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Cannes Review: Annette is a Gnarled Musical that Marks a Bracing Return for Leos Carax

In Annette, a provocative comedian (Adam Driver) and renowned opera singer (Marion Cotillard) fall in love and have a gifted child. Written and composed by Ron...

First Trailer for Ari Folman’s Where Is Anne Frank Arrives Ahead of Cannes Premiere

Following his live-action/animation hybrid The Congress in 2013, Waltz with Bashir director Ari Folman is finally returning this year with his long-awaited pro...

Taron Egerton Replaces Robert Pattinson in Claire Denis’ Stars at Noon

The Stars at Noon, Claire Denis' long-awaited Denis Johnson adaptation, will sadly not be a High Life reunion. While on the press tour for her ambitious sci-fi...

Val Kilmer Looks Inward In Trailer for Decades-Spanning Documentary Val

If, initially, I am not quite sure what to do with the knowledge that Val Kilmer has "amassed thousands of hours of footage" shot over 40 years, my being nonpl...

Charlotte Gainsbourg Shines Light on Mother In Trailer for Cannes Entry Jane By Charlotte

If the list of great and notable directors with whom Charlotte Gainsbourg's collaborated is longer than my arm, new, one wonders why it took this long for her ...

Watch the First Teaser from Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground Ahead of Cannes Premiere

Following Edgar Wright's The Sparks Brothers, it seems to be the year of auteur-directed music documentaries. This time around, the band is a bit more well-kno...

No Sudden Move Review: Steven Soderbergh’s Noir Homage is Both Relaxed and Invigorating

Steven Soderbergh is one of the few commercial American directors who makes films about money—stealing it (the Oceans trilogy, Out of Sight, The Informant!, Th...

Black Widow Review: Standalone Superhero Spy Adventure Suffers From Standard MCU Third-Act Woes

It’s been over four years, and what feels like a lifetime of online debate, since the release of Wonder Woman, a female-led superhero film that was praised as ...

Cinephile Game Night’s July 2021 Lineup Features Letterboxd, Film Intuition, Still Processing Director Sophy Romvari

Watch here or below! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCImdH2thvw&feature=youtu.be We’re excited to announce that Cinephile Game Night will return f...

First Trailer for Hong Sangsoo’s Cannes Selection In Front of Your Face

Another week passes, another (likely) excellent Hong Sangsoo film premieres. Just five months since Berlinale selection Introduction will the South Korean mast...

News

New Restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils Leads Cannes Classics 2026 Lineup

Whit Stillman Plans Return with Adam Brody-Led A Night at Claridge’s; Sebastian Stan and Ana de Armas to Lead Felipe Gálvez’s Impunity

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s Rare Touching the Skin of Eeriness Screens May 19

Trailers

Kamal Aljafari Documents a Vanishing Land In Exclusive Trailer Debut for With Hasan in Gaza

Dominic Sessa is Anthony Bourdain in First Trailer for Matt Johnson’s Tony

Christopher Nolan Dreams Big in the New Trailer for The Odyssey

Reviews

Blue Film Review: Masterful Two-Hander Confronts Flaws with Empathy

Our Land (Nuestra Tierra) Review: Lucrecia Martel’s Essential Document of Indigenous Resistance

This is Not a Drill Review: A Sharp Portrait of Climate Activists Who Still Fight

Features

Posterized May 2026: Renoir, I Love Boosters, Backrooms & More

New to Streaming: A Magnificent Life, Wuthering Heights, Stranger Eyes, An Unfinished Film & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Tony Leung, Bellissima, Whisper of the Heart & More

Interviews

Silent Friend Director Ildikó Enyedi on Capturing a Tree’s Perspective and the State of a Soul

Arnaud Desplechin on Two Pianos, Nervous Breakdowns, and Making Cinema Bigger Than Life

“Objectivity Is Not Possible”: Lucrecia Martel on Crafting Her First Documentary

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

The B-Sides of Steve Martin with Eric D. Snider

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