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Cannes Review: Chie Hayakawa’s Renoir is a Gradually Rewarding Coming-of-Age Story

Just three years since earning a special mention from the Camera d’Or jury for Plan 75, Chie Hayakawa returns to Cannes as one of seven filmmakers debuting in ...

Cannes Review: I Only Rest in the Storm Glides Over Many Ideas Without Fully Reckoning With Their Weight

Late into I Only Rest in the Storm, Sergio (Sérgio Coragem) is asked a question he can’t seem to answer: what do you care about? A Portuguese environmental eng...

Cannes Review: The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo is a Deeply Affecting Queer Drama

As reminders that ignorance, bigotry, and hate can literally kill, stories about the AIDS epidemic will always be relevant. The latest, beautiful example arriv...

First Trailer for Richard Linklater’s Nouvelle Vague Brings Cinema History to Life

After releasing two films last year with Hit Man and the rather-overlooked God Save Texas: Hometown Prison, the ever-prolific Richard Linklater returns in 2025...

The Criterion Collection’s August Lineup Includes an Edward Yang Double-Feature, Kon Ichikawa, Compensation & More

If Criterion's influence from the last 15-or-so years must distilled to one figure, a good candidate might be Edward Yang. The near-instant canonization of Yi ...

Leos Carax, Albert Serra, David Lowery, Alexander Payne & More Plan Next Features

Kicking things off with a small but enticing update, following last year's incredible cine-memoir It's Not Me, Leos Carax is finally prepping a 2026 shoot for ...

Bring Her Back Review: An Anxiety-Inducing Triumph of Horror

Horror movies explicitly tackling grief are hardly a recent development, but it’s difficult to argue against the fact that we’ve seen this theme exploited ...

New to Streaming: The Brutalist, The Wedding Banquet, Deaf President Now!, I’m Still Here & More

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past r...

NYC Weekend Watch: Cymbeline, Malcolm X, Kira Muratova, Fury Road on 35mm & More

NYC Weekend Watch is our weekly round-up of repertory offerings. Brooklyn Center for Theatre ResearchMichael Almereyda's Cymbeline screens on Friday with th...

The Ballad of Suzanne Césaire Trailer: Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich’s Striking Debut Arrives in June

A directorial debut as hypnotic as it is narratively destabilizing, Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich was one of my favorite discoveries of last year's New York Film Fest...

News

A New Film by Hong Sangsoo and More Will Premiere at Berlinale 2026

Slamdance Film Festival Unveils 2026 Lineup

Atom Egoyan and Alison McAlpine Discuss the Oscar-Contending Perfectly a Strangeness

Trailers

U.S. Trailer for Radu Jude’s Kontinental ’25 Captures a Moral Parable in Transylvania

Pillion Trailer: Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling’s BDSM Romance Arrives For Valentine’s Day

Sirāt Trailer: Oliver Laxe’s Desert Rave Thriller Arrives in February

Reviews

Sound of Falling Review: A Pyschosexual Fever Dream of Epic Scope

A Useful Ghost Review: A Peculiar, Humorous Paranormal Tale

Seeds Review: A Beautiful, Haunting Documentary about the Wisdom of Elders

Features

New to Streaming: Rebuilding, The Rip, Licorice Pizza, Twinless & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Lucia Senesi’s Top 10 Films of 2025

Interviews

“I’m Not Seeing America Doing the Best Films”: Rodrigo Teixeira on Supporting Brian De Palma, James Gray, and Contemporary World Cinema

“There Are So Many Black Stories That Are Not Duly Explored”: Seeds Director Brittany Shyne on Her Sundance-Winning Debut

“Every Single Day Was a Nightmare”: Annemarie Jacir on the Past and Present of Palestine 36

Podcasts

The Best Films of 2025 and Most-Anticipated Films of 2026

The B-Side Ep. 174 – James Stewart (with Mitchell Beaupre)

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

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