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Z Review: The Creepy Kid Horror Canon Gets a Chilling New Entry

The creepy kid horror canon is extensive. Often paired with the possession film or another supernatural subgenre, many of these pictures look to mine the commo...

Adam Sandler to Lead Basketball Drama Hustle from We the Animals Director Jeremiah Zagar

“If I don’t get it, I’m going to f—ing come back and do one again that is so bad on purpose just to make you all pay,” Adam Sandler said last year, speaking of...

The Trip to Greece Review: Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon Bid Farewell in Satisfying Finale

When embarking on their first trip, Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, and Michael Winterbottom weren’t aware their journeys would extend for the next decade, but from ...

Michael B. Jordan to Lead Danny Boyle’s Biblical-Based Epic Methuselah

After the awards glory of Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle had a relatively peculiar last decade. Following biographical dramas like 127 Hours and Steve Jobs t...

First Trailer for Spike Lee’s Da 5 Bloods Digs Up the Past

While there are no summer blockbusters coming to theaters–at least for the next few months–Netflix is soon unveiling one of their biggest movies of the year. A...

Tribeca Review: The State of Texas vs. Melissa Takes a Restrained Look at a Compelling Case

The story is so simple that there must be more to it: Melissa Lucio, a young mother of fourteen children with demons of her own, is tried and convicted by a ju...

Tommaso Trailer: Abel Ferrara Reteams with Willem Dafoe for Meta Italy-Set Tale

Abel Ferrara is here to spice up the summer. Reteaming with Willem Dafoe following 4:44 Last Day on Earth, Pasolini, Go Go Tales, New Rose Hotel, and prior to ...

Tribeca Review: Harley is a Colorful Jersey-Set Character Study of a Notorious Lawyer

Arriving a few years after Jim Jarmusch’s rosy portrait of New Jersey’s third-largest city, Paterson, Jean-Cosme Delaloye (Stray Bullet) returns to the town. ...

Hayao Miyazaki’s Next Film is Studio Ghibli’s Biggest Production Yet; Won’t Arrive Until 2023 at the Earliest

Recently turning 79, Hayao Miyazaki came out of "retirement" yet again to work on another Studio Ghibli animation. The project, titled Kimi-tachi wa Dō Ikiru k...

Michael Mann Plans to Adapt His Heat Prequel Novel into a Film

Considering today's Hollywood seemingly has little room for adult-focused dramas that don't appeal to every quadrant, Michael Mann has had to find other ways t...

News

First Look at Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden Starring Virginie Efira

Justine Triet Sets Next Feature with Fonda Starring Mia Goth, Andrew Scott, Frank Dillane & More

Exclusive Clip and Poster for Ramzi Bashour’s Sundance Premiere Hot Water Introduces Mother-Son Road Comedy

Trailers

A Scenario Multiplies In First Trailer for Hong Sangsoo’s The Day She Returns

Exclusive Trailer for Saša Vajda’s Berlinale Premiere The Lights, They Fall

Scare Out Trailer: Zhang Yimou’s Spy Thriller Starring Jackson Yee Arrives This Month

Reviews

Sundance Review: Shame and Money is a Pressure Cooker Drama About the Crushing Demands of Capitalism

Sundance Review: Jaripeo is an Immersive Portrait of Mexico’s Queer Rodeo Culture

Sundance Review: Ghost in the Machine Lays Out the Evils on Which A.I. is Built

Features

NYC Weekend Watch: Short Cuts, Strange Days, Silent Hill & More

New to Streaming: Sundance 2026, Peter Hujar’s Day, Ella McCay & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

Interviews

The Love That Remains Director Hlynur Pálmason on the Preciousness of Time and Spontaneous Filmmaking

One Battle After Another Production Designer Florencia Martin on Building Paul Thomas Anderson’s Detailed World

“You’re Leaning Into the Ugliness”: Michael Bauman on Shooting One Battle After Another for Paul Thomas Anderson

Podcasts

The B-Side Ep. 175 – Rachel McAdams

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

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

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