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Newly Restored Films by Mira Nair, John Carpenter, Lynne Ramsay & More Will Premiere at the 59th NYFF

Following their Main Slate announcement, Film at Lincoln Center has now unveiled the slate of new restorations set to premiere at the 59th New York Film Festiv...

Rare Beasts Review: Billie Piper Crafts a Singular Vision of Emotional Schizophrenia

I love this line from the director notes of Rare Beasts: "When you live through nihilism/cynicism/hopelessness, your view of the world is not necessarily as it...

Exclusive U.S. Trailer for Nobuhiko Obayashi’s Farewell Opus Labyrinth of Cinema

Passing away in April of last year, Japanese director Nobuhiko Obayashi left behind a surreal, fascinating body of work. While he was most known for his Criter...

Demonic Review: Unimaginative Possession Thriller Doesn’t Play to Neill Blomkamp’s Strengths

Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi work finds its chief pleasures as a cinema of the hyperreal. Aliens, robots, and impossibly cool implements of destruction exist fiftee...

Criterion’s November Titles Include 4K Debut and Once Upon a Time in China Box Set

November's a major month for Criterion, who round out 2021 with an induction into the 4K market. Surprising precisely nobody, all 2,160 pixels of their Citizen...

Spike Lee Delivers New Documentary Epic in Trailer for NYC Epicenters: 9/11-> 2021½

Spike Lee's best film this century is not 25th Hour; it's not Inside Man; I'll defend Oldboy but, come on; it's definitely not American Utopia; and whatever a ...

Exclusive Trailer for Isabella Finds Matías Piñeiro Vibrantly Expanding His Shakespeare-Inspired Universe

Joel Coen and Steven Spielberg aren't the only filmmakers drawing from William Shakespeare as of late. Matías Piñeiro, who has playfully done so for much of hi...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 440 – Val (with Sheri Linden)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Bill Graham, and Robyn Bahr are joined by Sheri Linden to discuss the ne...

Wild Indian Trailer: A Dark Secret Reemerges in Acclaimed Sundance Drama

One of the more ambitious films I saw at Sundance Film Festival earlier this year was Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.'s Wild Indian. Featuring a stellar performance ...

Fantasia Review: Love, Life and Goldfish is a Feel-Good Rom-Com Musical

There are two types of people in this world: those who find a 90-minute romantic comedy musical with a 90-second song serving as an intermission break twee; an...

News

First Look at Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden Starring Virginie Efira

Justine Triet Sets Next Feature with Fonda Starring Mia Goth, Andrew Scott, Frank Dillane & More

Exclusive Clip and Poster for Ramzi Bashour’s Sundance Premiere Hot Water Introduces Mother-Son Road Comedy

Trailers

A Scenario Multiplies In First Trailer for Hong Sangsoo’s The Day She Returns

Exclusive Trailer for Saša Vajda’s Berlinale Premiere The Lights, They Fall

Scare Out Trailer: Zhang Yimou’s Spy Thriller Starring Jackson Yee Arrives This Month

Reviews

Sundance Review: Shame and Money is a Pressure Cooker Drama About the Crushing Demands of Capitalism

Sundance Review: Jaripeo is an Immersive Portrait of Mexico’s Queer Rodeo Culture

Sundance Review: Ghost in the Machine Lays Out the Evils on Which A.I. is Built

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Short Cuts, Strange Days, Silent Hill & More

New to Streaming: Sundance 2026, Peter Hujar’s Day, Ella McCay & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

The Love That Remains Director Hlynur Pálmason on the Preciousness of Time and Spontaneous Filmmaking

One Battle After Another Production Designer Florencia Martin on Building Paul Thomas Anderson’s Detailed World

“You’re Leaning Into the Ugliness”: Michael Bauman on Shooting One Battle After Another for Paul Thomas Anderson

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 175 – Rachel McAdams

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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