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The B-Side Ep. 164 – Mike Leigh (with Alex Heeney)

Welcome to The B-Side! Here we talk about movie directors! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they made in between.&nb...

J. Hoberman on 1960s New York, Protests, Alternative Press, and Sinners

To paraphrase Margaret O’Brien in Meet Me in St. Louis: Wasn’t I lucky to come of age in my favorite city? For one thing, my impressionable undergraduate years...

New to Streaming: Friendship, Final Destination Bloodlines, An Unfinished Film, 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...

Enter a Mystical World in the First Trailer for Realm of Satan

After seeing some 18 months ago at Sundance Film Festival in 2024, I've been waiting for release news of Scott Cumming’s formally compelling documentary R...

Emulsion Episode Eight: The Jag and Familiar Touch

I've spent my offline hours producing The Jag, a new play that runs from June 21 to July 6 at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research. Even without some of my...

NYC Weekend Watch: Almayer’s Folly, J. Hoberman, Tom Cruise & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Museum of Modern ArtA Theater Near You includes films by Chantal Akerman, Bertolucci, Aldri...

“The Phones Became Weapons”: Anthony Dod Mantle on Animating 28 Years Later with Danny Boyle

Anthony Dod Mantle has done more to advance digital photography than nearly any artist in any medium, a fact his humility rendered somewhat subtle during a car...

Exclusive Trailer for Ramon Zürcher’s The Sparrow in the Chimney, Arriving This August

Since its premiere at last year's Locarno Film Festival, we've long-awaited the U.S. release of Ramon Zürcher's The Sparrow in the Chimney, the trilogy-capper ...

28 Years Later Review: A Legacy Sequel Frenetic in Energy and Ideas

You can say that Danny Boyle was once the filmmaking avatar of Cool Britannia: a director who, at age 40, still managed to perfectly capture the zeitgeist of 2...

Familiar Touch Review: Sarah Friedland’s Wonderfully Gentle Debut Heralds a New Voice

Note: This review was originally published as part of our Venice 2024 coverage. Familiar Touch opens in theaters on June 20. In a sunny kitchen in Calif...

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

The Plague Review: Bullying Drama of Paranoia Requries Suspension of Disbelief

No Other Choice Review: Park Chan-wook’s Rage-Filled and Blood-Drenched Thriller

The Testament of Ann Lee Review: Amanda Seyfried Gives Her Finest Performance Yet

Features

Ankit Jhunjhunwala’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Alistair Ryder’s Top 10 Films of 2025

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

Mona Fastvold on The Testament of Ann Lee, Refusing to Compromise, and Cinematic Traditions

“Maybe Sometimes Something Works”: Nathan Silver on Carol & Joy

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

Podcasts

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

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

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

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