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Hou Hsiao-hsien Joins The Criterion Collection for the First Time with Flowers of Shanghai

Building up a towering body of work over the last four decades, it's remarkable that Hou Hsiao-hsien hadn't had a film in The Criterion Collection––until now. ...

Rotterdam Review: Friends and Strangers is a Debut of Delightful, Confounding Charm

Nothing happens in James Vaughan’s Friends and Strangers in the same way that nothing happens in the films of Hong Sangsoo. The people navigating this entranci...

Sundance Review: Faya Dayi is a Ruminative and Ravishing Journey Through the Ethiopian Khat Trade

“Look how far God has brought us. We can only go where God guides us to. We are exactly where God wants us to be.” These are the first words spoken in Jessica ...

Slamdance Review: No Trace is an Absorbing, Spiritual Journey Through a Stark Reality

Not knowing is the point. At least that's what writer/director Simon Lavoie says in his director's notes for Nulle trace . He's not looking to create a film wi...

Slamdance Review: Teenage Emotions Authentically Examines Adolescence in Extreme Close-Ups

Watching Frederic Da’s Teenage Emotions can feel like a bit of a shock at first. Shot entirely on iPhones in extreme close-ups, Da films teenagers around a Los...

Violation Trailer: Retribution is Enacted in TIFF, Sundance, and SXSW Stand-Out

A selection at TIFF, Sundance, and the forthcoming SXSW, Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli's rape revenge thriller Violation is now arriving on Shudder...

Nina Hoss on Acting with Friends in My Little Sister, Judging Appearances, and the Need for Curation

Nina Hoss rose to international prominence in a series of films by German director Christian Petzold, delivering intense turns in cerebral dramas such as Barba...

The B-Side – Ewan McGregor

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

New to Streaming: Judas and the Black Messiah, Demonlover, Marlene Dietrich and Josef von Sternberg & 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 ...

Slamdance Review: A Black Rift Begins to Yawn Delivers Cosmic Horror in the Purely Abstract Realm

With Color Out of Space, The Void, Annihilation, and Lovecraft Country coming out over the last several years, cosmic horror is one of the genre’s popular new ...

News

NYC Weekend Watch: Korean Cinema’s Celluloid Fever, Southland Tales, Gamer & More

The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Features Odysseys, Weddings, James Bond, and Brian Eno

First Look at Pascal Plante’s Red Rooms Follow-Up King’s Daughters Starring Sandrine Bonnaire

Trailers

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom Marks a Powerful Reunion

Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig Inhabit an Artist In Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse

The Rivals of Amziah King Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Leads Andrew Patterson’s Crime Thriller

Reviews

Cannes Review: With Club Kid, Jordan Firstman Announces Himself as a Director to Watch

Cannes Review: Fatherland Finds Paweł Pawlikowski in a Heady, Aching Register

Cannes Review: Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma Is a Joyful Addition to Jane Schoenbrun’s Box of Mysteries

Features

New to Streaming: Yes, The Love That Remains, The Christophers, Project Hail Mary & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

Interviews

“Making Movies Should Be a Pleasure”: Olivier Assayas on The Wizard of the Kremlin

“Everything Is By Chance”: Tony Leung on Silent Friend, Léa Seydoux, and Ryûsuke Hamaguchi

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

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

The B-Sides of Chow Yun-Fat

Josh Heaps on the DIY Horror of City Wide Fever

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