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Berlin Review: Jóhann Jóhannsson’s Final Work Last and First Men is an Extraordinary Cinematic Odyssey

If any film composer of the last decade defined the period best, it might’ve been Jóhann Jóhannsson, whose synthy, epic tones captured the turbulent, globalize...

NYC Weekend Watch: Kelly Reichardt, Buffalo ’66, Dušan Makavejev & More

Since any New York City cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile reperto...

Berlin Review: Days Marks an Intensely Minimal Narrative Return for Tsai Ming-liang

Not a huge amount takes place at the beginning of Days. The opening exchanges are elemental: wind blows; rain patters; grass shivers; a boy in pink shorts play...

Candyman Trailer Introduces Nia DaCosta and Jordan Peele’s Horror Sequel

Candyman is back. A sequel to Bernard Rose's 1992 horror feature, based on Clive Barker's short story The Forbidden, this new creation comes from the minds of...

Vàclav Marhoul’s Uncompromising, Controversial WWII Drama The Painted Bird Gets U.S. Trailer

The horrors contained in the new restoration of Come and See aren't enough for a viewer, another uncompromising World War II drama will be arriving later this ...

Berlin Review: Window Boy Would Also Like to Have a Submarine Opens a Portal of Loneliness

A cruise ship off the coast of Patagonia becomes a portal into the lives of others in Uruguayan director Alex Piperno’s stubbornly esoteric debut Window Boy Wo...

Sean Price Williams Eyes Solo Directorial Debut with Nick Pinkerton-Scripted Feature

If one were to think of the cinematographers that defined the medium in the last decade, Sean Price Williams would be near the top. From his collaborations wit...

Berlin Review: Los Conductos is a Succinctly Potent Portrait of a Damaged Soul

Succinctly potent like a concentrated shot of a mood-altering substance, Camilo Restrepo’s Los Conductos renders a Colombian portrait of a damaged soul reclaim...

Berlin Review: Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger Shine in My Little Sister

Nina Hoss and Lars Eidinger, two of Germany’s preeminent acting talents, play twins coming to terms with a diagnosis of terminal illness in My Little Sister, t...

Berlin Review: The Woman Who Ran Finds Hong Sang-soo at His Most Self-Referential

The Woman Who Ran opens on a lovely shot of hens. The camera then pulls back to show the garden of a middle-class apartment block where a woman named Youngsoon...

News

The Criterion Collection’s August Lineup Includes James Gray, Todd Haynes, and More

Jia Zhangke, Claire Denis, and Sam Raimi Set Next Features

Kenneth Lonergan Returns with Tomorrow Is a Drag; Aubrey Plaza, Adam Driver, Matthew Broderick, and Vanessa Kirby Starring

Trailers

Sophie Thatcher and Charles Melton Lead First Teaser for Nicolas Winding Refn’s Her Private Hell

Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Lisandro Alonso’s Double Freedom Marks a Powerful Reunion

Isabelle Huppert and Delphine Seyrig Inhabit an Artist In Exclusive Trailer and Poster for Liliane de Kermadec’s Aloïse

Reviews

Cannes Review: The Unknown Stumbles on Its Own Gender Binarisms

Cannes Review: James Gray’s Paper Tiger Is a Masterfully Measured, Quintessentially Subtle New York Tale

Cannes Review: Na Hong-Jin’s Hope Is a High-Octane Creature Feature That Falls Flat

Features

New to Streaming: Yes, The Love That Remains, The Christophers, Project Hail Mary & More

The Best Movies Now Playing in Theaters

NYC Weekend Watch: Kazuhiko Hasegawa, Pynchonesque, Max and Richard Fleischer, the Pusher Trilogy & More

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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