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Nightstream Review: Lapsis is Dystopian Sci-Fi That Hits Close to Home

As multi-billion dollar corporations expand their reach within their respective industries (and beyond), the wage gap in our country increases. Executives are ...

Nightstream Review: Rose Plays Julie is a Powerful Drama That Examines a Minefield of Emotions

Get ready for a tense ride because writers/directors Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's Rose Plays Julie never relinquishes its sense of brooding until the very...

Jim Cummings on the Future of Indie Film, Working with Robert Forster, and Recording His Movies as Podcasts

Jim Cummings is perhaps as recognized for talking about making movies as he is at making them. If you pay attention to American indie films, Cummings has carve...

Totally Under Control Review: Alex Gibney’s COVID-19 Doc Details How Trump’s America Breeds Immorality

The main question for a documentary is whether it’ll sway anyone. A lot don’t, and that’s unfortunately understandable. You can’t teach an old dog ne...

Eva Green Looks to the Stars in U.S. Trailer for Alice Winocour’s Proxima

With films such as Arrival, First Man, Gravity, and Ad Astra, a new sub-genre has emerged about emotionally conflicted astronauts who must head to space in ord...

William Friedkin Revisits The Exorcist in First Trailer for Leap of Faith

Undoubtedly one of the greatest directors of all time, William Friedkin has had many triumphs throughout his career. He received a Best Director Oscar for the ...

NYFF Review: Michelle Pfeiffer is Brilliant in the Surrealist, Melancholic Comedy French Exit

At a glance, Azazel Jacobs’ French Exit seems trivial, especially at a time when billionaires exist in droves, and the wealth divide continues to drastically w...

Promising Young Woman Trailer: Carey Mulligan-Led Revenge Tale Now Arrives This Christmas

One of the films that was just about to get a release before the pandemic hit was Emerald Fennell's Sundance hit Promising Young Woman. Led by Carey Mulligan, ...

Christian Petzold Reveals His Next Film is a Gay Love Story Titled The Red Sky

After completing his "Love in the Times of Oppressive Systems" thematic trilogy with Barbara, Phoenix, and Transit, Christian Petzold is embarking on a new tri...

Nightstream Review: Run Offers an Adrenaline Rush of Fear and Uncertainty

The hospital equipment beeps above doctors frantically at work to save a baby in crisis, her mother awaiting news in another room. Then the textual definitions...

News

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

Nathan Silver Sets A Poet Remake as Next Feature

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

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

Obsession Review: A Nasty, Humorous Horror Breakout

Magic Hour Review: Katie Aselton and Daveed Diggs Work Through Complex Emotions

Features

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

Our 20-Most Anticipated 2026 Cannes Film Festival Premieres

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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