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Friendship Review: Tim Robinson Masters Cringe in Hysterically Funny Comedy

Note: This review was originally published as part of our 2024 TIFF coverage. Friendship opens in theaters on May 9. The level of enjoyment audience members...

Exclusive Teaser for Cannes-Bound Militantropos Explores the Human Side of the War on Ukraine

One of the documentaries we're most intrigued by at the Cannes Film Festival is Alina Gorlova, Simon Mozgovyi, and Yelizaveta Smit's Militantropos, which debut...

2025 Cannes Classics Lineup Features David Lynch, Edward Yang, John Woo, Stanley Kubrick & More

With the Cannes Film Festival just around the corner, the festival has now unveiled its Classics lineup, featuring new restorations, films about filmmaking, an...

Deaf President Now! Trailer: Relive a Momentous Student Uprising in Sundance Documentary

One of the more moving documentaries to premiere at Sundance this year was Nyle DiMarco and Davis Guggenheim’s Deaf President Now!, which charts student protes...

Ryusuke Hamaguchi Will Direct Paris-Set Drama All of a Sudden Starring Virginie Efira and Tao Okamoto

Second update: Per Virginie Efira's Instagram, production on All of a Sudden (referred to in French as Soudain) has completed. See the original story below. ...

Jia Zhangke on Criterion Releases, Creating a Perfect Movie Theater, and His Filmmaking Lineage

Caught by the Tides is that much-sought, almost-never-fulfilled encounter with something I can't be 100% certain is real. Audacious in concept (assembling a ne...

2025 TCM Fest Celebrated Grand Illusions of Classic Cinema

“When you see them come down those stairs,” Herbert Marshall says at a climactic moment in The Enchanted Cottage, “whatever they do, whatever they say, act alo...

Fight or Flight Review: Aviation Thriller Leans On the Sturdy Charm of Josh Hartnett

When James Madigan's action picture Fight or Flight works it's because of Josh Hartnett. The premise is fairly simple: a nefarious, black-ops government agency...

Henry Johnson Review: The Abyss Stares Back in David Mamet’s Effective Prison Drama

The abyss stares back––that’s the overwhelming feeling of David Mamet’s new film Henry Johnson. It's based on his play of the same name from 2023, and with bot...

Together Trailer: Alison Brie and Dave Franco are Inseparable in Body Horror Feature

One of the highlights from the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year was Together, the latest collaboration between Alison Brie and Dave Franco. Marking the...

News

The Criterion Channel’s January Lineup Features Paul Thomas Anderson, Kleber Mendoça Filho, Terence Stamp & More

The Criterion Collection’s March 2026 Lineup Features Killers of the Flower Moon on 4K

Sundance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Trailers

The Odyssey Trailer Teases Christopher Nolan’s Mythic Epic

Tom Cruise Wants to Save Humanity in First Teaser for Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s Digger

Pedro Almodóvar Returns to Spain in First Trailer for Bitter Christmas

Reviews

Is This Thing On? Review: Bradley Cooper’s Gentle Film About Marital Strife

Marty Supreme Review: Timothée Chalamet Reaches a New Pinnacle in Josh Safdie’s Propulsive Drama

Cover-Up Review: The Most Important American Documentary of the Year

Features

Christopher Schobert’s Top 10 Films of 2025

New to Streaming: One Battle After Another, It Was Just an Accident, Song to Song, The Running Man & More

NYC Weekend Watch: Twin Peaks, Breezy, Gus Van Sant, Ken Jacobs & More

Interviews

The Testament of Ann Lee Cinematographer William Rexer on Capturing the Dance and Believing in Mona Fastvold

“The Story is Told by Faces”: Darius Khondji on the Cinematography of Marty Supreme and His Prolific Year

“It’s a Mission: Impossible”: Bi Gan on the Long Journey and Long Takes of Resurrection

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 173 – James L. Brooks (with Adam Drosin)

The B-Side Ep. 172 – Daniel Craig (with Gavin Mevius)

The B-Side Ep. 171 – Richard Linklater (with Ryland Aldrich)

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