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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...

New to Streaming: Undine, ’70s Horror, The 40-Year-Old Version & 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 ...

Exclusive Trailer for Sacha Polak’s Dirty God Introduces a Powerful Character Study of Resilience

An official selection at International Film Festival Rotterdam, Sundance Film Festival, Thessaloniki International Film Festival, and more, Dutch director Sach...

BIFF Review: Runaway Finds a Family Cathartically Retracing Their Steps

Every story can be tackled from multiple angles depending on its narrative intent and lead character. It's therefore a conscious choice when selecting a focal ...

BIFF Review: Paper Spiders Commendably Explores Mental Illness with Empathy

Mental illness isn't an easy topic to adapt for the big screen since doing so oftentimes forces a writer into making the choice between pain and hope. Not ever...

First Trailer for David Fincher’s Mank Brings 1930s Hollywood to Life

It's been six long years since David Fincher's last feature film, Gone Girl, but in less than two months, we'll be getting a brand-new movie from the director....

Watch: Tilda Swinton & Pedro Almodóvar Discuss the Enduring Power of Cinema in Hour-Long Talk

While much of the film industry shut down this past summer due to the pandemic, Pedro Almodóvar went smaller-scale but spared no expense when it comes to his l...

Hopper/Welles Team on the Curious Mind of Orson Welles, Completing His Vision, and the Importance of Physical Media

Producer Filip Jan Rymsza, editor Bob Murawski, along with Peter Bogdonavich and Frank Marshall, surprised the film world in 2018 when they finished Orson Well...

Mads Mikkelsen Takes Revenge in First Teaser & Clip for Danish Dark Comedy Riders of Justice

Bouncing between Hollywood projects and films in his native country of Denmark, Mads Mikkelsen continues to carve out an impressive career. Following his retea...

David Lynch Confirms the Pandemic Halted His Plans to Shoot a New Project

Far before the pandemic arrived, rumblings of a new David Lynch project hit the internet. After the gargantuan artistic achievement of Twin Peaks: The Return, ...

News

Richard Kelly Releasing “Gigantic” Debut Novel This Year

Radu Jude Will Shoot New Feature Love Diptych Next Month

New Restoration of Ken Russell’s The Devils Leads Cannes Classics 2026 Lineup

Trailers

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

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Bruno Dumont’s Red Rocks Captures Growing Up on the French Riviera

Maddie’s Secret Trailer: John Early Crafts a Sincere Satire in Directorial Debut

Reviews

Silent Friend Review: Tony Leung Finds a Flora Connection

The Misconceived Review: Incisive, Inventive Look at Contemporary Life

Blue Film Review: Masterful Two-Hander Confronts Flaws with Empathy

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

“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

Arnaud Desplechin on Two Pianos, Nervous Breakdowns, and Making Cinema Bigger Than Life

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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