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Takeshi Kitano Eyes Final Directorial Effort with Neck, Which May Star Ken Watanabe

After capping off his Outrage series four years ago with Outrage Coda, we've been waiting to see what the great Takeshi Kitano may do next. We finally have an ...

Sean Baker’s Next Film Red Rocket Follows a “Suitcase Pimp” Who Flees the Adult Film Industry

Late last year it was revealed that Sean Baker had secretly shot a new feature marking his follow-up to The Florida Project. Titled Red Rocket and starring Sim...

Viggo Mortensen on His Directorial Debut Falling, the Legacy of Green Book, and the Nature of Dementia

In Falling, Viggo Mortensen plays John, the long-suffering son of Willis (Lance Henriksen), an alcoholic who falls apart at the seams when anything threatens h...

Dead Pigs Trailer: Cathy Yan’s Directorial Debut Finally Gets U.S. Release

Considering Dead Pigs was Cathy Yan's calling card to enter the Hollywood shuffle with Birds of Prey, it's surprising it's taken this long for it to finally re...

Fran Kranz on Spirituality in Mass and the Emotional Experience of Making His Directorial Debut

After building a career as an actor, first-time director Fran Kranz found his passion in the form of Mass. Framed as a conversation between two sets of parents...

Must-See Shorts from the 2021 Sundance Film Festival

After providing coverage on nearly every feature film premiering at Sundance Film Festival this year, today we turn the spotlight on our favorite shorts. With ...

Cowboys Review: Steve Zahn Shines in a Subversive Western About Family

Hearing writer/director Anna Kerrigan talk about the origins of her latest film Cowboys is to understand the love she has for Montana and the way it provides a...

Enter the Japanese Remake of Cube with First Teaser

After the successive Cube (1997), Cube 2: Hypercube (2002), and Cube Zero (2004), there were reports circulating that we may return to this boxy sci-fi univers...

The Best Films of 2021 Sundance Film Festival

With nearly every feature film at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival reviewed, it's time to wrap up the first major cinema event of the year. We already got the o...

How Atlantis Imagines Our Post-Apocalyptic Future

“Atlantis” is a mythology long lost, yet fascination with its deluge persists—if not merely as an archaeological epithet—in Valentyn Vasyanovych’s new film of ...

News

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Alice Rohrwacher to Direct The Baron in the Trees; Next Film to Be Primarily Silent

Cristian Mungiu’s Fjord Wins Palme d’Or: See Full List of Cannes 2026 Winners

Trailers

Marcello Mastroianni Yearns In Trailer for 4K Restoration of Luchino Visconti’s White Nights

Exclusive Trailer for Greg Vrotsos’ Feature Debut Situations Follows a Journey of Love and Ambition in Los Angeles

Reviews

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Cemre Paksoy’s Hands Are Tied In Trailer for Georgia Bernstein’s Sinister Sundance Favorite Night Nurse

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

Features

The Film Stage’s 2026 Tribeca Festival Portrait Gallery

NYC Weekend Watch: Italian History, Universal Westerns, Black Cops & More

Posterized June 2026: Maddie’s Secret, The Furious, Drunken Noodles & More

Interviews

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

The Currents Director Milagros Mumenthaler on Sensory Filmmaking, Motherhood, and Capturing an Internal State

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

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

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

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