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The Life of Chuck Review: A Childish Take on Universal Experience

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. The Life of Chuck opens in theaters on June 6. In just over a decade, Mike Fla...

Japan Cuts’ 2025 Lineup Features Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Teki Cometh & More

The last decade of cinema has brought no greater certification than Kiyoshi Kurosawa as Japan's preeminent filmmaker. The thought occurs to me looking at the p...

A Big Bold Beautiful Journey Trailer: Kogonada Sets Margot Robbie and Colin Farrell on an Adventure

Following his tender, formally precise indie dramas Columbus and After Yang, video-essayist-turned-filmmaker Kogonada is stepping up to the big leagues with hi...

10 Films to See in June

Though the summer movie season got off to a stronger start than last year, June is a bit lacking for promising tentpoles. Yet looking deeper, there's plenty to...

Jeanne Balibar Forms an Unlikely Connection in Exclusive Trailer for Cannes Selection Let Me Go

Legendary French actress Jeanne Balibar teamed with Maxime Rappaz for his directorial debut Let Me Go, a drama about self-discovery set in the Swiss Alps, whic...

Clint Eastwood Intends to Direct a New Feature: “There’s No Reason Why a Man Can’t Get Better with Age”

It would be no disrespect to imagine Clint Eastwood, who turns 95 tomorrow, might have retired. Even if his nigh incomprehensible age were no factor, last year...

Exclusive Trailer for 7 Walks with Mark Brown Takes a Tender Look at Normandy’s Flora

One of the loveliest titles I saw at last year's New York Film Festival was Pierre Creton (A Prince) and Vincent Barré's tranquil, rejuvenating new documentary...

Cannes Review: Imago Finds a Chechen-Born Filmmaker Searching For Home

Halfway through Imago, an engaging documentary from Déni Oumar Pitsaev, the director has a conversation with his mother about the piece of property she bought ...

New to Streaming: Who by Fire, A Desert, Bono: Stories of Surrender, On Swift Horses & 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...

NYC Weekend Watch: Hatari! on IB Technicolor

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Roxy CinemaWe're presenting an IB Technicolor print of Howard Hawks' Hatari! this Friday an...

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

Is This Thing On? Review: Bradley Cooper’s Gentle Film About Marital Strife

Marty Supreme Review: Timothée Chalamet Reaches a New Pinnacle in Josh Safdie’s Propulsive Drama

Cover-Up Review: The Most Important American Documentary of the Year

Features

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2025

New to Streaming: One Battle After Another, It Was Just an Accident, Song to Song, The Running Man & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Twin Peaks, Breezy, Gus Van Sant, Ken Jacobs & More

Interviews

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

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

Podcasts

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

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

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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