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NYC Weekend Watch: Wong Kar Wai, La Piscine, Vertigo & More

After a 14-month hiatus as theaters in New York City and beyond closed their doors during the pandemic, we're delighted to announce the return of NYC Weekend W...

The Woman in the Window Review: Joe Wright’s Throwback Potboiler is an Unsatisfying Hodgepodge

Perhaps the most clever idea in this prestigious throwback to potboilers of yore, The Woman in the Window, is how it upends the bourgeois escapism of most thri...

Army of the Dead Review: Zack Snyder Indulges in the Best and Worst of the Zombie Genre

It seems strange to call a Zack Snyder movie nostalgic. Over the last decade the director has spent all his energy operating within the superhero industrial co...

Chloë Sevigny and Eleanor Friedberger Open a World of Menace and Music in Trailer for Slow Machine

An out-of-the-blue surprise from last year's festival circuit, Slow Machine is a simmering thriller, Rivettian game of shifting identity, musical documentary, ...

The Perfect Candidate Review: Haifaa Al-Mansour Examines Misogyny in Saudi Arabia with Political Crowdpleaser

A lot has changed in Saudi Arabia since Haifaa Al-Mansour last made a film in her home country. Wadjda, Al-Mansour’s 2012 debut, was the first feature shot ent...

Edgar Wright & Company Celebrate The Sparks Brothers in First Trailer

Few documentaries exude as much love and care for their subject as Edgar Wright's first non-fiction film, The Sparks Brothers. Following the overlooked yet hug...

The B-Side – Alan J. Pakula (with Blake Howard)

Welcome to The B-Side, from The Film Stage. Here we talk about filmmakers! Not the movies that made them famous or kept them famous, but the ones that they mad...

Bong Joon-ho to Direct Korean Animation Set in the Deep Sea

Following his landmark drama Parasite, all eyes are turned to what Bong Joon-ho will be directing next. While he's previously said he's working on both a Korea...

First Trailer for Céline Sciamma’s Acclaimed Drama Petite Maman

Following up her universally acclaimed Portrait of a Lady on Fire, Céline Sciamma was able to get a film off the ground and completed during the pandemic. Peti...

Alexandre Aja on Translating Oxygen Into French, His Single-Location Obsession, and Casting Mélanie Laurent

French filmmaker Alexandre Aja’s newest film, Oxygen, finds Mélanie Laurent trapped inside a cryogenic chamber with a little less than 90 minutes of air left i...

News

David Chase Sets LSD Film; New Updates on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson, David Lowery, and Sacha Baron Cohen Projects

Exclusive Poster for Bingham Bryant’s FID Marseille Debut El espejismo

New 4-Hour Director’s Cut of Kevin Costner’s Dances with Wolves Will Premiere at Locarno 2026

Trailers

Will Poulter Navigates an American Crisis In First Trailer for Union County

Exclusive Trailer for Japan Cuts 2026 Highlights the Best of New Japanese Cinema

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Traverse Giallo Underworld In Trailer for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Reviews

Camp Review: An Absorbing, Dreamlike Journey of Finding Yourself

Jackass: Best and Last Review: Knoxville & Co. Return for One Last Encore

Romería Review: A Personal Tale of Intergenerational Dissonance

Features

15 Films to See at Japan Cuts 2026

New to Streaming: The Prisoner, Silent Friend, Obsession, Fiume o morte! & More

NYC Weekend Watch: 70mm Conspiracies, Immigrants, Spectres, Sherman’s March & More

Interviews

David Wain on the Hard Work of Making Dumb Jokes

Ross McElwee on Remake and the Painful, Profound Process of Making a Testament to His Son’s Life

Tamra Davis on Billy Madison, Half Baked, Watching Fellini and Coppola on Set, Bonding with Britney Spears, and The Best Summer

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Julia Roberts with Joe Reid

The B-Sides of Steven Spielberg with Bilge Ebiri

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

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