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The Donut King Trailer: Ridley Scott Boards a Savory Tale of Pastries and Hope

Feast your eyes on the first mouth-watering trailer for the documentary The Donut King, which was a selection at this year's SXSW festival. The directorial deb...

First Trailer for Paul Greengrass’ News of the World Sets Tom Hanks on a Western Adventure

After once again dramatizing a horrific act of terrorism with his latest film, 22 July, Paul Greengrass is returning this holiday season with a new project and...

SDAFF Review: Death of Nintendo is a Filipino Coming-of-Age Story with Sweet Spots of Subversion

Coming-of-age narratives live or die based on the authenticity of their vision, especially those that take place in the not-so-distant past. Since the genre’s ...

Catherine Eaton on Bringing The Sounding From Stage to Screen, Integrating Shakespeare, and Society’s Responsibility

Writer/director/star Catherine Eaton's feature directorial debut The Sounding is finally available nationwide digitally after a planned theatrical run was unfo...

U.S. Trailer for Gabriel Mascaro’s Divine Love Brings Hope for New Life

One of my favorite films of last year's Sundance Film Festival is finally getting a U.S. release. Gabriel Mascaro’s strange, alluring Neon Bull follow-up Divin...

Borat Subsequent Moviefilm Review: Sacha Baron Cohen Faces the Paradox of Wringing Comedy from Trump’s America

Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (let’s call it Borat) took the English-speaking comedy world by storm in 20...

The Witches Review: Robert Zemeckis Conjures Amusement and Frights in Familiar Yet Entertaining Remake

Hollywood has few directors who exude the pure, giddy joy one can find in every beat of a Robert Zemeckis film. From the Beatles-infused start of his career in...

Ben Wheatley on the Moral Center of Rebecca, Revamping Hitchcock, and Constructing Layers of Memories

Ben Wheatley’s Rebecca evokes the titular character in the spaces she left behind in Maxim de Winter’s family estate, Manderley, and in the people she left beh...

Full Trailer for David Fincher’s Mank Tells a Story of Classic Hollywood

Update: Along with the trailer, an interactive site has launched featuring behind-the-scenes stills and a first listen of Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross' scor...

Denis Villeneuve and Jake Gyllenhaal Reteam for HBO Limited Series Adaptation of The Son

Although he's expanded his scope with bigger and bigger budgets, for my money, Denis Villeneuve's finest work is still Enemy, the enigmatic psychological thril...

News

Catherine Breillat Sets Next Film With The German Cousin

John Sayles Sets Directing Return With I Passed This Way Starring Amy Madigan and Chris Cooper

KimStim Acquires Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Serpent’s Path Remake for Summer Release

Trailers

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

Nostalgia for the Future Exclusive Trailer: Charlotte Rampling Travels Through Chris Marker’s World in Cannes Premiere

Reviews

The Wizard of Kremlin Review: An Irrelevant, Cynical Approach to Vladimir Putin’s Russian

Cannes Review: Kantemir Balagov’s Butterfly Jam Can’t Find a Rhythm

Obsession Review: A Nasty, Humorous Horror Breakout

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

New to Streaming: The Drama, Send Help, Exit 8, and André Is an Idiot

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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