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Straight Up Review: A Confrontational Exploration of the Perils of Modern Alienation

Early on in Straight Up, an obsessive-compulsive mixed-race millennial named Todd (James Sweeney) tries to furiously explain why he must stop dating men and fo...

Come and See: The Power of Psychological Violence in Elem Klimov’s Anti-War Classic

A stark contrast from triumphalist Allied narratives of World War II, Elem Klimov’s spellbinding Belarus-set masterpiece Come and See–now playing in a beautifu...

Exclusive: Big Ears Festival 2020 Unveils Eclectic Film Lineup

Founded in 2009 in Knoxville, Tennessee, Big Ears Festival is a renowned event bringing together, music, film, literature, art installations, and more. Year af...

Berlin Review: All the Dead Ones Sustains the Current Wave of Adventurous Brazilian Filmmaking

If Brazil’s film industry faces unprecedented threats under far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, let’s hope this kind of adventurous filmmaking–which ruminates ...

Saint Frances Review: A Warm-Hearted Look at the Awkwardness of Adulthood

Saint Frances is a warm-hearted indie comedy that captures the awkwardness of adulthood with real precision. Every one of these awkward moments–and there many–...

Blood on Her Name Review: An Accidental Killing Leads to a Convoluted Thriller

A lot happens during the course of director Matthew Pope and co-writer Don M. Thompson's Blood on Her Name … too much. This can prove problematic for what star...

Berlin Review: With Undine, Christian Petzold Crafts a Pseudo-Supernatural Melodrama

Following up a successful work of lucid experimentation like Transit can be a tricky undertaking: does one lean back toward the basics or further up the ante? ...

Locarno in Los Angeles Review: Ham on Rye Brings a Surrealist Touch to the Coming-of-Age Film

It’s fair to say that one of the most common genres dominating the American independent film realm is the coming-of-age film. From present-set, relentlessly up...

Berlin Review: Goddess of the Fireflies Brings 1990s Adolescent Energy to Life

Die-hard grunge fan (and drug dealer) Fred (Noah Parker) tells Catherine (Kelly Depeault) she can't play her Hole CD because Courtney Love killed Kurt Cobain. ...

Berlin Review: Cristi Puiu’s Malmkrog is Boldly Uncompromising Look at Aristocratic Life

In Malmkrog, a group of Russian aristocrats gather in a grand rural estate to wax philosophical during a long and luxurious dinner party. The film offers seemi...

News

NYC Weekend Watch: Korean Cinema’s Celluloid Fever, Southland Tales, Gamer & More

The Criterion Channel’s June Lineup Features Odysseys, Weddings, James Bond, and Brian Eno

First Look at Pascal Plante’s Red Rooms Follow-Up King’s Daughters Starring Sandrine Bonnaire

Trailers

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

The Rivals of Amziah King Trailer: Matthew McConaughey Leads Andrew Patterson’s Crime Thriller

Reviews

Cannes Review: Asghar Farhadi’s Parallel Tales Is an Ambitious If Tedious Take on Kieślowski

Cannes Review: Gentle Monster Is a Masterfully Performed Drama In the Aftermath of Betrayal

Cannes Review: With Club Kid, Jordan Firstman Announces Himself as a Director to Watch

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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