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I’m Thinking of Ending Things Review: Charlie Kaufman Opens a Puzzle Box of Existential Dread

From his screenplays for Being John Malkovich and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, to his directorial efforts Synecdoche, New York and Anomalisa, audienc...

Notturno Trailer: Gianfranco Rosi Heads to the Middle East in Fire at Sea Follow-Up

After exploring the migrant crisis with his Oscar-nominated, Golden Bear-winning Fire at Sea, Italian filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi is returning this fall with his...

Isabel Sandoval on Subverting the Social Issue Drama and Capturing the Trans Female Gaze in Lingua Franca

Although Lingua Franca is only Isabel Sandoval’s third film, she already has made her signature recognizable. Her work is astute, impeccably shot, and often in...

Limite, a Newly Launched Platform, Sheds Light on Brazilian Cinema with Free Films and Discourse

Writing about New Cinema Club earlier this month, I remarked that "arts investment is not so much on its last legs as finding a way to get up while the world r...

Centigrade Review: Trapped in a Car of Monotony

When thinking about the worst ways to die, a few options pop to the top of the mind, including but not limited to drowning, something elevator-related, or any ...

Driven to Abstraction Review: A Straight-Laced, Newsy Look at Art Fraud

If the events of the art world aren’t on your radar, you might have missed the late-2000s scandal that enveloped the Knoedler & Co. gallery in Manhattan, o...

The 40-Year-Old Version Trailer: Radha Blank Finds Her Voice in Sundance Hit

A hit at this year's Sundance Film Festival, where Radha Blank won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Directing Award, The 40-Year-Old Version stars the actress as ...

Lingua Franca Review: An Affecting and Naturalistic Immigrant Story

Although the United States doesn’t have an official language, the Lingua Franca of Isabel Sandoval’s third feature-length refers to the English adopted by immi...

Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Next Film is a Korean Drama Starring Song Kang-ho, Bae Doona & Kang Dong-won

After nearly three decades of making films in Japan, culminating with his Palme d'Or winner Shoplifters, Hirokazu Koreeda expanded his scope with The Truth, a ...

The Film Stage Show Ep. 401 – Tesla (with Clint Worthington)

Welcome, one and all, to the latest episode of The Film Stage Show! Today, Brian Roan, Michael Snydel, and Bill Graham are joined by Clint Worthington to discu...

News

The Criterion Collection’s September Lineup Features Leos Carax 4K Set, The Secret Agent, Richard Linklater, Satyajit Ray & More

Exclusive: Altered Innocence Acquires Restoration of Srđan Karanović’s Virgina for Fall Release

Japan Cuts Announces 2026 Slate Featuring Hirokazu Kore-eda, Gakuryu Ishii, Yoji Yamada & More

Trailers

Dreams in Nightmares Trailer: Shatara Michelle Ford’s Acclaimed Second Feature Arrives in August

Shinya Tsukamoto Goes to War In Trailer for English-Language Vietnam Film Mr. Nelson, Did You Kill People?

Barrio Triste Trailer: Bad Bunny Collaborator Stillz’s Bold Directorial Debut Arrives In July

Reviews

Tribeca Review: Sophia Takal’s Act One Feels Like a Lucid Nightmare

The Death of Robin Hood Review: A Portrait of the Outlaw as a Bald-Faced Lie

Tribeca Review: Here I’m Alive Is a Raw, Intimate Look at Messy New York Lives

Features

New to Streaming: Blue Film, I Am Frankelda, It’s Dorothy! & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Douglas Sirk in 3D, The Organizer, Body Double & More

Interviews

Michael Sarnoski on His Favorite Robin Hood Films and the Character’s Violent Mythology

Read This: Wonderful and Strange Peaks, the Life of Hannibal Lecter, a Century of Hitchcock, Martin Scorsese’s Filmography & More

“The Hard Work Is In the Screenwriting”: John Sayles on Resourceful Filmmaking, James Cameron, and His TIFF Retrospective

Podcasts

The B-Sides of Goldie Hawn with Jen Johans

The B-Sides of Laurence Fishburne with Mitchell Beaupre

The B-Sides of Eddie Murphy with Nicholas Gray and Alvin Keith

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