fu...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 454 – The Power of the Dog (with Charlie Nash)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Charlie Nash to discuss Jane C...

New Trailer for The Matrix Resurrections Fuses Past and Present

Years of anticipation and months of micro-studying that trailer are winnowing down to a matter of weeks. Our expectations for The Matrix Resurrections are much...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Iuli Gerbase’s The Pink Cloud Presciently Examines a Relationship in Lockdown

While many filmmakers have been rushing to cinematically capture the feelings of isolation, despair, and all-around strangeness of the last year-and-a-half, Br...

Paul Verhoeven to Reteam with RoboCop & Starship Troopers Writer for Young Sinner

After a few pandemic-related delays, Paul Verhoeven's Benedetta finally premiered at Cannes earlier this year and, as of this past weekend, is in U.S. theaters...

DOC NYC Review: We Are Russia is an Immersive Look at an Impossible Political Protest

Despite having premiered in 2019 with some subsequent updates, Alexandra Dalsbaek's documentary We Are Russia still feels as if it is a work-in-progress beyond...

New to Streaming: The Power of the Dog, Azor, Alfred Hitchcock, The Last Duel, and More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week's selections below and past r...

News

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Trailers

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

I Am Frankelda Review: Mexico’s First Stop-Motion Feature Speaks Truth to Power

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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