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The Criterion Channel’s August 2020 Lineup Features Mia Hansen-Løve, Wim Wenders, Stephen Cone, Bacurau & More

If you're looking to dive into the best of independent and foreign filmmaking, The Criterion Channel has announced their August 2020 lineup. The impressive sla...

Jazz on a Summer’s Day Restoration Trailer Features a Classic Concert by Musical Legends

It's a summer without live music, among many other things, but one can live cathartically through classic concert films. One of the most acclaimed of its kind ...

New to Streaming: The Assistant, Yes, God, Yes, The Rental, Metrograph Digital & 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 ...

Amulet Review: Romola Garai’s Horror Debut Tears Down the Facade of Genre Conventions

Trust is earned, not given. Just because you believe you're a just person who'd do everything in your power to protect the less fortunate doesn't mean they sho...

Alexandre Aja to Follow Crawl with O2 Starring Mélanie Laurent

After book-ending the last decade with the immensely enjoyable Piranha 3D and Crawl, Alexandre Aja is now kicking off this decade with a survival thriller mark...

Joe Keery is on a Violent Social Media Spree in First Red Band Trailer

While there's no new season of Stranger Things this summer, a selection of supporting stars from the ensemble are taking the lead in new features this year. Ar...

Yes, God, Yes Director Karen Maine on Sexual Pleasure, Religious Repression, and Coming-of-Age Favorites

The adults––worse, the other kids––of Karen Maine’s Yes, God, Yes all seem to be in on an elaborate inside joke. It can be tough to talk about sex, and it’s es...

Watch: Spike Lee & Barry Jenkins Discuss Da 5 Bloods & Filmmaking in Hour-Long Talk

Barry Jenkins' admiration of Spike Lee is no secret, having said upon the director's Oscar nomination (and eventual win) for BlacKkKlansman, "There are just so...

Impetigore Review: Joko Anwar’s Folk Horror Packs an Effective Wallop

Life has never been easy for Maya (Tara Basro). Raised by her aunt with no knowledge of her parents' history, she's struggled finding her place in the city. He...

The Trial of the Chicago 7 Begins in First Look at Aaron Sorkin’s Second Directorial Feature

After a storied, perhaps divisive career in screenwriting, Aaron Sorkin delivered in his directorial debut Molly's Game a few years back and now he's returning...

News

Catherine Breillat Sets Next Film With The German Cousin

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

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

The Wizard of Kremlin Review: An Irrelevant, Cynical Approach to Vladimir Putin’s Russian

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

Obsession Review: A Nasty, Humorous Horror Breakout

Features

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

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

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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