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The Criterion Collection’s June Lineup Includes The Human Condition, Marlon Riggs, Pariah & More

The Criterion Collection's June 2021 lineup has been unveiled, led by Masaki Kobayashi's staggering, 9.5-hour epic The Human Condition, a seven-film set dedica...

Zack Snyder’s Justice League Review: A Bombastic Superhero Epic with a Singular Vision

There recently went viral a clip from some adult cartoon wherein one character mouthed the oft-mentioned Martin Scorsese opinion that superhero films were ruin...

Berlin Review: Dasha Nekrasova’s Debut The Scary of Sixty-First Conjures Demonic Evil in Exploring the Aftermath of Jeffrey Epstein

"She's a very sick girl and she's always been into, like, the UK,” says Noelle (Madeline Quinn) about her roommate Addie (Betsie Brown) to her new friend The G...

Mank Leads the 2021 Oscar Nominations

This past year has upended the film industry in many way, reverberating to awards season as the 2020-2021 Oscar season has been pushed back. Following an exten...

Berlin Review: Mr Bachmann and His Class is a Patiently Observed, Deeply Heartfelt Documentary

Near the beginning of the new documentary Mr. Bachmann and His Class, the eponymous school teacher finishes another day of work, gets in his car, and drives ho...

New to Streaming: The Inheritance, Center Stage, Black Westerns, Come True, and More

With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles ...

Glasgow Review: Gagarine Vividly Offers One of the Greatest Representations of Autism in Cinema

A common trend amongst autistic people is the desire to escape, to exist outside of ourselves and transport into another realm. There is this consistent appeal...

Monday Trailer: Sebastian Stan & Denise Gough Swiftly Fall in Love in Athens

A selection at the canceled Tribeca Film Festival last year before finally debuting as part of TIFF's Industry Selects sidebar, Argyris Papadimitropoulos’ dram...

The Inheritance Review: History, Art, Ideology, and Love Converge in Thrillingly Alive Debut Feature

History, art, ideology, and love make up the four pillars of Ephraim Asili’s The Inheritance, a thrillingly alive debut feature that resides both inside the sq...

Recommended New Books on Filmmaking: Mike Nichols, Dazed and Confused, Tenet, Fury Road & More

The end of 2020 and the start of 2021 have featured a diverse and dynamic collection of cinema-related books. Let's start with two of these, a biography of dir...

News

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

Park Chan-wook to Direct Tang Wei, Matthew McConaughey, Austin Butler, and Pedro Pascal in The Brigands of Rattlecreek

Scout Tafoya and Tucker Johnson’s Stubborn Beast Begins Production

Trailers

Zach Cregger Returns in First Trailer for Resident Evil

Exclusive Trailer for James N. Kienitz Wilkins’ The Misconceived, Set for May Release

Jackass: Best and Last Trailer: Get Ready for One Final Ride

Reviews

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

The Last One for the Road Review: A Delightful Trip Through Italy

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

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

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

“My Best Ideas Come To Me On Walks”: Sho Miyake on Two Seasons, Two Strangers

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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